You can try developing Tri-X for nine minutes in D-76 1:1, thats one part D-76 and one part water. Rate the film at ISO 200. This should cut down on the grain. You can also try T-max 400 rated at 200 and developed in D-76 1:1 for ten and one half minutes. Tri-x rated at ISO 400 in Edwal's FG-7 with 9% sodium sulfite for six minutes should also work. T-max films are not noted for good shadow detail, unless you overexpose them, by rating the ISO lower than Kodak recommends. You may not want to use them in open shadows. There are a couple of developers developed for pushing film, such as Diafine and Acufine. I don't normally use them, however, I have had excellent results with split bath developers and there was an article in Darkroom Techniques magazine by David Vestal using one of those developers with T-Max.
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