9 Feb
1999
9 Feb
'99
5:12 a.m.
On Tuesday, February 09, 1999 3:25 PM, Michael A. Rivas Sr
[SMTP:mrivas@caribe.net] wrote:
my brother got a hold of a tandy 1000. when booted up
it asks for a boot
disk which he does not have. i have two questions
1) what can i do about the boot disk?
2) what does a tandy 1000 go for?
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Michael,
1.) I've had several different 1000s and each of them would boot from ROM
if a disk wasn't available. Since the ROM included a FORMAT command, you
could make your own bootable disk.
Some of the models might have worked a little differently. Exactly which
model do you have (1000TL / 1000HD / 1000RL ...)?
2.) There were about a trillion of these things made so, the value is
pretty low. I have seen them for as little as $10 at the flea market
without a monitor or hard drive. The monitor could cost another $10 to $15.
The hard drive with OS might add another $10.
So, the value of the complete working system would probably be in the $30 -
$50 range...
Regards,
Steve Robertson - <steverob(a)hotoffice.com>
9 Feb
9 Feb
6:26 a.m.
On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Steve Robertson wrote:
1.) I've had several different 1000s and each of
them would boot from ROM
if a disk wasn't available. Since the ROM included a FORMAT command, you
could make your own bootable disk.
I believe only the Tandy 1000HX had DOS 2.11 in ROM. All other T1000's do
not.
2.) There were about a trillion of these things made
so, the value is
pretty low. I have seen them for as little as $10 at the flea market
without a monitor or hard drive. The monitor could cost another $10 to $15.
The hard drive with OS might add another $10.
So, the value of the complete working system would probably be in the $30 -
$50 range...
I concur with this assessment.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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6:39 a.m.
On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Steve Robertson wrote:
1.) I've had several different 1000s and each of
them would boot from ROM
if a disk wasn't available. Since the ROM included a FORMAT command, you
could make your own bootable disk.
Some of the models might have worked a little differently. Exactly which
model do you have (1000TL / 1000HD / 1000RL ...)?
The original Tandy 1000, 1000HD and a couple of others didn't have
the DOS ROM, that was added a couple of years into the history of
the product line. But any stock 360k MS-DOS will work, though
there were a few utilities unique to the 1000 on the official
version. But every Radio Shack store is supposed to have a CD
that can be used to recreate old Tandy DOS, Setup and utility
disks for any of the Tandy PC compatibles -- this of course leaves
out the Tandy 2000 and any of Tandy's real computers.
Where do we suddenly get two people in one day with attached
graphics? And the one _must_ have been reading this list for a
while, he'd copied a quote that I composed while listening to the
song I took it from. And you don't find Michael Longcor tapes at
your local Sam Goody's.
--
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
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