[vcf-midatlantic] Tandy 6000

[J. Alexander Jacocks]

Also, don't forget that the HxC firmware is available for the Gotek, making
it just as compatible as the real HxC drives, if not quite as well made and
attractive.

- Alex

On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 2:28 PM Peter Cetinski via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> 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
> >> >>
>