Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!amdcad!weitek!hemingway!robert From: robert@hemingway.WEITEK.COM (Robert Plamondon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy Subject: Re: Expansion Board Needed for Tandy 2000 Computer Message-ID: <795@hemingway.WEITEK.COM> Date: 23 Aug 89 13:44:25 GMT References: Reply-To: robert@hemingway.WEITEK.COM (Robert Plamondon) Distribution: na Organization: WEITEK, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 39 In article roy@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Herbert Roy) writes: > A friend has an old Tandy 2000 computer with 256K of memory--which >places a restriction on programs with a larger memory requirement (such as >Framework). Radio Shack no longer supports this computer. > > Does anyone know where an expansion board can be purchased to increase >the memory to between 256K and 384K? In spite of persistent rumors, it is *not* *true* that the Tandy 2000 is unsupported. They'll still fix broken machines, and they still have many expansion boards in stock. A year ago, I specifically checked on memory boards, and they had made a new run of boards which they were selling for $125 each, with 128kB on board (that is, half-populated.) They did this specifically to support users, like your friend, who needed more system memory. If you can find someone who knows what he's doing -- call up the local stores and ask for their "Tandy 2000 expert" until someone claims to be one -- you can usually find all sorts of unsold inventory and lease returns in the back rooms of local Radio shacks. The going rate for a clean hard disk machine with color and graphics is about $300-$600, the high price going for machines that are bundled with things like AutoCad. You can sometimes get the machines for free, if you find an ex-user who wants to give his machine a good home. There is a Tandy 2000 User's Group called the Tandy 200 Orphans, which published a newsletter called WHIMPER. This newsletter contains classified ads for Tandy 2000 hardware, articles about finding more, helpful hints, and vitriolic editorials (but it's the only newsletter we've got, so what the hey.) You can get a sample copy free: Tandy 2000 Orphans, 387 Main, Westport CT 06880. -- Robert -- Robert Plamondon robert@weitek.COM "No Toon can resist the old 'Shave and a Hair-Cut'"