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From: garylee@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (Gary Lee)
Subject: Re: speeding up Tandy 1000TL ?
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In article <91173.071242U51773@uicvm.uic.edu> tom mckibben 2 <U51773@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
>According to the DCS publication "Upgrading Your Tandy", there is no way you
>can get your 1000TL up to the 10MHz speed of the TL/3. NEC had planned to
>introduce a faster replacement chip for the 80286 called the V50 but it was
>never marketed due to legal pressure from Intel. Also there are no 386 or 486
>replacement or accelerator boards for the 1000TL.
>
>You can get a slight speed increase by bringing the memory up to 768K. The 128K
>above 640K is used exclusively as video memory so that your programs don't have
>to compete with the video which normally uses the lower 128K if your memory is
>below 640K. You can also get a little more speed by adding a math coprocessor,
>a fast hard drive, and disk caching software.
>
>For more information about Tandy computers I'd suggest checking out the DCS or
>similar books about upgrading the 1000 series and PCM magazine if for no other
>reason than to see what kind of Tandy compatible add ons exist in the market.
>
>Finally, at present there are no upgrade DOS/Deskmate EEPROM that you can buy.
>If you want to upgrade your DOS you'll just have to boot up from disk instead
>of the ROM.
>
>I hope this has been helpful. :)
>
>tom
>
>thomas mckibben 2                      | 1. One thing at a time.
>university of illinois at chicago      | 2. First things first.
>Crispy: u51773@uicvm                   | 3. Know what you're doing.
>Extra Crispy: u51773@uicvm.cc.uic.edu  | 4. Jane! Stop this crazy thing!

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You can get a SOTA Express386. Thier number is 1-800-933-7682. People on
Comu$erve's Tandy forum have had success with this product.


gary