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From: nanook@rwing.UUCP (Robert Dinse)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy,misc.forsale
Subject: Re: For sale: Model 16 computer
Summary: Disk, Memory...
Message-ID: <177@rwing.UUCP>
Date: 13 Nov 90 07:39:06 GMT
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In article <1990Nov11.235720.12839@stb.info.com>, michael@stb.info.com (Michael Gersten) writes:
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> For sale:
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> A Trs-80 model 16. This is a xenix machine.
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> 1 meg of memory.
> 68000 processor.
> 2 1.25 meg floppies
> 1 80meg hard drive.
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> (System can be expanded with another 3 standard st-502
> drives (max of 80meg each). Memory can be expanded,
> but extra memory can only be used by the swapper).

     Unless you've modified your disk controller (by replacing the WD1010
with a WD2010 and applying a patch to diskutil), the largest drive you can
put on there is 1024 cylinders, 8 heads, which is approximately 71 megs,
but by the time you take out space for replacement tracks, boot and diagnostic
track, superblock, inodes, and possibly swap space, your down to even less.

     Memory can be expanded and used as real memory (I've got a 6000 running
with 4 megs of main memory), but requires an MMU upgrade. Two things that
are going to limit your expansion though are card slots and power supply.
The 16 has one slot left after the basic stuff that's required just to run,
and the power supply could be heaftier.

     But.. a by-the-way, I've got a 16 with two 8-megs (8 inch controller
definitely less desirable than the 5-1/4 inch controller due to the better
availability of 5-1/4 inch drives) for $250, otherwise equipped pretty much
as the above machine except no big supply of floppies.

     I'm selling the 16 because I'm getting another 6000 which has more
card slots and easier access to the cards.

     This machine has the 8 inch controller, two 8 meg hard drives, two
8 inch floppies, 8 Mhz MC68000 with the latest PAL's so it can run
(and is running) 3.02.00 Xenix. Another minus, I don't have the extra
set of doc's to sell with this machine because Monty has them (are you
still gonna need them since you're selling your boxes)?

     Send mail if you're interested to nanook@eskimo.uucp... I'm also
interested in hearing from anybody who's into the guts of these machines,
or uses them and plans on continuing to use them.