kimsey@ecsvax.UUCP (Ray Kimsey) (09/17/87)
We are currently considering upgrading approx. 100 Tandy 1000's with hard disks or hard cards. The 1000's are old and need rom upgrades and mods to memory board. We have the information to do this. Does anyone know how much this will burden the power supply. Any ideas on good drives to use? Thanks kimsey@ecsvax
scoop@aplvax.UUCP (Steve Cooper) (09/29/87)
Hi. I got a 20 Meg hard card for my Tandy 1000 from the "Hard Drive Specialist." They advertise in "Computer Shopper." It was quite a good price for the size, although I forget exactly what at the moment. One thing I did notice was that I DID NOT have to replace my ROM's. I haver the original ones in there (my machine is one of the old T1000's, so yes, I SHOULD get the upgrade, but haven't had a need to yet). I've been using the drive extensively for over 9 months now, with no burden on the power supply, or (not obviously) on the cooling system. Also, my drive came pre-formatted, which was nice. All I had to do was plug it in and boot!! Steve Cooper p.s. - I don't have any connection with the "Hard Drive Spec." - just a very satisfied customer... -- Steve Cooper scoop@aplvax.arpa