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From: petrocco@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (ron.petrocco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Why Tandy?
Date: 30 Aug 92 16:17:10 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbfsb.1992Aug30.161710.27043
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T

I have a Tandy 1400 Laptop.  Radio Shack wants $600 for a hard
drive (forget it!) and $400 for an external 5-1/4" floppy
drive.  There is a port for an external disk drive.  Does anyone
know of any way to wire any other inexpensive external 5'1/4"
floppy drive to work on the 1400?

petrocco@cbnewsg.att.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: leonard@coyote.datalog.com (Leonard Lorden)
Subject: TRS-80 to MS-DOS
Organization: Datalog Consulting, Tucson, AZ
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 02:29:43 GMT

You may also try to transfer your TEXT data via terminal program.  You will 
most likely need a program to add line feeds after the carriage returns in 
the transferred file as the TRS-80 world has no need and does not use 
LF's.  There are emulators available that will allow you to run your Model 
3/4 programs on your MS-DOS machines, but if you ask me, why bother...

                    -=> Leonard <=-

Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: jfrench@cs.tamu.edu (Jeff French)
Subject: Help with 6000 HD please
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 18:29:29 GMT

Fellows, fellows, fellows......   c'mon, some of you have to have
the original boot disk set for a Tandy 6000. My 6000 is just set-
ting here taking up space due to a couple of missing boot  files.
Tandy  no longer sells the Xenix OS this little jewel runs, and I
want it back up. Please, let me buy, borrow, or pirate your  copy
of  Xenix 03.01.01 or later. Better yet, make me a boot disk that
is mountable and has all the necessary files to restore the  root
directory.  The  files  I  deleted are the z80* files and xenix-,
note that this is the xenix- file and not xenix.  I  will  pay  a
reasonable  price  for  someone  to make me this disk. Help out a
fledgling 6000 nerd...


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From: rcisnet2!color_galaxy_mw!eric_levinson
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: (R)Re:
Keywords: (R)Re:
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 11:24:52 PDT
Distribution: world
Summary: (R)Re:
Organization: The Rainbow Connection Information Service

R>I have a Tandy 1400 Laptop.  Radio Shack wants $600 for a hard
R>drive (forget it!) and $400 for an external 5-1/4" floppy
R>drive.  There is a port for an external disk drive.  Does anyone
R>know of any way to wire any other inexpensive external 5'1/4"
R>floppy drive to work on the 1400?

 
There are several third party companies that sell floppies and hard drives
that operate thru the parallel port.  They also provide a thru connecter which
will allow you to still use the parallel port for a printer.
I have seen parallel hard drives for around $250 to $600 and floppies for
around $150
 
Hope this helps
 
Eric
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: leonard@coyote.datalog.com (Leonard Lorden)
Subject: Converting TRS-80 to MS-DOS
Organization: Datalog Consulting, Tucson, AZ
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 01:43:52 GMT

Computer News 80 magazine offers the service of converting your TRS-80 
material onto MS-DOS formatted diskettes, as opposed to purchasing the 
converting software at a cost of $100+.  You can reach them at...
    Computer News 80
    PO BOX 680
    Casper, Wyoming 82602-0680
    (307) 265-6483
 
  Be sure to tell them Leonard sent 'ya!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
Subject: Re: Hard Drives and Tandy
Reply-To: 70465.203@compuserve.com
Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon.
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 03:04:23 GMT

jam@cse.unl.edu (James Macfarlane) writes:

>I have a 1000 TL/2 and would like to put a larger volume (ie 80M) HD
>in it...is it possible, and if so how?  Tandy hasn't been able to 
>help me there, but they are probably looking as much at just their
>products as anything else.

The TL/2 is an *XT*. And the drives available for the built-in
controller are *XT* IDE drives. They aren't compatible with *AT*
type IDE drives. The XT variety only comes in 20 and 40 meg models.
(Though there were rumors that Connor would have an 80 meg model out 
around now). 

