Talk:Tandy 1000
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I had a Tandy 1000 (25-1000), and I don't recall it having DOS in any form in ROM. I booted from a floppy, which contained a proprietary version of MS-DOS 2.11 that would only work on a Tandy 1000. I could also boot with a floppy using MS-DOS or PC-DOS, and eventually was using PC-DOS 5.0 when I gave away the computer.
- Not all of the Tandy 1000 models had DOS in ROM. The original Tandy 1000 was one of the models that did not. Special Tandy versions of DOS on disk were supplied with the non-ROM models, though generic MS-DOS up to and including 6.22 would boot just fine as well.
My first computer was a 1000 HX. This machine did have DOS 2.11 in ROM. When I replaced the machine in 1993 I was using DOS 5.0. I'm not sure why 4.x didn't function with the HX. I'm not sure if it was just the HX, or if it was other Tandy machines as well. While the machine gave five years of good service, the fact that there was no provision for a hard drive and the fact that it used non standard cards were the biggest drawbacks.
JesseG 02:44, Nov 26, 2004 (UTC)
The model list is quite incomplete. They made, at the very least, the Tandy 1000, 1000EX, 1000HX, 1000SL, 1000TL, 1000SL/2, 1000TL/2. I seem to remember other models in and around those as well, though. I slightly modified the article page but someone might want to clean this up. --Yamla 21:25, 2004 Nov 26 (UTC)
- My first computer was a Tandy 1000RL, which a few years ago I managed to get Minix and a stripped-down version of the Boa web server running on. I even had it hooked up to the Internet serving pages, but didn't leave it up because I'm on dialup here at home (I live in the boonies). However, I acquired it in 1996 at age 11, so I don't know too much about the history or historical context of the RL.Kurt Weber 02:12, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
My mom had some old photo albums out, and I found a picture of my old 1000 HX system in one of the albums. I uploaded it and placed it in this article. Enjoy!
JesseG 04:23, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
I had a 1000HX when I was in school. After buying a 1200 Buad modem from Radio Shack for $80, I used a program that formatted a 720k floppy to 800k, and ran a BBS on it for a few months before moving to a real IBM XT. I found an adapter card that allowed me to plug the modem into a standard IBM slot. After some testing, I was able to reverse the adapter and install standard 8 bit cards into the HX. I eventually added a hard drive with an MFM controller, and then lost interest. I can't remember if I ever tried to install an NEC V20 or not. Does anyone know if the processor was soldered onto the motherboard? (Larry S. Stotler)
[edit] history
could s.o. please add the year(s) during which this model was produced? thanks in advance! — MFH: Talk 20:11, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Here is a list of models:
Model Processor/Speed Standard Memory Catalog Number Date Produced
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1000 4.77MHz 8088 128k 25-1000 1985
1000A 4.77MHz 8088 128k 25-1000A 1986?
1000HD 4.77MHz 8088 256k 25-1001 1986?
1000EX 7.16MHz 8088 256k 25-1050 1987
1000SX 7.16MHz 8088 384k 25-1051 1987
1000HX 7.16MHz 8088 256k 25-1053 1988
1000TX 8MHz 80286 640k 25-1600 1988
1000SL 8MHz 8086 384k 25-1401 1989
1000TL 8MHz 80286 640k 25-1601 1989
1000SL/2 8MHz 8086 512k 25-1402 1990
1000TL/2 8MHz 80286 640k 25-1602 1990
1000TL/3 10MHz 80286 640k 25-1603 1991
1000RL(-HD) 9.44MHz 8086 512k/640k 25-1450/1451 1991
1000RLX(-HD) 10MHz 80286 512k/1M 25-1452/1453 1992
1000RLX(-HD)-B 10MHz 80286 512k/1M 25-1452B/1453B 1992?
1000RSX(-HD) 25MHz 80386 1M 25-1454/1455 1992
2 #'s: wo/w HD
[edit] Cleanup
Article is not well formatted, vague on some points, seems to assume some material has already been said when making declarations.
- MSTCrow 15:52, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
Do any Tandy emulators exist? I have some old games I would like to play on my current PC. Bastie 04:03, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
