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- From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
- Subject: Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 problem
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.050701.13201@qiclab.scn.rain.com>
- Reply-To: Leonard.Erickson@f51.n105.z1.fidonet.org
- Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon.
- References: <1993Jan19.202614.22011@rock.concert.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 05:07:01 GMT
- Lines: 44
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- darkshot@rock.concert.net (Michael B Garrett -- Chudys) writes:
-
- >Is it at all possible to put a "standard" hard drive (say a Conner 170MB)
- >into a Tandy 1000 TL/2?
-
- There's an adapter for installing an AT IDe drive in a T1000 I don't
- have the part number handy.
-
- >This is the 8088 machine with DOS 3.3 in ROM, and it contains a "SmartDrive"
- >(read: IDE) port on the motherboard.
-
- The "SmartDrive" port is for *XT* IDE drives, not AT IDe drives like that
- Connor.
-
- >I have all setup disks, but I can find nothing in the docs about doing this-
- >it just says "plug it in". I assume that these docs are referring to a
- >special Tandy IDE drive, since the machine does NOT recognize it. There is
- >no way to set the BIOS for a particular drive that I can see.
-
- See above, you are plugging an AT interface into an XT interface. Won't work!
-
- >What I want to do is disable the ROM and just put DOS 5 on it. This is for
- >a UNIX client of mine- it's the home machine and I'm just doing it as a favor.
-
- In the setup you just tell it to boot off the HD. I've got a TL/3 with a 40meg
- "smartdrive" and I just did that and booted off a DOS 5 floppy to install
- it on the HD.
-
- >I noticed earlier messages from people with other model 1000's that have
- >installed DOS 5- but did you install it on a Tandy "SmartDrive"?
-
- On *any* XT IDE drive it is easy. But they don't come any bigger than
- 40 meg.
-
- >I'm stumped- Tandy support is too. Anyone?
-
- They are probably stumped because you've beren (unintentionally) lying
- to them. The drive you have *cannot* be made to work without a special
- adapter card.
- --
- Leonard Erickson leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com
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