The Tandy 1000 TX was similar to the Tandy 1000 in that it had an external keyboard and casing. The difference, however, was the addition of an 80286 CPU on the TX model; otherwise, it was nearly identical to the Tandy 1000, including the odd parallel port edge connector.
The TX had a 3.5" drive, with an optional 5.25" drive. It contained hookups for two joysticks in the front along with the keyboard, and included a volume control with a phono input on the front. The back had all of the same ports as the Tandy 1000. The memory size was 640k (upgradable to 768k, which was devoted to video) and the computer came bundled with Deskmate II.
The TX had a special function to the F4 key that would reduce the speed of the processor to half the normal rate for programs(mainly games) that 8-10 mhz was simply too fast for. To activate this function, you held down the F4 key during boot-up.
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Contributors: Derek McDonald (aka “Skel”), Casey
We need more info about this computer ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system,
please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.
I owned a T1000 TX, and added aftermarket goodies: a 10meg hard drive card, a VGA card, and 2 meg of bank memory. I had given the computer to a co-worker in 1991, when I got a new computer, but I enjoyed that computer the most of all that I''ve owned.
I need the keyboard for the tandy 1000tx. anyone? anyone? buehler, buehler????
Tuesday 24th April 2012
HOLLY (Davie, FL, USA)
We still have a Tandy 1000 computer...it is approx 23 years old now. Still works, plus have the printer too. Anyone interested in buying it ? Please phone 641-512-2355 We are in Iowa
Saturday 22nd January 2011
Marilyn
NAME
1000 TX
MANUFACTURER
Tandy Radio Shack
TYPE
Home Computer
ORIGIN
U.S.A.
YEAR
? 1986
KEYBOARD
Full stroke keyboard, 92 keys, 12 function keys
CPU
Intel 80286
SPEED
8 MHz
RAM
640 KB (up to 768 KB)
TEXT MODES
80 x 25 / 40 x 25
GRAPHIC MODES
CGA/TGA, 160 x 200, 320 x 200, 640 x 200
COLOrsc
16 colours
SOUND
3 voices + 1 sound channel
SIZE / WEIGHT
354 x 290 x 97 mm
I/O PORTS
keyboard, 2 x joysticks, monitor video output, composite video output, lightpen, parallel port, serial port, 5 internal expansion slots, audio mono output
BUILT IN MEDIA
one 3.5'' floppy disk drive + optional 20 MB hard disk or 5.25'' floppy disk drive
OS
MS-DOS 3.22, DeskMate 2 and GW Microsoft Basic included with the system
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