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@RetroTechChris
Jan 4, 2024 • 18 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
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Oh my freaking goodness! Original box and all for this Tandy 1000 SX that arrived today. Let's explore!


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Okay, opened it up, and I have some homework to do! Let's look at all 4 of the expansion cards, one by one. Image
The first one is easy. Serial card. Tandy branded as one would expect 🤣
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The second one is an RLL controller card with an option ROM. I am not sure I will be sourcing a drive to get this going 😅. minuszerodegrees.net/manuals/Wester…
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The next one is a Bernoulli PC2/50 controller card for the Bernoulli drive. Neat!
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Woah! The final card? It's a 286 accelerator card! Now THAT is cool!! Image
There is a SmartWatch installed, probably completely dead (@wrljet to answer your question, this is where the battery is, contained in here) Image
Making a 720k boot disk! Image
Booted up! Now time to find an XTIDE and really have some fun! Image
Okay, quick detour: I just had to fire up the Bernoulli drive. Sound on for this!
Found it! That took way too long 😅 Image
Haha, I think the Bernoulli is detected as a "foreign hard disk" Image
Haha, uh oh 😅. Might be time to pop out the Bernoulli Image
Took the Bernoulli card out and now the XTIDE HDD is detected. I bet I have a conflict.
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Loading a new XTIDE BIOS before we get too far along! Image
Alright, looking good! Let's pop the Bernoulli back in Image
Angriness 😅. Okay, off to learn how this works. Image
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I got my Pentium Pro 200 MHz processors (with 1MB cache!) in the mail today. Thought I would get them installed and do some form of benchmarks. Did everything go off without a hitch? Of course not 😂. So, what happened this time? Let's talk about it! 🧵 time! Image
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Happy #MARCHintosh! My virtual Quadra 800 and Compaq LTE 5100 (via PC MacLAN for Windows) are once again participating. You can even print to my Panasonic KX-P2123 printer that is "pretending" to be an Apple LaserWriter 😂. All via GlobalTalk! Image
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If you want to join in on the fun virtually:
* Details for joining GlobalTalk here:
* Once you get access to the spreadsheet, see the Instructions/Links tab. See Line 36 for my setup guide for Windows 11, I used that together with the Debian guide!marchintosh.com/globaltalk.html
There is also a way to get a configuration file of all of the participants via AIRConfig, which is also discussed in the guide! Need to get AIRConfig to your virtual Macintosh? Use a FTP server!
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Oookay, the Compaq Presario 5528 is back on the desk! I wanted to spend some more time looking at the MPEG-1 decoder card under Windows 95 OSR 2.5. And I have good news! Time for a quick 🧵 Image
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I noticed something on my Win95 OSR 2.5 install. It looks like the Internet Explorer desktop update installed ActiveMovie Control. And it looks like it is using a default Microsoft software decoder. HOWEVER, notice that standard Windows Media Player is also installed! Image
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Okay, it's a new day, let's test some more interface cards. We'll use the Pacman PC again. Time for a 🧵 Image
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Let's start with the NVIDIA GeForce2 MX. Oh my.. maybe this card has bad caps. NEXT! Image
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