On 24 May 99 at 15:56, Arfon Gryffydd wrote: TMK Tandy still sells the 2.11 for the 2000. It has a 186 cpu so it's somewhat unique. They also have a lot of info on the 1K and 2K models and their HDDs and controllers. You can use MSDOS 5 on the 1000s but there were some problematic issues regarding losing the ROM-based Tandy OS in some models. Therte's also a 2000 faq out there. Possibly on TV-Dogs site which also has a lot of info on these models. Don't have the URLs handy. ciao larry lwalker(a)interlog.com Let us know of your upcoming computer events for our Events Page. t3c(a)xoommail.com Collectors List and info http://members.xoom.com/T3C

The interface cable between the unit and the machine is a LARGE ribbon cable haeder plug (like IDE connectors but much bigger). Or did you mean the actual cable from the interface board to the drive itself? ---------------------------------------- Tired of Micro$oft??? Move up to a REAL OS... ######__ __ ____ __ __ _ __ # #####/ / / / / __ | / / / / | |/ /## ####/ / / / / / / / / / / / | /### ###/ /__ / / / / / / / /_/ / / |#### ##/____/ /_/ /_/ /_/ /_____/ /_/|_|#### # ###### ("LINUX" for those of you without fixed-width fonts) ---------------------------------------- Be a Slacker! http://www.slackware.com Slackware Mailing List: http://www.digitalslackers.net/linux/list.html

The Tandy 2000 external hard disk cable was a 50-pin header cable that matched those from the Model 2/12/16/6000 series machines and the Model 1/3/4 machines. Do not confuse the cables or compatible drives with the (technically inferior) IBM st506 interfaces of the time. External drives had a board that matched the Model 3/4 bus. THAT was the controller -- board in the 2000 was a bus adapter with some logic. A lot of wasted space on that board. Back in those days I could low-level format a 15Mb drive with a Z-80 on a TRS-80 Model 4 in about 20 minutes, as opposed to about an hour and a half with an XT. Oh yeah, the Mod 4 had the OS and utilities installed after that and the boot floppy set up, on the IBM (or compatible) the "high-level" format and actual installation of the operating system had yet to go. Oh, the 2000 matched the performance of the Model 4, no surprise. Don't get me wrong, I love the Tandy 2000 - better than the AT that showed up a year later and killed it by introducing a "standard" 16-bit bus. It died because it was not "100% IBM compatible", since the company had tried and succeeded at superiority, but couldn't match the (at that time) magic name. And people wanted 100% IBM compatibility. Simply better wasn't good enough. On Wed, 26 May 1999, Sipke de Wal wrote: Ward Griffiths "the timid die just like the daring; and if you don't take the plunge then you'll just take the fall" Michael Longcor