*If* the on-board controller can be disabled (I'm not certain, the
docs for my TL/3 seem to imply that it isn't), then you could try
a different XT type controller (SCSI, MFM, or RLL). You *might* be able
to get a SCSI controller that'll work in your system And that's
probably your best bet for finding an 80 meg drive. 

One question, have you considered the *size* of the drive. It's
going to have to be 1/2 height. 
-- 
Leonard Erickson		      leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com
CIS: [70465,203]			 70465.203@compuserve.com
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(The CIS & Fido addresses are preferred)
From: 2ftylunar@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Why Tandy?
Date: 29 Aug 92 22:14:57 GMT
Article-I.D.: kuhub.1992Aug29.171458.42654
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

No offense to anybody who bought a tandy, but what are the possible advantages
of having a comp when the upgrades are 1.limited 2.expensive and 3.bad quality.
I have a friend who just bought a comp. from tandy(smart guy huh?) and wanted
to get a game port for his computer. When he went over to the local store he
was told that it would cost him approx. $200 for the port!!! Maybe in some
small cities or wacked out larger ones the prices are down but i doubt it.
It just makes me mad when i hear about the idiotic things that radio shack
does!
From: arthur@zurich.ai.mit.edu (Arthur Gleckler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: TRS-80 disk -> MS-DOS disk
Date: 31 Aug 92 17:51:38 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: M.I.T. Artificial Intelligence Lab.


I have a TRS-80 disk that I would like to convert to MS-DOS format.
However, I don't have access to a TRS-80 equipped with a disk drive or
a serial port.  Also, I would rather not pay for a disk conversion
utility just to convert this one disk.  Does anyone know how I can get
the data off this disk?

Thank you,


Arthur Gleckler
arthur@zurich.ai.mit.edu
From: uhclem@nemesis.UUCP
Date: 31 Aug 92 20:43 CDT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Radio Shack dumping old parts
Message-ID: <-30997@nemesis>
From: hackerb9@u.washington.edu (Some Legume)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: trs80 questions
Date: 27 Aug 92 11:02:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Aug27.110249.20644
Reply-To: hackerb9@u.washington.edu
Organization: University of Washington

In article <1992Aug25.060203.3677@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mvlewis@nyx.cs.du.edu  
(Michael Lewis) writes:
> 
> Have any of you  solved any of the following games:

> Bedlam

Yeah, I've solved it. But it'd be sorta boring if I told you how to win it so  
why dontcha tell me how far you got and I'll give you some hints.

Benjamin
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: demarsee@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Darryl E. Marsee)
Subject: Other Uses for a VM-2 Monitor
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 09:10:33 EDT

Greetings.

I am the proud (?) owner of a Tandy VM-2 monitor (with standard RCA-jack-
type video-in) that I bought to use with my Model 100 Disk/Video Interface.
I now would like to find another use for it ... I've been told I can use
it as a TV-without-sound if I hook it up to a VCR ... is this true?  Also,
can it be used as a monochrome monitor for your run-of-the-mill IBM-type PC, 
assuming I can find some sort of patch cord to interface between the two?

Many Thanks & Regards,

Darryl Marsee
demarsee@mailbox.syr.edu
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Sunday, 23 Aug 1992 15:33:38 CDT
From: tom mckibben 2 <U51773@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Hard drive for Tandy 1000RL
 <1992Aug10.184329.5635@rwsys.lonestar.org> <1992Aug12.041302.14281@disk.uucp>

If you're looking for a hard drive for the rl try DCS industries. They run ads
in PCM magazine and COMPUTE magazine. PCM lists many other sources of Tandy
compatible hardware as well.
From: hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: TRS-80 disk -> MS-DOS disk
Date: 2 Sep 92 06:17:51 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: GE Medical Systems, Magnetic Resonance
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Arthur Gleckler (arthur@zurich.ai.mit.edu) wrote:
: 
: I have a TRS-80 disk that I would like to convert to MS-DOS format.
: However, I don't have access to a TRS-80 equipped with a disk drive or
: a serial port.  Also, I would rather not pay for a disk conversion
: utility just to convert this one disk.  Does anyone know how I can get
: the data off this disk?
: 
If it's a text file, you can just dski$ it, as they both use more-or-less
the same disk controller.  You might have to clean it up a bit, but you'll
get most of the info in cleanly.

