On Wednesday, November 04, 1998 5:20 PM, Jason Willgruber
[SMTP:roblwill_at_usaor.net] wrote:
> > Naturally the
> > machine died like a pig, leaving less of a ripple as it sank than
> > the Tandy 2000 or even the Tandy 600 portable had.
> >
> Just how many of the 600's were made/possibly are still in working order?
> Just how rare are they, and how much would one be worth? I had people
> trying to sell me non-working ones for $50 and over (I didn't buy them
> because I have a working one).
No idea but you sure don't run into them very often.
>
> Also on the topic of the 600, Does anyone have a modem cable and a
printer
> cable for one (or a BASIC chip)?
I have all of the above but I wouldn't be interested in parting with any of
it.
>
> One last question...
> Is there any way to run non-ROM programs on the 600?
You could run programs from diskette. The machine has an 8086 chip in it I
believe and I think there was an assembler available for it but I've never
seen one.
I just pulled mine from storage over the weekend and discovered that I had
left the memory switch on several years ago when I put it up. Now it won't
boot even under AC. I guess I need to replace the backup battery - anyone
have any info on this?
>
> ThAnX,
>
> -Jason
>
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