Due to massive amounts of caffeine & sleep deprivation, Kai Kaltenbach said:
>Tandy 600
>
>Introduced:
> October 28, 1985
FYI: Mine was built in September, 1985, so I would imagine they would need
some time to ramp up production for the introduction.
>Storage:
> Internal 3.5" 360K floppy
> (storage only, not bootable)
Not bootable, 'cause it boots from ROM. BTW, SSDD 80 Track, 9SPT.
>Ports:
> RS-232 and Centronics parallel
>Bus:
> Proprietary for external floppy or "other peripherals"
I'm at work, 600 at home (awaiting new internal nicads...) but unless Tandy
or Zenith (OEM) designed a floppy-port-based whatever, the external floppy
port is a 1-for-1 pinout of a standard floppy interface... so you can hook
up either a 3.5" or 5.25" floppy, provided it's 80 tracks or more. (That
means I could hook up my 2" floppy, if I designed an interface cable, as it
only has a 22-pin cable (all standard signals, plus power... just need to
align the signals.)
> One option ROM socket (accessible by removing
> Multiplan) that holds BASIC or other ROMs
>Power:
> AC adapter, and built-in NiCd batteries
AC adapter is 8V DC, 1.5A, IIRC. (hafta look when I get home...)
>Modem:
> Internal 300 baud
>Operating System:
> Proprietary ROM
It's called HH/OS, (Hand-Held Operating System... tho I doubt you'd call
the 600 a hand-held!) and it was produced by MicroSoft.
>Applications:
> Built-in System Manager, Word, Calendar, File,
> Telcom and Multiplan
>BASIC:
> Optional ROM cartridge
>Keyboard:
> 72-key
>
>Pricing:
> Base system $1599
> BASIC ROM $129
> 96K RAM upgrade $399
Didn't the Basic ROM originally cost $139.95, or did it go up from
original? (I'll have to look that one up in my '89 catalog...) Tandy still
sells the ROM, and they still want $120 for it!!!!! :-(
HTH,
"Merch"
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Received on Thu Jun 19 1997 - 14:51:26 BST