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From: hankd@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu (Hank Dietz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Another 6000 serial port problem
Summary: Help!
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Date: 3 Sep 90 17:46:33 GMT
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My Tandy 6000, which has been merrily chugging along doing mostly troff to
an HP laserjet, got a nasty case of amnesia after crashing during a power
failure a few weeks ago.  After cleaning out about 7 years of dirt and dust,
it still couldn't boot xenix, although it ran trsdos fine (the first time
I've used that).  Pulling my 3-port serial card brought the machine back to
good health.

There is nothing *OBVIOUS* wrong with the card, but I have no schematics,
etc.  So, the big question is how do I go about fixing the serial card or
getting another?  I don't want to invest too much money in the system, but I
might be willing to buy another system just to ensure I'll always be able to
keep one running...  it makes a nice troff server for my other unix box.  :-)

					-hankd@ecn.purdue.edu

PS: One of the two built-in serial ports died many years ago...  I'd also
    appreciate any comments on how to fix that.