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   Doug_M to All   
   1000TL questions   
   01 Feb 06 13:09:55   
   
   From: doug.mccomber@fakepart.gmail.com   
      
   Hi,   
      
   I recently bought a 1000TL on eBay and am new to the 1000 line. I have   
   some upgrade and general questions.   
      
   First, I want to upgrade to it's max ram capacit of 768k.  What chips do   
   I need to buy?  From what I can glean from earlier posts, I need two   
   64kx4 120ns DRAM chips.  Is that correct?   
      
   Second, I want to put in a 5 1/4 inch floppy drive.  I have one but it   
   is too long to fit.  This may be a good thing, because I read on an   
   older post that the TL's power the floppy drives through the riddon   
   cable, and that the floppy drives were specially designed to handle   
   this.  That being true, what model drives should I watch eBay for?   
      
   Lastly, when the hard card is removed, it boots from DOS in ROM in   
   seconds (awesome!).  With the hard card installed (and the BIOS still   
   set to boot from ROM) it takes about 20 seconds to boot.  Is this the   
   normal behaviour for a TL with a hard card?   
      
   Thanks,   
   Doug   
      
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