[vcf-midatlantic] Tandy 6000

[Peter Cetinski]

Not sure about the Gotek.  I know the standard HxC works well with the 8” Tandy’s.

Pete

> On Jan 11, 2019, at 1:58 PM, Dean Notarnicola <dnotarnicola at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Of course, you are correct. I have a Gotek handy. Do you happen to know if the flashfloppy firmware makes it compatible with the 6000?
> 
> - Dean
> 
>> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 1:39 PM Peter Cetinski via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>> It’s 19 disks for Xenix 3.2 with the 3.0 dev system, Dean!  :) You really want that because without it Tandy Xenix is mostly just a runtime system.  A few of the install disks are double sided as well.
>> 
>> I highly recommend getting an HxC floppy emulator for the 6000.  The full Xenix install will push your TM-848 drive to the max.
>> 
>> Also a good idea to image the diagnostics disk first so you can run the full test suite of 68k diags before attempting the Xenix install.
>> 
>> Pete
>> 
>> > On Jan 11, 2019, at 1:29 PM, Ian Primus via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>> > 
>> > I can bring my disk imaging setup, which can write those disks.
>> > 
>> > -Ian
>> > 
>> > On Friday, January 11, 2019, Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic <
>> > vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>> > 
>> >> I'll be bringing a Tandy 6000 to the workshop in addition to the Mac Color
>> >> Classic II that I'll be attempting to restore. Would anyone have a set of
>> >> TRSDOS II 4.2/4.3 or TRS-Xenix 3 (preferably) disks? I have some blank 8" I
>> >> can use to copy them, or I'd be very happy to compensate someone for a set
>> >> of one or both.
>> >> 
>> >> - Dean
>> >>