Won't allow adding text to a bitmap .TIF

I'm opining drawings saved in .TIF and have to add a number, a line and sometimes a block of text. Simple right? But when I open the .TIF file is opens on the background layer and is locked. I din't think anything about it, I clicked with the type tool expecting a type layer to be created, but no go. It just said it can't use that tool. I tried to create a new layer but everything is grayed out. I can change modes from bitmap to gray scale and make the changes but when switching back to bitmap it seems like it might be making a poor resolution drawing worse so I didn't save. (First thing I did was to unlock the "Read Only" file property before opening)
What am I missing?
(Running PS 2014)
The sad thing is that just a couple of days ago I made some changes like these on another machine running CS6 and after unlocking the "Read Only" file property, I didn't seem to have a problem! It flashed red when I tried to use the type tool but created a type layer and I went to work.
The file resolution can be all over the place, they can be anywhere from 143 PPI on a "D" size drawing to 600 PPI on an "A" size drawing. Fun, Huh?
Thanks in advance
Chris Wright

You're using a bitmap mode image - which cannot have layers.
And the text tool in CC 2014 has a bug in bitmap mode that prevents it from working correctly.

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