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Go to ebay.com and search for item # 220206733396, then read the 2nd "question" that was asked of the seller towards the bottom of the auction. Anybody here...
Wesley Furr
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Mar 5, 2008
6:40 am
1247
Some people pay daft prices for some computers, like $80 for an old Coco 1. Neil ... auction....
Neil Morrison
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Mar 5, 2008
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1248
$1000 ? An original TRS-80, maybe. If it's a level I in its original box, yes. A model II, same as above, perhaps. A model III : no, plainly, no. The first...
Jan Vanden Bossche
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Mar 5, 2008
10:47 pm
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... Must be crazy. I think I paid more for shipping than I did for the T1000SX I currently have. Of course I have a CM-5 and it had no hard drive.... and...
John B. Sandlin
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Mar 6, 2008
12:31 am
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I haven't heard of anything like that, although it does seem that Tandy computers have been selling somewhat more expensively on eBay lately. An 1100FD laptop...
zachary2024@...
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Mar 6, 2008
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I think somebody made that up or had an interest in raising the sale price... I don't think they are worth anywhere near $1000, but they should certainly be...
Wesley Furr
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Mar 6, 2008
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I've never really been into collecting things... I'm a writer, the 486 laptop makes a good word processor (I put DeskMate on it). But it's true that most...
zachary2024
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Mar 7, 2008
2:35 am
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Hey Jan, what's happenin'? I need some of your expertise. I can't remember how to format a three point five floppy for seven hundred and twenty kilobytes on...
Edgar Webb
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Mar 11, 2008
10:36 pm
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See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/75131 for format command switches. Looks like what you want is: format x: /f:720 Where x is your external drive's drive...
Wesley Furr
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Mar 11, 2008
10:54 pm
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... Unless you have a special version of FORMAT, I don't think you can do it. DOS 2.11 doesn't support 3.5" drives. Nor networking nor a bunch of other things....
shadow@...
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Mar 12, 2008
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I think it should work, using the command switch Wesley suggested; the HX came with DOS 2.11 and has a built-in 3.5" disk drive, so I don't see why 2.11 ...
zachary2024@...
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Mar 12, 2008
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On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:20:23 -0700, shadow@... had a flock ... The TandyDOS 2.11 can format 3.5" 720k drives. Nothing special needed, at least with...
Stephen Castello
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Mar 12, 2008
10:14 pm
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Shadow, you're completely right. DOS 2.11 can't. Plan DOS 2.11 can't, that is. Tandy would not have sold a 3.5" drive if you couldn't use it. The HX also came...
Jan Vanden Bossche
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Mar 12, 2008
11:28 pm
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On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:28:18 +0100, "Jan Vanden Bossche" ... The setup program for the EX & HX is a standalone program. It's in the rom dos, and I don't...
Stephen Castello
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Mar 13, 2008
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Thanks Jan. I checked the tvDog website for a setup utility and couldn't find one but for only the HX. I need to do a ver just to make sure where I'm at with...
Edgar Webb
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Mar 13, 2008
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Did you check the links on this site? There's a link there to all of the setup programs and other links to useful stuff. ...
Neil Morrison
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Mar 13, 2008
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... Either it's a modified 2.11 (duh) or you at least need a druiver or at least DRIVPARM settings in config sys. I recall all too well the fun we had with...
shadow@...
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Mar 13, 2008
10:46 am
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So, I've been restoring my 1000TX. I have it booting off an IDE hard drive using an Acculogic S/IDE 16. It boots the MS-DOS from the tvdog site as being the...
Kelly Leavitt
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Mar 13, 2008
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... Some versions opf Deskmate were machine specific, because they used a DeskMate ROM that was part of the system. Try running that on a system without the...
shadow@...
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Mar 14, 2008
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According to what I have read, personal deskmate 2 does not require any BIOS loaded code. It is supposed to be what shipped with the computer. ... From:...
Kelly Leavitt
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Mar 14, 2008
7:54 pm
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Kelly A thought occurs to me, have you upgraded the video on your TX? As I recall, the original deskmate will not work with EGA or VGA, only with the original....
mikeh42
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Mar 15, 2008
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... Using the built in graphics. This machine I have is about as standard as you can get for a 1000tx. I'm starting to think it is an error with the partition...
Kelly Leavitt
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Mar 15, 2008
8:44 pm
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The T1000 setup program is in http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Tandy1000/files/RS_Support/ along with most all of the RS setup programs. Or download just the...
Neil Morrison
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Mar 15, 2008
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Does anyone have any experience with this? It is an 8 bit ISA interface card for 16-bit IDE drives. I have one running on my 1000tx. It is configured at...
Kelly Leavitt
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Mar 18, 2008
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The 1000 tx doesn't have a setup program. ... From: Neil Morrison The T1000 setup program is in ......
Kelly Leavitt
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Mar 18, 2008
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Years ago, around '94 or so. I had one with a 540Mb Connor IDE drive that we had to install and format on my friend's 1000TX because the 128Kb on my 1000 (no...
TJ Harrell
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Mar 18, 2008
4:27 pm
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Alright, I'm looking for either 1. an adapter to connect a 6-pin mini DIN keyboard to an 8-pin keyboard port on a 1000 SX or 2. to trade my 6-pin keyboard for...
Chris Ringberg
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Apr 13, 2008
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Just in case any one needs one at a decent price at 14$ affordablesurplus.com the drive a sony mfd-17w-72 it was used and had to be blown out but my rlx is...
adam francis
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Apr 16, 2008
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1274
... drive ... ive just posted a site were you can get a replacement drive where I just did ....
adam francis
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Apr 16, 2008
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If it's rude to post a for sale here, I apoligize in advance. I looked through the links, files, and database section looking for something that gave...
Lynn Francis
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Apr 17, 2008
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