I have a Tandy 1000 TL/2 with 640k. memory and it has a blank formatted hard drive it starts up like normal and says non-system disk or error replace disk and strike any key when ready i dont have a diskette in it when it says that should i install dos if so what version and if not can i get it to A: the right way where it will allow me to install Windows 3.1? Please help me as soon as possible. Thank You, Tim Wilson

Hi Tim Wilson: Found this information at http://www.angelfire.com/co/SiliVall/TanTL2.html, so first of all forget Win 3.1 on this 286 PC. I have a Tandy 1400 LT (Laptop with 2 720k floppy drives) & it used DOS 3.2 GW (It extended 640k memory to 720k) Basic to work. Be sure you either use a 720k floppy or use 1.44m (cover left square with tape, one not used for file protection tab) where you can format it to 720k (1.44m format won't work on older floppy drive). Try the DOS forum to find an older DOS 3.2 or 3.3 download if you want to get the Tandy working. Good luck. Z ========================================== CPU............... 80286 8/4Mhz RAM............... 640k Video............. Tandy EGA HardDrives........ 30Mb DiskDrives........ 1 720k 3.5"

MS Dos 5 or DRDos should work fine on it. GeoWorks 1.2.x would work well on that machine if you want a Gui. If you like Tim I can send you disk images of MS Dos 5 in 720k format. You'll need a win 9x box and winimage to create the disks.

It is my understanding that the Tandy 1000 TL/2 ran Tandy MS-DOS 3.2 (It had special support for Tandy hardware)and a GUI called Tandy DeskMate. I have an old copy of DeskMate, and it is also readily available through the internet. Just my $0.02 DF