If it's a machine-language program, no dice.  Z-80 vs. 80x86 just doesn't
work.

--

Dave Hinz  -  Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's.  Obviously.
hinzd@picard.med.ge.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: jam@cse.unl.edu (James Macfarlane)
Subject: Hard Drives and Tandy
Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 23:40:47 GMT

uhclem@nemesis.UUCP writes:


>On the 1000, 1000A, 1000SX, 1000TX systems, Interrupt 2 was used for
>hard disks, while other PC systems used interrupt 5.  Some people even had
>drivers that didn't need an interrupt at all.  Made sense, as DOS always
>waited until the disk I/O was complete anyway and really didn't need an
>interrupt.

>IRQ 5 was used on the early 1000 systems for PCJr compatibility, providing
>an interrupt on vertical sync.  A lot of games needed this.

>Later 1000 systems provided a jumper so you could decide if you wanted
>interrupt 5 to work like a PC or a PCJr.

>Frank Durda IV 

I have a 1000 TL/2 and would like to put a larger volume (ie 80M) HD
in it...is it possible, and if so how?  Tandy hasn't been able to 
help me there, but they are probably looking as much at just their
products as anything else.

If not, does anyone want to buy my computer?

James

--

James A. MacFarlane    |  Some of God's greatest   | 2500 S. 10th St.  #30
jam@cse.unl.edu        |   gifts are unanswered    | Lincoln, NE  68502-3439
University of Nebraska |   prayers. - G. Brooks    | voice: (402)438-6632
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: 1000SL & SoundBlaster?
From: copleyd@physc1.byu.edu
Date: 2 Sep 92 19:29:12 -0600
Distribution: world
Organization: Brigham Young University

I'm thinking of installing a SoundBlaster (not the Pro) in my old
Tandy 1000SL.

When I tried to install a non-Tandy, generic hard disk two years ago,
I ran into some incompatibilities, and ended up paying twice as much
for a Tandy drive with half the storage capacity.

I'm mainly interested in using my SL for MIDI storage, sequencing,
etc., and I don't want to pay big bucks for Tandy's MIDI box.  So I
thought I'd go with a cheap SoundBlaster.

Has anyone done this, and if so, did it work?

--
David C. Copley
copleyd@acoust.byu.edu
copleyd@digaudio.byu.edu
From: jam@cse.unl.edu (James Macfarlane)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Hard Drives and Tandy
Date: 4 Sep 92 16:41:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: unlinfo.1992Sep4.164152.19348
Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln

leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson) writes:

>jam@cse.unl.edu (James Macfarlane) writes:

>>I have a 1000 TL/2 and would like to put a larger volume (ie 80M) HD
>>in it...is it possible, and if so how?  
*** rest deleted for brevity ***

>The TL/2 is an *XT*. And the drives available for the built-in
>controller are *XT* IDE drives. They aren't compatible with *AT*
>type IDE drives. The XT variety only comes in 20 and 40 meg models.
>(Though there were rumors that Connor would have an 80 meg model out 
>around now). 

>*If* the on-board controller can be disabled (I'm not certain, the
>docs for my TL/3 seem to imply that it isn't), then you could try
>a different XT type controller (SCSI, MFM, or RLL). You *might* be able
>to get a SCSI controller that'll work in your system And that's
>probably your best bet for finding an 80 meg drive. 

>One question, have you considered the *size* of the drive. It's
>going to have to be 1/2 height. 

