Tandy 1000TX and 1400LT

From: No Junk Mail <3sdiarftt02_at_sneakemail.com>
Date: Tue Jan 7 21:03:00 2003

> felt like digging.. Too bad I don't think I've got anything that'll
> read
> those 360K floppies anymore.. (If they're still good.) :-)

I'm just about to get a 5.25" floppy drive up and running in my main PC. I ordered a Catweasel enhanced floppy controller and I recently found a Teac dual 5.25"/3.5" floppy drive which I hope works. (If anyone knows a good source for new 5.25" floppy drive cleaning disks in Perth, Western Australia I'd be most grateful for the heads-up.)

Once I get them all running I'd love to help anyone read, write or image old disks, but I fear Australia is a long way away from most of the people on this list.

Speaking of which, I've salvaged a whole bunch of original 5.25" disks for various programs. I'll post a list when I've sorted through it, if anyone's interested. Some of them have useful things like serial numbers written on the labels.

> > > Minix? Is it the 1000 that has the 186, or is that the 2000?

A quick Google shows that the 2000 was the first with a 186. I love the way that the Tandy used them as a CPU but by the time the 486 was out they were just being used for caching hard drive controllers. (I had a lovely VLB caching controller right up until I walked away from it about 3 years ago -- kicking myself now)

Chris J.
Received on Tue Jan 07 2003 - 21:03:00 GMT