
Tandy@ Model 2000 Service t'lanual
The Main Unit is the heart of the Radio Shack Model 2000
microcomputer. It houses the microprocessor, Read-Only
l'lemory (ROM - 15K for system start-up), system power supply,
RAM boards and expansion slots for optional features, floppy
disk drives (either one or two), and the internal hard disk
drive and power supply.
The ltain Logic Assembly is a large board mounted to the
bottom of the lvlain unit and interconnected to the keyboard,
povrer supply, motherboard, and disk drives by a series of
cables. A system block diagram is shown in Figure 1-1
showing the major components of the Model 2000 and the
interconnecting cables. Both standard and optional features
are included in this figure to provide a complete overall
interconnection diagram of the unit.
The standard Power Supply for the lrlodel 2000 microcomputer
is a 95W switching regulator type, designed to provide
adequate capacity for most all add-on features of the
computer. When the system is supplied with the hard disk
option, however, an additional 38W power supply is required
to power the hard disk assembly separately.
The Model 2000 has a detachable keyboard which is connected
to the Main Unit with a lightweight coiled cable which
allows the keyboard to be used up to 3 feet away from the
Main Unit for operator convenience. The keyboard features
90 keys in a standard typewriter keyboard layout with
additional keys for numbers and functions.
The Floppy Diskette Drive uses special 5-L/4" double-sided,
double-density diskettes to read, write or store data.
These are 96 TPI soft sector diskettes. Two Disk Drive
assemblies are installed in the standard unit r or it may
contain one floppy disk drive and one internal hard disk
drive assembly. Each of the floppy diskettes stores
approximately 730 Kbytes of data. The hard disk drive is
capable of storing 10 Mbytes of data. A11 system programs,
with the exception of the system startup sequence, are
stored on diskette.
The monitor used on the Radio Shack t'lodel 2000 may be either
a monochrome (#26-51ff) or color (#26-5J-12) display. The
monochrome monitor is a high resolution green phosphor
display which provides excellent visual quality. It
features a L2" screen with an anti-glare surface for
improved viewing. The display is 25 lines of 80 characters
each with the capability of displaying 256 ALfferent letters
or characters. The characters are formed using a 7 x 9
matrix dot pattern.
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