That is where my main problem lies...I had already had the HD, I just 
wanted to use it with the Tandy.  If that is the case, it must be an
*AT* drive, which means that I'll now have to get a real computer.

One question concerning this... I can get the drive to function for a 
short period, then the screen starts messing up and then the whole
computer just locks up...would that imply an interrupt problem instead?
I just read the earlier post about the interrupts and there is a jumper
to change the interrupts, but the user mans for this computer are bad
to say the least, and don't say a thing on this.

James

--

James A. MacFarlane    |  Some of God's greatest   | 2500 S. 10th St.  #30
jam@cse.unl.edu        |   gifts are unanswered    | Lincoln, NE  68502-3439
University of Nebraska |   prayers. - G. Brooks    | voice: (402)438-6632
From: singh@julius.cs.uiuc.edu (Rajendra Singh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Termcap entry  for TRS-80 Model 4 / comm
Date: 28 Aug 92 19:33:21 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Here is a termcap I wrote a several years ago for my TRS-80 Model 4 to
use with the comm program.  I use it to run gnuemacs and it does a good
job;  it doesn't work for vi (I think it used to, maybe I changed
something), and doesn't work with many other things well, but I do
almost everything from emacs anyway.

For anyone who uses it all I ask is that they send me mail so I
know that someone is using it (for my ego), and if you make any
additions/changes let me know so I can use it.

enjoy!
 -raj

t1|trs80|mytrs80:\
 :co#80:li#24:it#8:\
 :cd=\037:ce=\036:ho=\034:\
 :up=\033:cl=\034\037:\
 :kl=^H:kd=^J:kr=^I:.kb=^H:\
 :ku=^K:cr=\035:\
 :le=^X:do=^Z:nd=^Y:\
 :vi=^O:vs=^N:\
 :.bw:.bs:am:xr:nl=^Z:.pt:ta=^I:nw=^J:

--
			  __ \_;
****- OM -****		 (  \
Rajendra Singh		    |
singh@cs.uiuc.edu	   /__/--\
			   \   @_/
			    |
			^.  /
			 `==
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
Subject: Re: Termcap
Reply-To: 70465.203@compuserve.com
Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon.
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 13:22:14 GMT

gong@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU (yiming gong) writes:

>	Does anyone have the termcap for TD(DT?)-100 terminal?

dt|dt100|Tandy DT-100 terminal:\
        :PO=^X:\
        :BC=\E[34l:BF=\E[33h:BN=\E[33l:CF=\E[?25l:CN=\E[?25h:G1=k:G2=l:G3=m:\
        :G4=j:GC=n:GD=w:GE=\E(B:GH=q:GL=u:GR=t:GS=\E(0:GU=v:GV=x:GZ=~:HM=^[[H:\
        :NU=^[[23~:P0=\EOP:P1=\EOQ:P2=^D:P3=^U:P4=\E\E:P5=^R:P6=^P:P7=^N:\
        :P8=\E^I:P9=^I:PA=^O:PB=^F:PC=^L:PD=^[[29~:PE=^T:PL=^[[25~:PM#1:\
        :PN=\E[5i:PR=^[[26~:PS=\E[4i:PU=^[[28~:Pd=^E:U0=^A:U1=^B:UC=\E[34h:\
        :ae=^O:al=\E[L:as=^N:bs:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[;H\E[2J:cm=^H\E[%i%d;%dH:\
        :co#80:cs=\E[%2;%2r:dc=\E[P:dl=\E[M:do=\E[B:ho=\E[H:ic=\E[@:\
        :is=\E[?3l\E)0\E(B:k0=\E[?5i:k1=\E[?3i:k2=\E[2i:k3=\E[@:k4=\E[M:\
        :k5=\E[17~:k6=\E[18~:k7=\E[19~:k8=\E[20~:k9=\E[21~:kd=\E[B:\
        :ke=\E[?1l\E>:kh=\E[H:kl=\E[D:kr=\E[C:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\E[A:l1=f1:l2=f2:\
        :l3=f3:l4=f4:l5=f5:l6=f6:l7=f7:l8=f8:li#24:nd=\E[C:pt:re=\E[p:\
        :ru=\E[24p:se=\E[m:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:ue=\E[m:ug#1:up=\E[A:us=\E[4m:

