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23489 1MAR95-2114 General Information
Tandy102
From: KEJACKSON To: ALL
Hi, all. I just bought a tandy 102 at a govt sale.
Was wondering if anyone had any info on it. Seems to
have 32k ram, expandable to 64k with another chip.
It is portable, with the dot matrix screen, has an
internal modem, rs-232c, and phone and cassette (remember
those?) non-standard plugs (8-pin) on the back. Also,
on left side has two switches, 1 with DIR and ACP
(currently on ACP) and 1 with ANS and ORIG (for the
modem I imagine).
I believe it uses a VIC-20, if memory serves. Anyhow,
any info about where to get a manual, etc for it.
OR, if perhaps, someone used to own one, pls e-mail
me. Thanks in advance!
- Kev
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23490 3MAR95-0310 T1000/1200/3000
RE: tl2 hard disk upgrade (Re: Msg 23
From: TVDOG To: KLUCK (NR)
Well, my Dad's old TL is still running, after heavy use, and has never been
to the shop (I've taken the keyboard apart a couple times to clean it).
Tandy's were some of the most reliable computers made ... but Tandy doesn't
make computers any more. What Radio Shack sells now - who knows?
I have abused this machine some. I plugged in a hard drive controller with
a short in it and left it on till the tech on the phone told me that was a
bad sound for the computer to make. I chain-smoke, and no problems there
except that the floppy drive needs cleaning more often. Etc.
No wires on the bottom of this circuit board. BTW - AMD processor, Sony
floppy drive. CM-5 monitor still going strong.
Jeff (tvdog)
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23492 3MAR95-0337 Printers and Peripherals
RE: Tandy 1000 SX (Re: Msg 23470)
From: TVDOG To: WESF
The light pen was a non-starter. There were two light pens marketed, but
nobody bought one, and they are discontinued now. The situation is the
same as for the tape cassette drive that was available for the original IBM
PC. Nobody bought it, and it soon became known as a useless port. I can
dig up the two product numbers if you want them for your trivia file, but
you won't find any. The light pen was programmed through the video con-
troller. It is not a serial port, though it looks like one. A program
would have had to be specially written to use it. No such program exists.
Jeff (tvdog)
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23493 3MAR95-1850 General Information
RE: Tandy102 (Re: Msg 23489)
From: TESTRAKE To: KEJACKSON
>Hi, all. I just bought a tandy 102 at a govt sale. Was wondering if
>anyone had any info on it. Seems to have 32k ram, expandable to 64k with
>another chip. It is portable, with the dot matrix screen, has an
>internal modem, rs-232c, and phone and cassette (remember those?)
>non-standard plugs (8-pin) on the back. Also, on left side has two switches,
>1 with DIR and ACP (currently on ACP) and 1 with ANS and ORIG (for the
>modem I imagine). I believe it uses a VIC-20, if memory serves. Anyhow,
>any info about where to get a manual, etc for it. OR, if perhaps, someone
>used to own one, pls e-mail me. Thanks in advance!
Well, I *HAD* a manual for a Tandy 100, similar to your 102, but I can't
find the blessed thing. Suspect I got rid of it recently when I discarded a
bunch of old books. Those machines were still popular with reporters, and
other media types long after other computers of their era were replaced.
It was considered pretty amazing for a reporter back in the mid-eighties to
type out a story, connect to a telephone, and zap the story to the office at
300 bps. The things would hold stuff in mwmory for days with a few AA (I
think) batteries. I never owned one, but knew a few people years ago
who did. There used to be a few people here on Delphi on the Portable
Computer forum who used Tandy 10x machines, (to get there, at a prompt, type
go com por). Someone there might be able to give you a hand.
-Dick-
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23494 3MAR95-2010 General Information
RE: Tandy102 (Re: Msg 23493)
From: KEJACKSON To: TESTRAKE
Great, thanks for the point in the right direction!
Yea, it runs off of 4 AA's. I remember seeing
the 100 model when I was a Junior in High School.
The guy who came to set up our network of Model III's
had one. I was amazed. Thanks again!
- Kev
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23495 3MAR95-2134 General Information
trs 80
From: ROFOSTER To: ALL
Help! A friend has asked me to ask you if there are modems available
for the TRS 80 computer? If so where or from whom and what is the baud
rate for the modem? She wants to use it for E-mail. Can someone help?
Thanks. Bob Foster or ROFOSTER@DELPHI>COM>
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23496 3MAR95-2230 General Information
RE: trs 80 (Re: Msg 23495)
From: TESTRAKE To: ROFOSTER
>Help! A friend has asked me to ask you if there are modems available
>for the TRS 80 computer? If so where or from whom and what is the baud
>rate for the modem? She wants to use it for E-mail. Can someone help?
>Thanks. Bob Foster or ROFOSTER@DELPHI>COM>
She would need an external modem which would need to be connected to
the TRS 80's serial port. I don't know anything about that computer's serial
port, and would expect that a custom cable would need to be made. Any tech
type should be able to handle that, but might need the specs for that port.
