27 Jun
2006
27 Jun
'06
12:25 a.m.
Although the possibility intriques me to no end,
rather then *attempt* to recreate the dopey chips in
the 2000, I'd probably rather *attempt* to shoe-horn a
whole different graphics subsystem in it's place. It's
a totally vintage approach, in spirit anyway - no one
actually LIKED having an MS-DOZE based puter that ran
Surely the whole point of having a Tandy 2000 is that it runs Tandy 2000
software. If you want a PC-incompatible that has a 7220 as the graphics
controller, get a Rainbow :-) [Yes, I know there are custom chips in the
'bow, but IIRC, they're also used in the VT100, so they're not that rare]
Juat be glad it's not an HP150-II. That thing has 5 gate arrays in it,
and IIRC thate's not that much documentation on them in the technical
manual (which I do have). Come to think of it, the plain HP150 uses some
SMC chip for the video, I can look up to see which it is if you like.
oh 25 or 30 programs. They did like the advanced
Actually, I would like one, but Tandy 2000s are not at all common in the
UK, and I can't afford the shipping on one from the States.
-tony