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From: japplega@csm9a.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Tandy 1000 - Harddisk question
Message-ID: <540@csm9a.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 16-Sep-87 14:39:28 EDT
Article-I.D.: csm9a.540
Posted: Wed Sep 16 14:39:28 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 19-Sep-87 09:20:01 EDT
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Organization: Colorado School of Mines
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Keywords: Tandy-1000, IBM HardDisk, Help...

>>Wrongo... the old 1000 and the 1000A are definately NOT hardware compatible
>>with the IBM... in order to place a WD card in my Tandy I had to burn a
>>special ROM and cut a trace on the card!!!  That is only one of the 23
>>modifications I've had to do to my Tandy 1000..
>
>Why on earth did you do this when you could buy, from one of many non-RS
>vendors (three immediately come to mind), a controller made for the
>T-1000 without modification.  Admittedly, they're not advertised much on
>"Computer Shopper" but "80 Micro" is a good source of such info.  And
>the vendors are quite competitive with one another.  

When I bought that system 1.5 years ago only a handfull of manufacturers
offered Tandy drives.... and once again the ripoff artists at Tandy assured
me that it was IBM Compatible (10" or shorter boards).... so why should I
pay $600-$700 for a Tandy compatible drive (HDS price at that time) when
I could buy a Miniscribe with a WD controller for $300!  Only after buying
the drive did I discover Tandy's deceptive false advertising!!!

Tandy compatible hard drives ARE STILL more expensive than IBM compatible
and are available ONLY via mail order!!!  Tandy's drives, like all their
peripherals, are out of date and priced like they were IBM!!!

    Joe Applegate - Colorado School of Mines Computing Center
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