jakg1190@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (J. 'Priapus' Kmiecik) (10/11/90)
I have an old Tandy 1000EX with the memory expansion board (640K), the RS232 card, and a 720 3.5" drive and 360K 5.25" drive. I am running MS-DOS 3.3. I would like to add a hard drive to this computer as cheaply as possible. (Note: the key word in the previous sentence is "cheaply" since I would like to get by with this computer only for a short time until I can obtain something more substantial.) Obviously, the inexpensive hard drive controllers for the XTs or the Hard Cards won't fit in the 1000EX's "PLUS" slot. My question is: Is there available (or can I make) an adaptor from the PLUS slot to an XT slot and will this simple modification allow a typical hard drive controller/drive for an XT work in the EX? Or is there a hard drive made specifically for the PLUS-type slot that will run in an EX? Oh, for the convenience of a hard drive! Thanks to all who respond. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joe Kmiecik "There is only one thing worse E-mail: jakg1190@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu than being talked about, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that is not being talked about."
bobb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Bob Beauchaine) (10/11/90)
In article <1990Oct10.212425.14604@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jakg1190@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (J. 'Priapus' Kmiecik) writes: >My question is: > >Is there available (or can I make) an adaptor from the PLUS slot to an XT slot >and will this simple modification allow a typical hard drive controller/drive >for an XT work in the EX? Or is there a hard drive made specifically for the >PLUS-type slot that will run in an EX? > >Oh, for the convenience of a hard drive! Thanks to all who respond. > There is an adapter that maps the PLUS slot of the EX to a standard PC/XT bus. I bought one a few years back when I purchased a modem for my TX, but the modem has the PLUS adapter, while my TX has the PC bus. It worked for three years without a flaw. The downside: the adapter has to connect to the side of the PLUS compatible card, so when inserted into the machine, the new card + adapter takes up 1 1/2 slots. You can get the adapter at any Radio Shack store or computer center. Bob Beauchaine bobb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM
bobb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Bob Beauchaine) (10/11/90)
In article <1990Oct10.212425.14604@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jakg1190@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (J. 'Priapus' Kmiecik) writes: >I have an old Tandy 1000EX with the memory expansion board (640K), the >RS232 card, and a 720 3.5" drive and 360K 5.25" drive. I am running MS-DOS 3.3. > >I would like to add a hard drive to this computer as cheaply as possible. Sorry I forgot to mention it in my last post: Watch out. Make sure you get a hard drive that is Tandy compatible. I bought mine from Card Drives International (30 Meg. hard card). Not all hard drives will work in a Tandy computer. Unfortunately, you will have to pay extra for the Tandy compatible. Bob Beauchaine bobb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM
yetsko@interlan.interlan.com (Mike Yetsko) (10/11/90)
The only 'compatibility' issue is that some Tandy 1000 machines (all older) do NOT have IRQ5 available. In that case the next choice is IRQ2. If you get a controller that supports IRQ selections, it should work. If it doesn't then I would consider the controller more 'incompatible' than the 1000 EVER might be considered. Mike Yetsko
andyross@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Andrew Rossmann) (10/14/90)
In article <6020@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> bobb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Bob Beauchaine) writes: >In article <1990Oct10.212425.14604@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jakg1190@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (J. 'Priapus' Kmiecik) writes: >>Is there available (or can I make) an adaptor from the PLUS slot to an XT slot > There is an adapter that maps the PLUS slot of the EX to a standard PC/XT > bus. I bought one a few years back when I purchased a modem for my TX, but > the modem has the PLUS adapter, while my TX has the PC bus. It worked for > three years without a flaw. The downside: the adapter has to connect to the > side of the PLUS compatible card, so when inserted into the machine, the new > card + adapter takes up 1 1/2 slots. You have it backwards. Mr Kmiecik wants to turn a PLUS into a PC slot, which doesn't exist. You are talking about the opposite, using a PLUS card in a PC slot. I have a serial port in my SX mounted on an adapter card ($15). It only uses up one slot. Maybe your modem has alot of tall components on it? Andrew Rossmann andyross@ddsw1.MCS.COM