japplega@csm9a.UUCP (Joe Applegate) (04/13/89)
Well, I have fallen victim to the latest incompatibility in the Tandy 1000A.
Upon getting QuickC 2.0 I discovered that the colors come up in the most
obnoxious combination possible... and only on the Tandy 1000!
The scroll bars are a light magenta, the text area is bright green, and
the text itself is dark green... it's enough to make you puke!
I called MS support this morning and they told me they are getting a rash
of calls, but can not duplicate the problem on their newer 1000's...
Lucky them!
I wonder if Ralph Nader would be interested in attempting to get Dandy Tandy
to recall these turkeys!!!!
- Joe Applegate -
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=====================================================================yang1@ntvax.UUCP (cqyang class) (04/16/89)
If you are using a Tandy 1000A (like it is about 5 years old) the
problem is that its system memory for the video is layed out like a PCjr's.
Nothing that is designed to use and vanilla ega, vga or possibly a cga card
will work in a Tandy. Your compiler may be expecting a standard IBM video
card. The newer Tandys have the correct set up for their video. If your
compiler says it is to work with an old Tandy 1000, then I do not know what
the problem may be, but my guess is the compiler is expecting a standard IBM
or clone.
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To: japplega@csm9a.UUCP
Subject: Re: Tandy's Latest Incompatibility
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
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Bcc: mtnman@bgsuvax.UUCP (Mark rosenberg) (04/18/89)
****** HELP !!!!!! *************** I hope that somebody out there can help me It seems that my 1000EX has a problem with a video ram chip. When I run programs like Lotus (lately) my screen flickers with any cursor movement. I called the local TRS technician and he diagnosed the problem as to what I have just described. My problem is how do I locate the bad chip and if it is a bad chip then why when I boot up the machine it says 640 ram OK. This problem does not happen with graphics programs like surfer or flight simulator so I really don't understand why this is happening. THANKS FOR ANY HELP Mark Rosenberg