Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tank!ncar!unmvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!tikal!sigma!uw-nsr!uw-warp!gtisqr!roger From: roger@gtisqr.UUCP (Roger Droz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy Subject: Re: What sort of support is there for Tandy 6000HD? Message-ID: <630@hindmost.gtisqr.UUCP> Date: 19 Jan 89 21:26:39 GMT References: Reply-To: roger@gtisqr.UUCP (Roger Droz) Distribution: comp Organization: Global Tech, Mukilteo, WA Lines: 54 In article jeff@stormy.atmos.washington.edu (Jeff L. Bowden) writes: >Do they still make/sell them? No, they discontinued them around Thanksgiving time, 1987. I just had my model 16B (predecssor to the 6000) in for repair. The Tandy people, as a rule, don't know much about Unix, but they still support the hardware. >It comes with Xenix, (I didn't make a note of the version, I'm currently using 3.2, an upgrade I received last April. I was surprised and pleased that Tandy is supporting a discontinued product by informing users of OS upgrades. >I was amazed to find that it doesn't come with a C compiler. You want is what Radio Shack calls the "Development Package." That includes cc, make, sccs, nroff, an assembler, etc. I don't recall seeing a kernal object file, so you probably can't write device drivers. If you could, you'd probably have to have access to the Z80 I/O processor code. >There are several things I am interested to know. > > 2) How difficult/expensive is it to add more mass storage? > I'll email last month's discussion on this, if you wish. > 3) How difficult/expensive is it to add more memory? There is some problem with the memory management hardware that restricts the 6000 to 1MB. I'm not sure about the availability of an MMU upgrade. > 5) Is it possible to add more RS232 ports to it? Yes. My /dev includes up through tty06. > 6) Is it a good deal at $100? $200? I'm sure glad that I didn't buy the one I saw advertised for $1150! My 16B doesn't have room to expand the memory. I'm interested in a 6000, cheap. ______________________________________________________________________________ Roger Droz, Maverick MICRoSystems, Mukilteo, WA () () UUCP: uw-beaver!uw-nsr!uw-warp!gtisqr!roger (_______) ( ) Disclaimer: "We're all mavericks here: | | Each of us has our own opinions, | | and the company has yet different ones!" (___)