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From: garylee@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (Gary Lee)
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Subject: Re: hard disk on a 1000tl
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Date: 8 Mar 91 05:03:30 GMT
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In article <1991Mar7.050650.27584@news.iastate.edu> spam@iastate.edu (Begley Michael L) writes:
>I'm sure this has been beaten to the ground on this group, but I have here
>before me:
> a tandy 1000tl
> an ST225 hard drive
> a generic hard drive controller.  I don't know the make but it's 8-bit,
>  has a WDC chipset and some Everex ROMs...(ver 3.92)
>
>now...how do I make this all work nice-like?
>
>I'm not familiar with these machines; I'm doing this for the owner of the
>tandy (he's buying my hard disk if I can get it going...)
>
>thanks a lot and I'm sorry if this topic is like beating a dead horse...
>
>-mike begley
>spam@iastate.edu
>
>-- 

You should install it as you would in any other IBM PC/XT compatable.

There shouldn't be any trouble unless the controller is 'non-standard'. If
that is the case, then it usually won't work in most other clones either.


gary