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   Jim Korman to doug.mccomber@fakepart.gmail.com   
   Re: 1000TL questions   
   02 Feb 06 02:21:41   
   
   From: jkorman@alltel.net   
      
   On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:09:55 GMT, Doug_M   
    wrote:   
      
   >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?   
      
   That's about what I remember with my TL/2.   
      
   >   
   >Thanks,   
   >Doug   
   First I'd give the following site a look   
      
   http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/   
      
   Start with the FAQs. That will answer a lot of questions.   
      
   Jim   
      
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