jeff@stormy.atmos.washington.edu (Jeff L. Bowden) (01/15/89)
Do they still make/sell them? I'm asking because a friend of mine can pick one up cheap ($100-200) and we're trying to figure out how much work it will be to bring it up as a BBS or USENET node. It comes with Xenix, (I didn't make a note of the version, unfortunately) 1MB RAM, 15MB hard disk, and BASIC. I was amazed to find that it doesn't come with a C compiler. I was even more amazed when the Tandy dealer we went to showed us a list of software we could order which include F77, COBOL, Pascal and BASIC but not C. There are several things I am interested to know. 1) Has anyone ported GNU C to the 6000? If so how can we get executables for it? 2) How difficult/expensive is it to add more mass storage? 3) How difficult/expensive is it to add more memory? 4) What version of Xenix is considered minimal to be used as a USENET node? 5) Is it possible to add more RS232 ports to it? 6) Is it a good deal at $100? $200? Since I have just now subscribed to these newsgroups I have no idea whether such questions as this have been asked frequently in the past. Given this it would probably be best to respond via E-Mail. I will summarize to anyone who asks. -- "...lies, damned lies, and heuristics."
jpr@dasys1.UUCP (Jean-Pierre Radley) (01/17/89)
In article <JEFF.89Jan14171447@stormy.atmos.washington.edu> jeff@stormy.atmos.washington.edu (Jeff L. Bowden) writes: >Do they still make/sell them? No. >I'm asking because a friend of mine can pick one up cheap ($100-200) and we're >trying to figure out how much work it will be to bring it up as a BBS or >USENET node. It comes with Xenix, (I didn't make a note of the version, >unfortunately) 1MB RAM, 15MB hard disk, and BASIC. I was amazed to find that >it doesn't come with a C compiler. I was even more amazed when the Tandy >dealer we went to showed us a list of software we could order which include >F77, COBOL, Pascal and BASIC but not C. >There are several things I am interested to know. Your dealer is retarded in the gray-matter department. Like many other Xenix/UNIX offerings, Tandy sells run-time, and then development system. The machine you're considering has run-time, but it's the development system which has the compiler. Let him look up the Tandy catalogue for the dev.sys., not for compilers. > 1) Has anyone ported GNU C to the 6000? If so how can we get > executables for it? Don't know. I compiled lots of stuff with Tandy's. > 2) How difficult/expensive is it to add more mass storage? > 3) How difficult/expensive is it to add more memory? 1-Meg. is the normal maximum, and served me quite well for several years. If you want more memory (why?) or more har drives, call Bob Snapp at 513-891-4496. > 4) What version of Xenix is considered minimal to be used as a USENET > node? Use Tandy's 3.2 core system. the 3.2 developemt system is not out yet, but the 3.0 will do. > 5) Is it possible to add more RS232 ports to it? Tandy admits to supporting five. Nine have been done, but slow... If you want even more than that, again call Snapp. > 6) Is it a good deal at $100? $200? Sure. -- Jean-Pierre Radley Honi soit jpr@dasys1.UUCP New York, New York qui mal ...!hombre!jpradley!jpr CIS: 76120,1341 y pense ...!hombre!trigere!jpr