Why did the original Tandy 1000 (25-1000) have the option for a 256K ROM? The technical reference describes two ROM configurations. One with U9 populated on the motherboard for a 128K configuration , and another with a different resistor populated and U9 and U10 populated with ROM chips for a 256K …

Right. My biggest hangup is finding one with enough mini molex connectors since I need three. I have a 5.25 drive, 3.5 drive, and a CF/IDE adapter. I was just wondering if anyone had leads on something a bit more ready to use out of the box. No worries, I'll pay $2 a cable for the Mini molex …

I've got a machine with a blown power supply. I just recently got it running and about two days later it was running along and with a short *pop* it was all over. The 5A 250v fuse was blackened - dead. I tried a new fuse and it caved immediately. I knew the PSU was probably on the way out when I …

Progress - after fiddling with the jumpers a bit, I've gotten the CF to be recognized and bootable. MS-DOS 6.22 currently installed. I will get the Sound Blaster working and then install Windows 95.

I ran into issues with Diablo on Windows 7 as well. I am not sure what causes it but it has something to do with explorer.exe. The best solution I've found is to kill the process and then open Diablo. I got tired of doing this so I made up a quick batch file. This part is widely available around the …

The HDD should definitely get detected! I thought the same. I haven't made any further attempts to get it to work since I ordered a CF - IDE adapter and CF card. I went with this adapter: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001JTO782/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 And this card: http://www. …

Thanks for the response! A lot of this is starting to come back to me. Right now I am leaning toward the CF to IDE solution. My only concern would be write cycle limitations. Anyone able to speak to this concern? EDIT: The overlay option sounds appealing too. Are there free solutions available? If …

Can you recommend a CF to IDE adapter? My main concern is compatibility. I'd hate to buy the first one I come across only to find it isn't compatible. Thanks for the tips. I'll subscribe in the morning 😀

I have been into retrocomputing/restorations for a few years now. I started out with gaming consoles but I branched out into other 8-bit machines -65xx family etc. - and I started pursuing vintage macs pretty hard. The interesting part is that I grew up in a Windows household. My very first computer …