Talk:Tandy 1000
From Academic Kids
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)