-- 
Leonard Erickson		      leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com
CIS: [70465,203]			 70465.203@compuserve.com
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(The CIS & Fido addresses are preferred)
From: GUF@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Tandy WP-2 Wanted
Date: 31 Aug 92 16:53:22 GMT
Organization: Penn State University

I am interested in purchasing a used Tandy WP-2 laptop word
processor.  I am especially interested in purchasing a unit
with the letter "A" after the model number on the bottom.
Respond by E-Mail to GUF@psuvm.psu.edu.
Gil Gall
From: notes@nemesis.UUCP
Date: 23 Aug 92 12:45 CDT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: TRS-80 Model 4 software
Message-ID: <-31006@nemesis>
Nf-ID: #R:<qN5RPB3w163w@coyote.datalog.com:-33:nemesis:-31006:000:451
Nf-From: nemesis.UUCP!notes    Aug 23 12:45:00 1992


I am sure someone else will mention it to you too, but commercial 
advertisments are not supposed to appear in comp.* groups.  Don't
get the net in trouble, please.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: ian@HiElSys.DIALix.oz.au (Ian Hilliard)
Subject: Re: Upgrade path for Tandy 1000TX?
Organization: Hilliard Electronic Systems, Perth, Western Australia
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 16:27:17 GMT
Keywords: tandy, memory, computers, nerds

fraserdt@unixg.ubc.ca (David T.S. Fraser) writes:

>Howdy!  [This is my first post, so bear with me.]

>I haven't seen a FAQ for this group, despite the fact that I've been reading
>for ages.  Hopefully, someone can tell me what to do.

>I want to expand the amount of memory on my bare-bones 1000TX (only 640k
>at this point).  I've looked through PCM mag, going back a few months, and
>I haven't heard anything about what kinds of memory I can install.  The
>ads in said magazine just said they were on expansion boards, but seemed to
>be much more expensive per meg than memory advertised in other magazines.

>If I want to break the 640 limit, must I buy Tandy-specific memory, or can I
>opt for generic SIMMS, etc?

>Thanks in advance.

>David Fraser

G'Day David
I've been supporting Tandy computers in Western Australia, for many years.
This question you ask, is one I have been asked many times. The problem is
that the Tandy 1000TX is only an *XT* and as such has no facility to address
memory above 1MB through the bus. 

This is not an impossible problem, as there are XT Expanded Memory Boards
available from numerous suppliers. Unfortunately not all of them work very
well. 

Before looking at spending the extra money for a memory board, it might be
worth considering buying a new computer. An AT will be much faster and a
more modern machine will take SIMM's directly in the mother board.

If you insist on continuing with the TX, you would be best sticking with
a memory board supplied by Tandy's. At least then, you can be assured of
the quality of the board and that the board will work properly.

Regards Ian.


-- 

Ian Hilliard    --    ian@HiElSys.DIALix.oz.au    --    Perth, Western Australia
             A wise man is one who realises he needs to learn more.
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From: rcisnet2!color_galaxy_mw!eric_levinson
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: (R)Why
Keywords: (R)Why
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 00:51:32 PDT
Distribution: world
Summary: (R)Why
Organization: The Rainbow Connection Information Service

2>No offense to anybody who bought a tandy, but what are the possible advantages
2>of having a comp when the upgrades are 1.limited 2.expensive and 3.bad quality.
2>I have a friend who just bought a comp. from tandy(smart guy huh?) and wanted
2>to get a game port for his computer. When he went over to the local store he
2>was told that it would cost him approx. $200 for the port!!! Maybe in some
2>small cities or wacked out larger ones the prices are down but i doubt it.
2>It just makes me mad when i hear about the idiotic things that radio shack
2>does!

