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I enjoy all the Tandy love. I’d love to have a segment not so much on the computers themselves but the way RadioShack supported them. The reason my family got one was as much to do with the high level of support and help we got from our local RadioShack dealer as the computer itself. I could and did bike over to the local RadioShack as a kid and ask for help on fixing things or trying new things. It’s a lot like the Apple stores of today with their ‘geniuses’.
7:30, The original 26-1000 and 26-1000a (same model, updated ROM) Tandy 1000 models had the CM-2 as the color monitor option. It was a splendid beast, fine dot pitch. But bulky and quite expensive; the CM-5 and 11 replaced it, to give either an affordable option or a more compact case. Originally you had to put TWO 128-256K boards in it to bring the think up to 640K, later a single board with memory up to 512K on it would do the job; very important considering how few slots there were. I worked for the Federal Center Radio Shack Computer Center in'85-86, a retail, and marketing (to Government) store near DC. The district manager and shools marketing rep had offices there. As the retail clerk, I'd load Sierra King's Quest Tandy 1000s as a demo. That alone sold a few Tandy 1000s!
I've got three, HX, RLX, and a basic 1000 model. I bought the 1000 from the original owner. He bought a 20 Mb hardcard for it at the time and everything still works.
i know this is an old video and a good one. i miss radio shack parts, computers and there old school stereos. Radio shack, Tandy and realistic. it was a great ride and fun back in the day. EDIT: there every year catalogs.
I had the TANDY 1000-EX I put the chips in myself as a kid to upgrade the RAM to 684K. It was simple and I loved to be the only kid on my block to have one! I had a F-15 flight simulator game that was totally KOOL for the time! Then the 486 came out.. My Gateway 486 had a swapped-out CPU @ 100-Mhz. AMD instead of the 33-Mhz. INTEL I had a SEAGATE 2-Ghz. HD... and 33-mb of RAM!!
Ho my! Love the vdo. Tandy 1000SX was my first computer. Back in the days I was amazed to find it had more potential than a traditional PC, more colours and more sounds. Btw, the audio out does only carry one voice of the 3 channels the internal speakers produce. You should also take a look at the Tandy DMP-30 printer, it plays littles tunes when powering on or when doing the self test.
Great video but I feel compelled to say you need a pop shield, or turning the mike slightly away. Otherwise, perfect! Ooo, do the PET 2001! My first Commodore when my school tossed it out and the first Pet.
Overall, I think you gave a great overview of the Tandy 1000 computer(s). It would be interesting to see you compare the Model I, Commodore PET and the Apple II, since they all came out very close to each other.
At 2:00 you mention the PC Jr has the power of the PC's 8086 CPU. This is inaccurate since IBM used the 8088 for both the PC and PC Jr. It was cheaper to implement because it uses an 8-bit data bus similar to the 8080. The Tandy 1000 and most clones also adopted the 8088 over the more expensive 8086.
Sorry to be a bother, but I recently acquired a TANDY 1000 HD. Does it require the proprietary monitor, or am I able to use the video/audio port to employ a CRT monitor?
Everything else about this vid was awesome. But hearing, "puh-riff-ree-alls," tweaks something in my brain. Much like when someone says, "right off the back." 😂😂😂
I built a turbo circuit board for the 8088 cpu in my Tandy 1000. It was called the PC Sprint and you can find instructions here - www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/documents.html. It doesn't work with all games and programs, some will crash with the overlock, but many games do work.