I don't remember the processor speed on that computer ( a few mhz?), and
would guess that speeds over 2400mhz (possibly 9600mhz) shouldn't be
expected.
Of course, a comm program for that computer would be required, and if she
does not already have it, may be hard to find.
-Dick-
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23497 4MAR95-0800 General Information
RE: trs 80 (Re: Msg 23495)
From: MISAL To: ROFOSTER
> A friend has asked me to ask you if there are modems available
> for the TRS 80 computer?
TRS 80 is a general term for Tandy's early computer line -- but, most of
these machine have a standard serial port and will handle any Hayes
Compatible 300 to 2400 baud modem.
The friend will need a comm program for the machine. These are available
but to suggest one, I would need to know which model.
Mike
MJ-Software
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23498 5MAR95-1935 General Information
4000 SCSI, where is 386enh icon?
From: BARTONO To: ALL
Hi group.
I am running a 4000-386 scsi 80 meg. I never noticed it before but the
icon for and mention of the 386enh mode is missing from the control panel.
I have a program that will only run in 386enh mode and so far I am stymied.
Any suggestions. (It's a voice mail application that I'm trying to install)
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Bart.
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23499 6MAR95-0727 General Information
RE: 4000 SCSI, where is 386enh icon? (Re: Msg 23498)
From: MISAL To: BARTONO
> I am running a 4000-386 scsi 80 meg. I never noticed it before
> but the icon for and mention of the 386enh mode is missing from the
> control panel.
If the icon is not visible, you cannot run that system in Enh mode.
Mike
MJ-Software
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23500 6MAR95-2007 General Information
RE: 4000 SCSI, where is 386enh icon? (Re: Msg 23498)
From: KEJACKSON To: BARTONO
Bart, first off, how many megs RAM you got?
The icon might be found in your progman group
somewhere. If not, quit windows and run defrag in
dos. There might be something wrong with your
permanent swap file. But, you won't be able
to tell if you're running a perm or temp swap
file without the 386Enh Icon. Also, I believe the
icon would be there whether you were in enhanced
or real mode. I could be wrong, it's been known to
happen....
Worst comes to worse, reload windows. Also, was
it working before?
- Kevin
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23501 6MAR95-2009 General Information
RE: 4000 SCSI, where is 386enh icon? (Re: Msg 23498)
From: KEJACKSON To: BARTONO
Hello again. Check in the Main group in your
Program Manager for the 386ENH icon.
- Kevin
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23503 8MAR95-2343 General Information
wanted
From: PATMCMANUS To: ALL
does anyone out there have the vga card for the tandy 1000rl series?
and perhaps the external 5.25 high density drive willing to negotiate price
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23504 9MAR95-1806 General Information
rgbi cm-5 monitor????
From: ORKIN To: ALL
Yes i have a tandy cm-5 monitor that i bought a couple of years ago and
i seem to have lost my manual, i was wondering if anyone can give me
the 9 pin diagram,i am trying to convert a sega genesis to work on my
cm-5.
thanks for any help.
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23505 9MAR95-2019 General Information
RE: 4000 SCSI, where is 386enh icon? (Re: Msg 23500)
From: BARTONO To: KEJACKSON
Thanks for the response.
The icon was never there. I only noticed it missing when I attempted to
load a voice mail program for quicklink11 and a best data 14.4 modem.
I have 4 meg. but when I try to load the ace5000 program it stops and says
sorry...can only run in 386enh mode.
-Bart
p.s. don't worry about, I just find a modem that works on what I've got
in the shop.
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23506 9MAR95-2024 General Information
RE: 4000 SCSI, where is 386enh icon? (Re: Msg 23501)
From: BARTONO To: KEJACKSON
I looked there first. No icon and no mention of 386enh or enhance memory
in there. It read...fonts, colors, port, print manager, desktop....all the
way to midi but no 386enh. For some reason, apparently the Tandy 4000 SCSI
doesn't seem to enable this feature. But alas it is an old machine and
perhaps the pentium 75dx4 with 16 meg and cd-rom and 1 gig disk is waiting
out there for me to adopt it.
Thanks again for your help.
Bart
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23507 9MAR95-2044 General Information
RE: 4000 SCSI, where is 386enh icon? (Re: Msg 23499)
From: BARTONO To: MISAL
Thanks for your reply.
Any suggestions what I might try since the software I was trying to install
required it for installation? "What? you have no 386enh Mode" Sorry we can't
come out of our diskettes and play".
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23508 10MAR95-0457 General Information
RE: rgbi cm-5 monitor???? (Re: Msg 23504)
From: TVDOG To: ORKIN
CM-5 is a standard CGA monitor. Check any PC hardware book on that.
Jeff (tvdog)
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23509 10MAR95-1928 General Information
cga monitor!!!!!
From: ORKIN To: ALL
Can anyone give me the pin layout for a cga monitor?
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23510 11MAR95-1056 General Information
RE: cga monitor!!!!! (Re: Msg 23509)
From: TVDOG To: ORKIN
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9
1 Ground
2 Ground
3 Red
4 Green
5 Blue
6 Intensity
7 not used
8 Horizontal sync
9 Vertical sync*