It's Tandy 1000 Time (Part 1) |

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@VidaDigital 2 жыл бұрын

@5:16 The "hardcard" approach was necessary because Tandy chose to use the PC and XT's "standard" IRQ5 for something else - so for hard disks to be usable you had to have both a "Tandy 1000 aware" hard drive controller card plus your hard drive, or a hardcard built to be compatible with the Tandy 1000A. On the later SX and other models it was as easy as toggling a dip switch - if at all necessary, as they improved compatibility as time went by. Oh, and the original 1000A didn't have DMA, so to use a hard drive you also *had* to add a memory expansion slot and/or do a BIOS upgrade because of timing issues.

@Witchlord Жыл бұрын

I grew up watching "Tandy Christmas" on a t-1000 that looked exactly like the one of the left. Ive been looking for that software for ages. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

@jamminr 2 жыл бұрын

Tandy 1000A was my first 'IBM' computer after a TRS80 CoCo 4k. Both were given to me. I loved it's 3-tone polyphonic sound and it's 16-color graphics, if even not enough was written to use the limited CGA 16 color proprietary. What great memories i have for it. Thanks for the video. Can't wait until the museum opens!

@VidaDigital 2 жыл бұрын

@6:57 The great thing about the standard RCA jacks was that you could plug it into any old TV (if it didn't have RCA jacks you could use a VCR as a bridge) and you could do "artifact color CGA" which would allow playing with the NTSC signal to get more than the standard (and ugly) CGA colors for some PC games which didn't have Tandy/PCJr graphics support. I remember lugging my Tandy 1000A to school and to friends' houses to share and play games on it since I could use any standard CGA monitor or any TV with RCA inputs to hook it up. Just had to take the proprietary keyboard and joysticks with me.

@jeffreyphipps1507 2 жыл бұрын

I still have the Tandy 1000 I bought in 1986 (after I left HS). I added memory from a third party company that took me to 640K and a hardcard from another third party company that was an RLL 48Mb drive. Regrettably the drive died some years back, but I have an ISA card that makes a harddrive on a CF card. I haven't had the chance to try it, but it sounds like fun. My floppy drives work, but I've had to service them a couple times over the years (generally to lube the rails). Back then I replaced the 8088 with the NEC V20 so that I could run some specific CP/M software I needed. Eventually that would be unnecessary as the software was ported to 8088 DOS. I decided to add the 8087 recently and found a NOS here in the US. Few programs rely on it as it was uncommon to have one at the time, but I am a programmer and I can use it now. My Tandy keyboard is in massive need of repair. Only 10% of the keys work. I have a keyboard adapter designed for the Tandy 1000 that allows any PS/2 keyboard to be plugged in (keeping in mind that unmapped keys won't register). This was my first PC compatible machine. I had used IBM XT machines in HS learning Turbo Pascal, but I wanted my own PC heading off to college. My mother cosigned for a credit card for me to get what I wanted and I worked jobs to pay it off (and to pay for college). Such great memories. I remember having to ask instructors if they'd take dot-matrix printed papers. Most wouldn't. I later got a Daisy Wheel Printer. The type looked like a typewriter and all instructors accepted it. Today, I'm the instructor (CS) and everything is digital. ...but the memories...

@dschult3 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man, my first computer! I had a Tandy 1000 EX. I would love to get my hands on one again for nostalgia's sake.

@TheReimecker 2 жыл бұрын

I know back when I was a kid I always wondered when making a game setup what choosing Tandy meant

@Metal-Maniac-Forever 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent Video Very Informative Thanks For Sharing Your Cultivated Interests. Happy Septandy

@geekwithsocialskills 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! I own a Tandy 1000 TX. Even though I grew up as a C64 and Apple II kid back in the day, I really do love my Tandy 1000 TX computer.

@MrEd-qg8td 2 жыл бұрын

I saw your video about your TX I have one as well. Actually a quick little computer with the 80286 inside it.

@geekwithsocialskills 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrEd-qg8td Awesome! Thanks for watching my video. Agreed, the Tandy 1000 TX is a quick little computer for sure! The Tandy graphics and sound are wonderful!

@cathrynm Жыл бұрын

Games were upgraded to work with Tandy 1000 graphincs and sound. The story was that if your game supported Tandy, there was a chance Radio Shack would buy it and stock it in their stores. They tended to not return games. They sold everything through, so they were a great retailer to work with.

@rkrenicki 2 жыл бұрын

Finally, someone who has even mentioned the Panasonic Business Partner machines! The FX-1650 is actually an SL/2, not a TL/2, since it has the 8086 CPU. It is only missing the front audio and DOS in ROM... otherwise it is identical to the SL/2 model.

@slightlyevolved Жыл бұрын

In 1988, the 1000HX and (after about 6 months) a CM5 monitor was my very first computer. Had the DMP132 (I think that was the model) printer. The worst problem was finding software locally that had 3.5" disks, and IIRC, the bloody external 5.25 was a hard 3 or $400. The parents would not go for that.

