I do remember seeing mice hooked up to those in Radio Shack back when they were new... might have just been a generic serial mouse though - and not a 1000 specific one.
The flux level is different between DD and HD disks also, so if a HD disk has been used on a DD drive, use a bulk eraser before trying to reformat it as 1.44 megs.
That monitor is likely to be like the Commodore 1902A. There are subtle differences like the green LED and the rear inputs will also be slightly different. The 1902A was released to pair with the Commodore 128 (1985). The 1084 came much later but they re-used the basic design. I'm a Commodore monitor connoisseur and own 15 Commodore monitors (all repaired by me). If you can provide a few close-up photos of the front and rear I'd like to add it to my monitor website that documents all Commodore monitors.
Wow, I haven't seen a Tandy 1000 in many years ! I'm glad you were able to replace the disk drive.
I like those old machines. Sometimes simple... and sometimes not...
I do remember seeing mice hooked up to those in Radio Shack back when they were new... might have just been a generic serial mouse though - and not a 1000 specific one.
Nice machine. I have forgotten that it existed. What year was it introduced? Frankencable and Bach, oh my!
The flux level is different between DD and HD disks also, so if a HD disk has been used on a DD drive, use a bulk eraser before trying to reformat it as 1.44 megs.
That monitor is likely to be like the Commodore 1902A. There are subtle differences like the green LED and the rear inputs will also be slightly different. The 1902A was released to pair with the Commodore 128 (1985). The 1084 came much later but they re-used the basic design. I'm a Commodore monitor connoisseur and own 15 Commodore monitors (all repaired by me). If you can provide a few close-up photos of the front and rear I'd like to add it to my monitor website that documents all Commodore monitors.