On 1999-06-30 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>Radio Shack and Tandy got into the Personal computer scene before
>MS- DOS. they had several really old computers that used other
>software that I have no experience with.
>The first of their computers were labeled "TRS-80" which stood
>for "Tandy: Radio Shack - for the 1980s" . After a few years they
>just started writing "Tandy" on them.
Ah, the old "Trash" 80's :-) Never used one, but did see what looked like
one in the original box at GoodWill the other day. They actually had a lot
of models. The real old ones, had built in monitors and keyboards, but I am
not sure if they were the same clsss of computer. They might have been more
of a business computer. I believe they used 8" floppies too :-)
Sometimes you might see "CoCo" used too, that is short for "Color Computer".
>One computer of theirs which gor pretty darn popular in America
>in the Tandy 1000. (an XT) It eventually turned into a whole long
>series of models. The original Tandy 1000 was my first computer.
>it was mostly an IBM PCJr clone. But it had some upgrade options
>the PCJr didn't, and it has WAY better 3 vioce sound chip. It also
>had some special graphics resolutions, etc.
The Tandy 1000 is the first of what I would call a "Tandy" Usually, I dont'
think of the TRS-80s as "Tandys", but technically they are, I suppose.
I thought the 1000 was more like an IBM XT than a PCjr, However. I have
never used a jr, but assumed they were much more "toy" like.
Chad A. Fernandez
Battle Creek, MI
Net-Tamer V 1.12 Beta - Test Drive
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