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From: tannerr@prism.cs.orst.edu (Ryan Tanner)
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Subject: Re: DOS 5.0 installation disaster
Message-ID: <1991Jun25.041421.13354@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU>
Date: 25 Jun 91 04:14:21 GMT
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In <1991Jun24.201847.3754@clark.edu> t02@clark.edu (Torry Schreiner) writes:

>In article <91174.181153CBTCC@CUNYVM.BITNET> CBTCC@CUNYVM.BITNET writes:
>>I tried to post this earlier, and I don't think it made it.  Pardon if this is
>>a repeat....
>>My rommate just installed DOS5 on his Tandy 2500XL. The installation
>>bombed.  He said he did everything as laid out in the manual, & I
>>believe him.  Anyway, as I said, it's on a Tandy 2500 XL.  This is the  screen
>>appearance on booting:
>>christ@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (INTERNET)

>Sounds like you got screwed by Tandy.  Some Tandy machines have DOS on a chip.
>In order to upgrade DOS versions you have to buy the new chip from Tandy.

Not true.  Although I don't like Tandy, they are not at fault this time.
They have some jumper inside the machine to turn off the DOS in BIOS.
Then the machine totally ingnores that part of its ROM.  email me for
further details.

Ryan (tannerr@prism.cs.orst.edu)