Tandy 600 (was:Tandy MC5000) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

4 Nov 1998

On Wednesday, November 04, 1998 5:20 PM, Jason Willgruber 
[SMTP:roblwill@usaor.net] wrote:
...
   Naturally the
 machine died like a pig, leaving less of a ripple as it sank than
 the Tandy 2000 or even the Tandy 600 portable had.
  Just how many of the 600's were made/possibly are still in working order? 
 Just how rare are they, and how much would one be worth?  I had people
 trying to sell me non-working ones for $50 and over (I didn't buy them
 because I have a working one). 
No idea but you sure don't run into them very often.

...

 Also on the topic of the 600, Does anyone have a modem cable and a  printer
...
  cable for one (or a BASIC chip)? 
I have all of the above but I wouldn't be interested in parting with any of 
it.

...

 One last question...
 Is there any way to run non-ROM programs on the 600? 
You could run programs from diskette.  The machine has an 8086 chip in it I 
believe and I think there was an assembler available for it but I've never 
seen one.

I just pulled mine from storage over the weekend and discovered that I had 
left the memory switch on several years ago when I put it up.  Now it won't 
boot even under AC.  I guess I need to replace the backup battery - anyone 
have any info on this?

...

 ThAnX,

 -Jason

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