xxajtxx@hou2d.UUCP (A.THANGARAJ) (10/23/85)
<<<<<<<%%%%%%%######|||||$$$$!!!&&(line^eater)&&!!!$$$$|||||######%%%%%%%>>>>>>> In article ihlpf.187 dated Oct 13, 1985, George Wilkin lists some of the updates to the PC6300 and the software that comes with it. Here are some of his observations and some of mine. I compared PC6300s a year apart. > The second serial port which was unused on my pc, has been removed > from the mother board altogether. (no connector) Gee, I wish I had known that there was a second serial port; we went out and bought an IBM (ugh, we had to get it from the competition ;-)) asynchronous communications card for our serial mouse systems mouse, since our first serial port was tied up for communications. > MS-DOS 2.11 Release 2.0 (note release ##) Additional commands include SIZE, which lists the sizes of the files mentioned, and CHMOD which changes the mode of a file (eg. to"hidden") > DOS now includes a ram disk!! and a 'ship' program?? The ramdisk program works fine. It allows you to specify only the size of the ramdisk. A program called "Membrain" that I've seen on bulletin boards lets you specify a whole lot of other parameters. > Customer diagnostics seem more interactive? > Anyone else notice this? I can't vouch for this; perhaps the PC6300 team could fill us in. > On another note, all 256k was soldered in, very tough to upgrade > to 640K. There are now (at least ;-))two models of dual floppy 6300's: Model 3703-E20 has 256K of soldered RAM; you need the expansion board to upgrade to 640K (cost: several hundred dollars). Model 3703-E21 has 128K soldered in and 128K socketed, making it easy to upgrade to 640K for under $60 (see page 2-14 of the PC6300 Service Manual). (Sigh! I wish the hard disk PC 6300 also had a model with socketed RAM) > A section on the enhanced video board in the gw basic users guide. GWABSIC.EXE is now 70704 bytes long, and whaddya know, BASICA and plain-vanilla BASIC are also on the disk, providing IBM-compatibility! And, don't forget that the PC6300 (regular, not plus) team is listening to your feedback at mtuxt!pc6300. Here's a good opportunity to say something to someone who can actually do something in response to your feedback. ....arun. _______ _______ Suite HR1K228 / * \ _ / * \ all views are | * | / \ | * | 480 Red Hill Rd |* * H * *| <(GSP)> |* * R * *| my own, etc... | * | \_/ | * | Middletown NJ 07748 | * |Garden State | * | +-------------+ Parkway +-------------+ hou2d!xxajtxx | R E D |Exit 114 | H I L L | ..the future +-------------------------------------------+ 201-949-9127 |R E Q U I E M B Y T H E P A R K W A Y| lies in PC's +-------------------------------------------+