Subj : Re: Tany 1000 HX
To   : faeempress
From : Dr. What
Date : Tue Jul 26 2022 23:41:16

-=> faeempress wrote to All <=-

 fa> I'm tempted to setup my old Tandy 1000HX again. It was my first
 fa> computer back around 1988. It still works, though the drives are
 fa> failing. I should really open it up and make sure the board and
 fa> components look ok. I plan on buying a serial wifi modem so I can at
 fa> least dial up some BBS's. The no floppy drives issue will need to be
 fa> solved somehow; maybe I need to research an SD card solution. It's so
 fa> awesome to see all these old computers still being used 30 years later.
 fa> I'm in heaven.

There's a guy on Tindie.com who makes a bunch of add on cards for the Tandy
1000 line to add more modern functionality.
https://www.tindie.com/stores/cyberneticsys/

One of those items is a internal Gotek connector which will easily let you
replace that failing floppy drive.


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