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Re: Success!! Finally Got Sound Blaster Working with Tandy DAC on Tandy 1000 TL/2

Posted on 2023-12-07, 23:26

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Any idea if an ESS Audio Magician Plus has DMA sharing? The only unknown jumper is JP5, and it's either with or without a jumper (only two pins). This card allows the user to select a DMA (I've never seen DACK and DRQ labels before, but some internet searching says this is DMA settings and they both …

Re: Mod Master XT 1.0 Released : Play .MOD, .XM and .VGM on a 8088 4MHz

Posted on 2023-12-07, 18:15

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Thanks for this! This is fantastic! I just put it on my Tandy 1000 TL/2 and I'm blown away by hearing some of my favorite MODs on this machine, through the Tandy DAC. I was used to only ever hearing Tandy 3-voice music in games, or the super low quality Deskmate Music program on this computer. I …

Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2021-07-15, 20:49

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm not sure what the actual problem was, but I am suspecting it was the DOS version not liking both devices. When I booted from a DOS 5.0 upgrade diskette, I could see both drives (HD and CF), so I was able to copy stuff from the HD to the CF. I then unplugged the HD and all seems to work fine. …

Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2021-07-02, 07:29

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Here is the XT-IDE CF card I am using that I got on eBay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/124118342613?hash=item1ce6079bd5:g:vLQAAOSwAkZebZdB I have also used this one by Lo-Tech from TexElec: https://www.ebay.com/itm/284233499409?hash=item422da30311:g:6-0AAOSwk-1aBSf- https://www.ebay.com/itm/ …

Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2021-06-25, 00:12

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Any chance the hard drive is a conner or very early IDE hard drive that uses cirrus logic IDE controller on the hard drive's? This cirrus logic chipset on the hard drives is not compatible when trying to make 2 drive to work on one cable. Otherwise, what is the hard drive you have in this tandy? …

Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2021-06-24, 23:28

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Do you know the model/part number? https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Compact-SDCFH-002G-A11-Retail-Package/dp/B0001CNMFM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 Good luck! Yay, I was able to partition the CF card, install DOS 5, and boot from the CF card when my hard drive is disconnected. :-) I'm still …

Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2021-06-19, 14:40

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

jasa1063 wrote on 2021-06-19, 02:28: dysamoria wrote on 2021-06-17, 19:34: jasa1063 wrote on 2021-06-16, 00:28: I am using a 2GB CF SanDisk Ultra in my Tandy 1000 TL/2. Do you know the model/part number? https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Compact-SDCFH- … uct_top?ie=UTF8 Thanks so much 😀 I ordered one. …

Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2021-06-17, 19:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This problem happens when you have the XT-IDE BIOS set to full operating mode. It steals 1K from the top of memory. This does not play nice with the Tandy 1000 using system memory for video memory. Adding the 128K video memory upgrade as you did will fix the this issue with video corruption. I have …

Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2021-06-12, 15:20

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This problem happens when you have the XT-IDE BIOS set to full operating mode. It steals 1K from the top of memory. This does not play nice with the Tandy 1000 using system memory for video memory. Adding the 128K video memory upgrade as you did will fix the this issue with video corruption. I have …

Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2021-06-03, 00:27

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

In the mean time, is anyone else using a CF card in a Tandy 1000 TL or TL/2? What model of CF card are you using? Which IDE interface? I feel like I can't fix this one. It's just been sitting open on the work table for a month without any more ideas on what to even TRY to solve the problem. If I …

Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2021-04-29, 01:09

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Tenorman wrote on 2021-04-28, 13:23: Sure, I can do it, but FYI - I won't be able to get to it for a probably a few days. No problem. Thanks!

Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2021-04-28, 00:08

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

When I first got my TL/2, it only had 640k and it booted from D000 just fine. One idea: Have you tried a different CF card? XT IDE cards can be pretty picky about them. I never had the same problem you had, but I had to try a few, I had cards that wouldn't be recognized at all, or would only …

Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2021-04-27, 23:24

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Interestingly, now that I have the four extra RAM chips installed, there’s no weird video striping. It still hangs at “Booting C>>C”, but it’s back to not having weird stripes. I tried FDISK /MBR again, to no avail. I switched back to D000h, but same deal. I have tried another CF card, the one …

Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2021-04-27, 00:04

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

No idea what would be causing your graphical corruption unfortunately. My TL/2 will boot perfectly fine at D000 (see the other thread). I have RAM chips on the way. I don't see why that would matter, but, if the graphics chip behaves differently in terms of I/O mapping... Yours has the upgrade, and …

Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 + Upgrades

Posted on 2021-04-27, 00:00

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

You don't need to pad the ROM unless you are using EMS (or have something else that needs to be at D000h). My XTCF card will boot the TL/2 just fine at D000h. The problem is if you want to add a Lo-Tech EMS card, you need 64K of contiguous memory and D000 is really the only option for that given …

Re: Great collectors of Vogons! What's missing in your collections? :P

Posted on 2021-04-24, 16:28

in Milliways

in Milliways

The only thing "missing" from my collection is a proper Amiga monitor (or any 15KHz horizontal sync CRT that I could use with my Amigas). I can't justify the price of the stuff I see for sale on eBay. I can't find anything listed on the well-known wiki for "modern" displays with 15KHz.

Re: How many computers do you own?

Posted on 2021-04-24, 16:24

in Milliways

in Milliways

Amiga 1200, x2 (CF readers instead of HDs) - for retro-gaming/music, but I have no 15KHz monitor and can't justify buying one on eBay Apple II Plus - Rescued from a sidewalk many years ago; it works, but I have no idea what to do with it Apple IIgs, x3 (using a ROM3 unit with a ReActiveMicro Drive/ …

Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2021-04-24, 15:19

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Harvester757 wrote on 2021-04-23, 19:01: Doesn’t Tandy 1000 TL have DOS in ROM? If so, it may conflict with XT-IDE ROM. Run setup utility and ensure primary startup device is set to DISK. It's set to disk already. The XT-IDE ROM wont even work without that change.

Re: Tandy TL/2

Posted on 2021-04-23, 14:21

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

hey Dr Z would *love* the patch. i don't know where to even look in conventional/upper mem to find where the TL2 keeps its (8k? larger?) block of HD bios code that i need to dump... thanks! Dr P Did you ever get your TL/2 working? You can disable the TL/2 hard drive controller from the BIOS setup …

Re: Tandy TL/2

Posted on 2021-04-23, 13:48

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Installed a Noctua NF-R8 1200rpm fan in the PSU. This one's almost inaudible but seems to push a reasonable amount of air. https://i.imgur.com/pg3PR6Rl.jpg I am so glad to see someone tried this. My Tandys are SO LOUD, and it's all down to the PSU fans! EDIT: Did you run into any snags replacing …

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