Tandy 1000 Series

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The Tandy 1000 Series was a line of more-or-less IBM PC compatible computers produced by Tandy Corporation, and sold (in the US) through its 'Radio Shack' stores.

Product Positioning

The machine was primarily aimed at the home and educational markets, and it copied the IBM PCjr 16-color graphics (an extension of CGA video) and 3-voice sound, but didn't use the PCjr cartridge ports. As the Tandy 1000 line outlasted the PCjr by many years, these graphics and sound standards became known as "Tandy-compatible" and were supported by many software packages of the era.

Points of Note

The Tandy 1000 Series of computers were some of the first 'clones' to incorporate a complete set of basic peripherals on the motherboard (the forerunner of the chipset).

All Tandy 1000 computers featured built-in Tandy video hardware with color graphics (CGA compatible with enhancements), enhanced sound (based on one of several variants of the Texas Instruments SN76496 sound generator), game ports compatible with those on the TRS-80 Color Computer, an IBM-standard floppy disk controller supporting two drives, and a parallel printer port, all directly integrated into the motherboard. Since hard disks were high end equipment for home computers until the late years of the Tandy 1000 line, there was no integrated hard disk controller from most Tandy 1000 motherboards.

Models

Model Catalog Number CPU MHz RAM Floppy Drives Hard Disk DOS Version DOS in ROM PSU Watts
1000 25-1000 8088 4.77 128KB 5¼" 360KB - 2.11 - 54
1000A 25-1000A 8088 4.77 128KB 5¼" 360KB - 2.11 - 54
1000HD 25-1001 8088 4.77 128KB 5¼" 360KB 10MB 2.11 - 54
1000EX 25-1050 8088 7.16 256KB 5¼" 360KB - 2.11 - 28
1000HX 25-1053 8088 7.16 256KB 3.5" 720KB - 2.11 Yes 28
1000RL 25-1450 8086 9.44 512KB 3.5" 1.44MB - 3.30 Yes 25
1000RL-HD 25-1451 8086 9.44 512KB 3.5" 1.44MB 20MB 3.30 Yes 25
1000RLX 25-1452 80286 10 512KB 3.5" 1.44MB - 3.30 Yes 25
1000RLX 25-1452B 80286 10 512KB 3.5" 1.44MB - 5.00 Yes 25
1000RLX-HD 25-1453 80286 10 1MB 3.5" 1.44MB 40MB 3.30 Yes 25
1000RLX-HD 25-1453B 80286 10 1MB 3.5" 1.44MB 40MB 5.00 Yes 25
1000RSX 25-1455 80386sx 25 1MB 3.5" 1.44MB - 5.00 Yes 25
1000RSX-HD 25-1454 80386sx 25 1MB 3.5" 1.44MB 52MB 5.00 Yes 25
1000SL 25-1401 8086 8 384KB 5¼" 360KB - 3.30 Yes 67
1000SL/2 25-1402 8086 8 512KB 3.5" 720KB - 3.30 Yes 67
1000SX 25-1051 8088 7.16 384KB 2x 5¼" 360KB - 3.20 - 67
1000SX 25-1052 8088 7.16 384KB 1x 5¼" 360KB - 3.20 - 67
1000SX 25-1054 8088 7.16 384KB 2x 5¼" 360KB - 3.20 - 67
1000TL 25-1601 80286 8 640KB 3.5" 720KB - 3.30 Yes 67
1000TL/2 25-1602 80286 8 640KB 3.5" 720KB - 3.30 Yes 67
1000TL/3 25-1603 80286 10 640KB 3.5" 720KB - 3.30 Yes 67
1000TX 25-1600 80286 8 640KB 3.5" 720KB - 3.20 - 67

Reference Materials

See specific pages for technical reference manuals etc.

See Also