What sort of support is there for Tandy 6000HD?

[Jeff L. Bowden]

Do they still make/sell them?  

I'm asking because a friend of mine can pick one up cheap ($100-200) and we're
trying to figure out how much work it will be to bring it up as a BBS or
USENET node.  It comes with Xenix, (I didn't make a note of the version,
unfortunately) 1MB RAM, 15MB hard disk, and BASIC.  I was amazed to find that
it doesn't come with a C compiler.  I was even more amazed when the Tandy
dealer we went to showed us a list of software we could order which include
F77, COBOL, Pascal and BASIC but not C.

There are several things I am interested to know.

	1) Has anyone ported GNU C to the 6000?  If so how can we get
	   executables for it?

	2) How difficult/expensive is it to add more mass storage?

	3) How difficult/expensive is it to add more memory?

	4) What version of Xenix is considered minimal to be used as a USENET
	   node?

	5) Is it possible to add more RS232 ports to it?

	6) Is it a good deal at $100?  $200?

Since I have just now subscribed to these newsgroups I have no idea whether
such questions as this have been asked frequently in the past.  Given this it
would probably be best to respond via E-Mail.  I will summarize to anyone who
asks.
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