 
Actually your "friend" is grossly misinformed.  First of all all Tandy 1000's
have game ports built in.  It is just a matter of knowing how to set the
software up for it.  Second of all, like all retail stores, you cannot be
rest-assured that a sales person will know what theya are talking about.  The
tandy 1000 series computers are IBM compatible, so your friend could have
gotten a game port from anywhere.  Finally your friend may have been looking
for more than a simple "game card".
 
--
Eric Levinson
rcisnet2!root@moon.nbn.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: thssjyh@iitmax.iit.edu (Jianqing Hu)
Subject: Re: Why Tandy?
Organization: Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 07:10:33 GMT

In article <1992Aug29.171458.42654@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> 2ftylunar@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>No offense to anybody who bought a tandy, but what are the possible advantages
>of having a comp when the upgrades are 1.limited 2.expensive and 3.bad quality.
>I have a friend who just bought a comp. from tandy(smart guy huh?) and wanted
>to get a game port for his computer. When he went over to the local store he
>was told that it would cost him approx. $200 for the port!!! Maybe in some
>small cities or wacked out larger ones the prices are down but i doubt it.
>It just makes me mad when i hear about the idiotic things that radio shack
>does!


The only reason I go to Radio Shack is they are just at street corner, and
have some better refund policies. For qualities, I haven't experienced any
advantage for the regular price. Some of their sale prices are near those
mail orders but plus tax.

I remember I have bought a 1000HX and want to use a MDA monitor with it.
I have to soldering some 40 lines to convert a PLUS style expansion to
ISA expansion, yeah, I know there are ready to use convertors. And later
tried half a dozen Hercules clone cards to find a proper one that could 
co-exist with the Tandy CGA. They were all running well in nameless clone
computers.

In that case, I have to agree I got a good deal on 1000HX for only $35.00
cause when the store manager showing me how nice it was, the power supply
just got fried. Lately, I got a letter from Texas asking me buying a $69.00
extanded warranty for this baby.

Jianqing Hu
thssjyh@iitmax.iit.edu
From: gong@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU (yiming gong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Termcap
Date: 31 Aug 92 19:09:36 GMT
Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo/Comp Sci
Originator: gong@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU


	Does anyone have the termcap for TD(DT?)-100 terminal?

Thanks.

Yiming Gong
From: uhclem@nemesis.UUCP
Date: 25 Aug 92 22:03 CDT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: trs80 questions
Message-ID: <-31004@nemesis>
Nf-ID: #R:mnemosyne.cs.du.edu:3677:nemesis:-31004:000:1532
Nf-From: nemesis.UUCP!uhclem    Aug 25 22:03:00 1992


<>
[0]I have a problem with the screen on my model 4. Imagine the sdcreen is a
[0]conveyor belt. If you were to write on the conveyor belt, and turn the
[0]wheels on the end, the print would wrap around the the back side of the
[0]belt. The print on the back is backwards as seen from the front. This is
[0]what is wrong with my machine. The upper left cornes of the  print is

If the problem is in all video modes, sounds like the video sweep board is
failing and is starting its vertical retrace before it has drawn everything.
Unless you happen to find a loose connector, the video sweep board gets my
vote.  It is probably a capacitor on the board that is going bad, but it
is probably simpler to get a new board rather than diagnose the video sweep
board.

If it only fails in one video mode (80x24 or 64x16), then I guess the
video clock circuit on the main logic board is failing.  Depending on
the age of the board, this includes a strange "Christmas tree" modification,
with several parts soldered together at a point in the air.  Make sure
this hasn't been pushed down against something on the board, and that it
isn't touching the metal shield.  Failing that, U4 a HAL may be going bad.
The clock circuit on the older Model 4s is real strange and you need
the service manual to adjust it.

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