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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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1273
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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1275
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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1276
If no one here will take it, try Freecycle.org or Craig's List. Neil ... see...
Neil Morrison
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Apr 17, 2008
6:12 pm
1277
has anyone noticed these yet and has anyone stried it on a tandy smartdrive? I have a rlx 1000 and would be interested in any feedback. also has any one heard...
adam francis
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May 14, 2008
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... Tandy Smart Drives are 8-bit IDE. As far as I know those adapters are 16-bit IDE. Sorry. ... No, but there were 16-bit ones. ... It *can't* be. MIDI uses...
shadow@...
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May 14, 2008
3:42 am
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I don't think one of those CF to IDE adapters will work...I dug into that thought myself. The problem is that a CF card is only compatible with 16-bit IDE....
Wesley Furr
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May 15, 2008
3:35 pm
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... that ... enough about ... smartdrive? ... port one ... but is ... Thanks for ... through more resource and a reply from a manufacturer some of the adapters...
adam francis
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May 17, 2008
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... Thing is, do we know that the Atari ST is 8-bit? I thought that was a 68000 based system? A list of adapters that'd work in the SmartDrive systems would be...
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May 18, 2008
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1282
Hi, I just bought a Tandy 1000 TX which seems to work fine. However, I noticed that it is almost completely silent and doesn't appear to have a fan running. Is...
zachary2024
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Jun 4, 2008
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I can't say specifically but some models didn't have a fan and those that did had a small one. Most of these ran with about a 40W power supply. Neil ... I ... ...
Neil Morrison
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Jun 4, 2008
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... I ... have ... risk ... ======================================================================== THE ONLY FAN IN THAT MODEL WAS IN THE POWER SUPPLY if it...
mrcoco123
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Jun 4, 2008
2:55 pm
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... I can confirm that the only fan in the Tandy 1000 TX is in the power supply, at the back of the unit, and that the fan blades are clearly visible through...
Stephen Bendzick
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Jun 10, 2008
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... Hi folks. I thought I'd contribute my two cents worth. The fan in the TX power supply is really easy to get at. I got into my TX power supply just so I...
Edgar Webb
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Jun 10, 2008
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Thanks for the tips; at first I thought it might be acceptable to run a 286 without a fan, but apparently not. I installed a fan in it from an old Macintosh,...
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Jun 10, 2008
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Likely no damage done...or you'd probably know it by now (something would have failed). Wesley ... Thanks for the tips; at first I thought it might be...
Wesley Furr
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Jun 11, 2008
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1289
... a 286 without a fan, but apparently not. I installed a fan in it from an old Macintosh, it seems to be working fine. Hopefully the previous owner didn't...
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Jun 11, 2008
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They all had fans in the case (most all anyway), but you are right - there wasn't enough heat dissipation to warrant a heatsink. I don't recall seeing ...
Wesley Furr
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Jun 12, 2008
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... There is a reason the fan pulls out through the power supply. You actually do get more cooling with it blowing out the back. Why? Because it goes through...
Stephen Bendzick
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Jun 15, 2008
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Wanted: Tandy Printer Connecting Cable This is a long shot! I've finally gotten to work on taking files off the floppy disks and find that the "printer...
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Jun 19, 2008
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On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:58:01 -0000, "batv44" <BATV@...> had a ... Remove the cover and you should be able to fix the ribbon cable connection. ... It uses...
Stephen Castello
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Jun 19, 2008
7:18 pm
1294
Does this model have the flat edge card connector? Be aware that there are two printer cable types - those for Radio Shack printers and those for IBM PC...
Neil Morrison
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Jun 20, 2008
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... BATV Please consider getting an 8-bit ISA LPT-2 card. It, and the (used to be) standard printer cable together will not cost you as much as a custom shop's...
mikeh42
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Jun 20, 2008
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1296
Mike, Excellent suggestion. That's exactly what I did when my cable went bad on my 1000SL years ago. The only down side is that (at least with the SL) you ...
Wesley Furr
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Jun 20, 2008
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Don't forget, Tandy's cable was the standard - it was IBM who screwed up all the ports with their bodged up clone of a Model I! Neil ... to ... Additionally, ...
Neil Morrison
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Jun 20, 2008
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1298
Thank you Stephen, Neil, Mike and Wesley... I'm at the elementary level with some of my computer experience despite the fact that I've been using them for...
Barbara A Valentin
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Jun 20, 2008
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Neil, What was standard? The edge card connection, or the pin arrangement? Thanks, Wesley ... Don't forget, Tandy's cable was the standard - it was IBM who...
Wesley Furr
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Jun 20, 2008
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1300
... Pin arrangement, as I recall. They also changed the gender of the serial connectors on the computer. -- Leonard Erickson (aka shadow) shadow at shadowgard...
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Jun 20, 2008
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The original standard was the card edge connector - used on the Model I/III/IV etc. The Model 2/16 series had a slightly fancier connector. IBM changed all...
Neil Morrison
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