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From: Jason Simpson <jason_at_xio.com>
Date: Thu Sep 10 13:21:40 1998

Thanks for the reply. Sure helps me narrow my search a bit.

That Tandy 6000HD mentioned a day or two ago on the list sounds mighty interesting!

        -jrs


Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
>
> Jason Simpson wrote:
>
> > Some things I'd like to find:
> >
> > Model 16 stuff:
> > CP/M (CP/M-68k?) on 8" disks **
>
> Reports are that you can still get CP/M from Trisoft in Texas.
>
> > Harddisk **
>
> You'll most likely find it as part of a package with another member of
> the family -- better hope so, because if they were separated, the
> adapter card will have stayed with the CPU.
>
> > Network card (did it do Ethernet, or only Arcnet?)
>
> The only network card ever available was Arcnet, which only ran in Z-80
> mode and was only compatible with other Model 2/12/16/6000 machines --
> it won't talk to a network with PeeCees, even Tandy's ViaNet. And
> there were some compatibility problems with the Arcnet version of
> TRS-DOS.
>
> > Color Computer stuff:
> > OS/9 disks **
> > RAM expansion
> > Multicartridge adapter
> > Accelerator
>
> Best bet there is to keep an eye on comp.sys.tandy and comp.os.os9
> newsgroups. The MultiPak interface shows up now and again in the
> thrift shops, RAM expansion for the Color Computer 1/2 is standard
> chips, RAM expansion for the Color Computer 3 is generally found
> inside a Color Computer 3 and can be hard to spot without some
> disassembly required.
>
> In fact, without OS-9 Level II, there is no way to detect memory
> expansion in a Color Computer 3 easily -- well, I suppose there
> might be a short machine-language program that could be poked in,
> but I wouldn't know the details -- I drifted away from the Color
> Computer line for a few years starting right about when the Color
> Computer 3 was released, and I acquired OS-9 Level II before I
> found my three expanded CoCo 3's at the Trenton Computer Festival
> this past spring (and I still haven't had time to play with them
> much).
>
> What precisely do you mean by "Accelerator"? I've heard that there
> is a way to replace the CoCo 3 CPU with a ?Hitachi? chip, but I
> haven't been tracking the details. Somewhere around here I've got
> a copy of some FAQ or other that might mention it. (There's a
> good set of links for most of the TRS-80 line by Irs Goldklang at
> <http://www.trs-80.com/> -- Model 1/3/4, 2/12/16/6000, 100/200, and
> Color Computer -- the MS-DOS stuff is ignored).
> --
> Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram_at_cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
>
> When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked me if I had any
> firearms with me. I said "Well, what do you need?" -- Steven Wright

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