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- From: rcisnet2!color_galaxy_mw!eric_levinson
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
- Subject: Re: 1000 RL questions
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- Message-ID: <12@rcisnet2.uucp>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 22:08:21 PDT
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- Organization: The Rainbow Connection Information Service
- Lines: 37
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- RBI>My son has a Tandy 1000RL. We have three questions:
- RBI>
- RBI>1) The computer originally had 512K of RAM. He bought and installed
- RBI>256K of additional memory (two chips). The computer now says "768 K"
- RBI>when we turn it on, but after it's finished booting we can only find
- RBI>640K. Yes, I know DOS has a 640K limit, but I thought we could use
- RBI>the extra 128K for loading TSR's or for a RAMdisk. Where is this
- RBI>memory and how is it accessible?
- RBI>
- Since the Tandy TL series are 8 bit computers, I don't believe that that high
- memory area is available for TSR's. If my memory serves me correctly, the
- video memory is located there leaving some extra space in your lower memory
- area.
-
- There may be drivers on your system disk that will allow the use of virtual
- disks or caches in that upper memory area.
- RBI>2) How can one access the sound and music systems, other than through
- RBI>DeskMate? We'd like to do some programming.
- RBI>
- RBI>3) Is there a technical reference manual for this computer, and where
- RBI>is it available? The sales people at Radio Shack have been completely
- RBI>out of their depth on these questions.
- RBI>--
-
- There are technical reference manuals for ANY computer system. There are also
- service manuals for the systema as well.
-
- You need to either call Consumer Mail directly at 800-433-2024, give them the
- catalog number of your computer, or you can go into the nearest store and ask
- them to order it for you. I know for a fact that it does exsist. As a matter
- of fact, I ordered one for a customer a month or so ago.
-
- --
- Eric Levinson
- rcisnet2!root@moon.nbn.com
- levinson@sonoma.edu
- levinson@aol.com
-