@jefft4629 2 жыл бұрын

Really, really enjoying your videos - I'm not too far from Knoxville, hope to visit some time. Please keep up with the content!

@acykat2069 2 жыл бұрын

What I remember most about Tandy computers was that when people would try to sell them in classified ads they placed over the phone, whoever took their call thought they were 'Candy' computers.

@WC0125 2 жыл бұрын

These were quite good units in any configuration. Not perfect but worked and reasonably affordable. I don't know the actual production figures but I was still selling supplies and servicing them into the late 1990s.

@loginregional Жыл бұрын

Hard card: your information is correct. I was a CSR, then mgr -- even had a 2K with stand, mon & color graphics. Touched a Model4 every day doing the daily report through DATAPAC

@RadRat1138 3 ай бұрын

I would have used King's Quest to test the Tandy 1000a; great video btw!

@jeffreyphipps1507 2 жыл бұрын

Why didn't you demo a game using the Tandy 1000 16 colors? Probably one of the Sierra games.

@cliffroesli5246 2 жыл бұрын

Great as usual and always interesting. Thanks ;-)

@SudzBud 2 жыл бұрын

#septandy a few days early. Nice vids!

@stephaneauger1036 2 жыл бұрын

Super 👍 great 💻

@HTMLEXP Жыл бұрын

Great overview of the Tandy 1000, but you didn't mention the release date and price as compared to the PCJr.

@allanfulton7569 2 жыл бұрын

My first and my favorite computer was a Tandy 1000sl

@allanfulton7569 2 жыл бұрын

The difference between my sl and the tl was mine had the 5 inch drive instead of the 3.5 inch drive but the case was almost identical

@MrGencyExit64 2 жыл бұрын

I had a 1000 RL as a kid. Imagine my surprise the first time I used a traditional PC and it required a boot disk because it didn't have DOS in ROM :)

@brentgreeff1115 3 ай бұрын

The direct capture looks horrible but on the monitor it looks really nice. I wish we had more closeups of the monitor playing games.

@DevalinWells 10 ай бұрын

I had a tandy 1000 i wanted to know if you guys know about a game where you guide a black ball through different level reaching exits throughout the game the ball has to break through to reach the exit i mean do any of you recall such a game an i remember the cover where there's a guy stand tall on the cover with a tower in the background.

@JimLeonard 2 жыл бұрын

It should be noted that the traditional composite output on Tandy 1000 systems has the hue rotated 180 degrees from normal, so all of the colors are usually wrong for games that have special support for composite CGA ("16-color") output. The only composite output game that looks correct on a Tandy 1000 series is Blue Angels from Accolade, as the developers testing their game on Tandy 1000, not knowing that real CGA composite output is different.

@vintagegeek 2 жыл бұрын

Well now it makes a lot more sense that the capture from composite looks pink compared to the actual monitor! Thanks for that insight!

@samsulummasamsulumma6898 2 жыл бұрын

When it comes to 80's PC gaming, the 1000 series is the way to go. More colors, 4 channel sound and widespread support from game publishers. (Of the time) In fact, there are many games that will only display 16 colors if you have a Tandy 1000. Even EGA owners are stuck with CGA four colors then.

@ratmadness4858 2 жыл бұрын

do you stack remote control cars near your front door during the holidays?

@n057828 2 жыл бұрын

We had a micromation at tech about 1983-4 any idea?

@tss_retro_reboot 2 жыл бұрын

I just bought a 1000 a couple months ago and it came with an external Tandy 10mb hd. No idea how to use it with the 1000. Any interest in playing with it? I think it’s pretty rare. I have some pictures if you want to see it. Let me know!

@NerdlyPleasures Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately Pole Position II supports neither Tandy-enhanced graphics or sound, what is shown is CGA and PC Speaker.

@PromoVisionNZ 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, just goes to show how much Amiga was ahead of it's time, at leasf when it comes to gaming in late 80s.

@n057828 2 жыл бұрын

Graphic text adventures the Apple iie at tech was the best mid 80s but I had the Vic 20 early 80s

@gamedoutgamer 2 жыл бұрын

Nice as a PC to use but those graphics are so bad even for then =( PC's were great for text-based applications, otherwise no. 12:28 Did Lawrence graduate four years before he was born? Oh, class of 63, not class of '63.

@dank1837 Жыл бұрын

Love this video but Jesus man please clean that T-1000 keyboard 😂

@lurkerrekrul Жыл бұрын

I always thought that the Tandy 1000 had better than CGA graphics.

@mthecritic6795 2 жыл бұрын

Shame that the games you're playing are only standard cga and PC squeaker. Something with Tandy 16 color and music would be more impressive, like some of those Sierra games or Zak McCracken! ...but thanks for keeping Tandy alive! :⁠-⁠). Hey! You wanna' impress, look up Skate or Die!