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|    Zazz to Blake Patterson    |
|    GREAT OS!    |
|    16 Jun 19 13:46:52    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 140.fidonet_classicc@1:124/5014.4 216bc528       REPLY: 1:135/369 ad4f3f7c       PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Win32 May 26 2019 MSC        TID: SBBSecho 3.07-Win32 r3.114 May 26 2019 MSC 1800        Re: GREAT OS!        By: Blake Patterson to Zazz on Sun Jun 16 2019 10:50:20               > Deskmate is definitely cool.        > I had a Tandy 1000TL in 1987 and it came with DOS 3.3 in ROM and an enhanced        > deskmate that took advantage of the TL's better-than-PCjr/Tandy graphics        > modes, rendering the desktop in 640x200x16 (original DeskMate on a Tandy        > 1000 ran in 640x200x4). The TL also had a digital audio chip/sampler so the        > music app was pretty nice comparatively.        >        > Over the Christmas holidays I picked up a Tandy 1000HX and have expanded it        > pretty fully and, of course, it came with DeskMate on one floppy. It's fun        > to play with. I've now got it installed on my "HD" which is a Lotek XT-IDE        > controller with CF card. Also added a dual serial port and an NEC V20 for        > 15-20% CPU speed improvement over the stock 8088-2 7.16MHz.        > Here is a gallery, showing her evolution over the past few months. Pretty        > much done with the upgrade now, happily. (That 384K PLUS RAM card was an        > expensive and elusive thing to track down.)        >              Nice gallery. I found some Tandy 1000 on ebay but they are asking 300.00 for       it. Still thinking about it. Nice improvements.       Ruben Figueroa       aka Zazz       PBSync Prison BBS       [1:124/5014.4]       --- SBBSecho 3.07-Win32        * Origin: PBSync Prison BBS, Mesquite, Tx (1:124/5014.4)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 15/0 2 16/0 18/200 19/33 35 36 38 50 34/999 90/1       SEEN-BY: 104/57 106/201 116/18 120/331 544 123/130 131 140 124/5014       SEEN-BY: 124/5016 128/2 130/803 153/7715 203/0 218/700 221/0 222/2       SEEN-BY: 226/16 17 227/114 229/354 426 452 728 981 1014 230/150 152       SEEN-BY: 240/1120 2100 5138 5832 5853 249/206 317 250/1 261/38 100       SEEN-BY: 266/512 267/155 275/100 282/1031 1056 291/1 111 310/31 317/3       SEEN-BY: 320/119 219 322/0 757 340/400 342/13 200 393/68 396/45 633/280       SEEN-BY: 712/848 801/161 189 2320/105 2452/250 2454/119 3634/12 5020/1042       SEEN-BY: 5053/58 31999/99       PATH: 124/5014 396/45 261/38 320/219 240/5832 229/426           |
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