I believe back in those days, there were IBM compatibles, and IBM
clones. Clones were, ...clones, like we have today, compatible would
run DOS programs (WordStar, dBASE,etc.) but were not exactly the same.
Replacing the OS with another is probably not gonna work. You could
replace the command.com with 4DOS to get more features. but the
MS-DOS.SYS is probably too hooked into the hardware.
John
On 07/22/2018 09:11 AM, geneb wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jul 2018, Thomas Mueller wrote:
I researched Tandy and Tandy 1000 on Wikipedia.
It looks pretty obsolete, and it would be difficult to impossible to
find compatible accessories such as keyboard, mouse, hard drive and
other peripherals.
Many (if not all) of the Tandy 1000 machines come with the same ISA
bus that "normal" PC compatibles did. The mouse used is the same as
any other PC, although for text-mode DOS, there's not much point with
a mouse. :)
Keyboards can be problematic, but they're out there. Also there's a
number of Tandy 1000 models that have the keyboard built in.
Even the floppy drive is not compatible with standard.
Were you reading the misleading edition of the Wikipedia article on
the Tandy 1000? ;) There are SOME models of the Tandy 1000 that use a
special cable for the 3.5" drive that also supplied power - this was
done on the units with the integrated keyboard and not the "Standard"
1000 models. That being said, the format of the media is the same as
any other DOS machine.
The Tandy 1000 should run FreeDOS just fine - I don't know of any
Tandy-specific changes that were made to the stock MS-DOS that it ran.
g.
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