Tandy 1000 HX

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bbtel.com>
Date: Mon Aug 17 02:37:11 1998

Doug Spence wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, John Higginbotham wrote:
>
> > At 08:10 AM 8/10/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > >If you slide the expansion cover open (top hidden section) you can see what's
> > >been added. The memory card is usuallly on the bottom, the serial will be
> >
> > I slid the cover back, nothing there, which is what I assumed, since I saw
> > no ports sticking out the back.
>
> This reminds me. I've got a Tandy 1000EX with a 1200baud modem card in
> it, but I've not yet figured out how to get the modem to work.
>
> I tried it with Commo (?) and a couple of other programs that I scrounged
> from BBSes. I played with IRQ settings and stuff, and eventually got SOME
> kind of response from the modem, but never managed to get it to dial out.
>
> One interesting thing to note about the modem is that it has to be the top
> card in the stack. It doesn't have pins on it to pass the buss through to
> another card.
>
> Another interesting thing is that my machine's RF shielding seems to have
> been largely composed of metalicized cardboard, which was roughly ripped
> open over the expansion bus. (Ugly)
>
> > Funny, even the CoCo series had a serial port on the back.
>
> Yes, it is odd that these models have no serial port. I remember bringing
> this up before about my 1000EX and being told I must've somehow missed
> seeing the port. :)
>
> Doug Spence
> ds_spenc_at_alcor.concordia.ca
> http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/

 I may be getting a Tandy 1000HX in prime condition, possibly loaded with the memory
and hard drive and serial card. Anyone possibly have any interest? It's a friend's
machine and I need to work a trade on it with her and the T100HX will be a part of
the sale/trade.

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