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   Zazz to Blake Patterson   
   GREAT OS!   
   16 Jun 19 13:46:52   
   
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   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   
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