Tandy 1000 Professional computer

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The Tandy 1000 Professsional Computer was the first in a line of more or less IBM PC compatible home computer systems produced by the Tandy Corporation for sale in its Radio Shack chain of stores.
 
The original Tandy 1000 was a large computer almost the size of the IBM PC, though with a plastic case over a steel lower chassis to reduce weight. The original Tandy 1000 featured a proprietary keyboard port (using an 8-pin DIN connector) along with 2 joystick ports (using 6-pin DIN connectors) on the front of the case. The rear featured a digital monitor connector (a standard 9-pin female D-shell compatible with CGA/EGA monitors), an RCA-style composite video-out connector, a single RCA-style monophonic line-level audio connector, a port for a light wand, and a proprietary edge-card connector used to attach a parallel printer. The original Tandy 1000 came standard with one internal 5.25" double density floppy disk drive, with an additional exposed internal bay usable for the installation of a second 5.25" disk drive (available as a kit from Radio Shack). 128k of memory was standard, with the computer accepting up to 640k of total memory with the addition of expansion cards. MS-DOS 2.11 and DeskMate 1.0 were included with the system.
 

Model no. 25-1000
Intel 8088 
640 K RAM
2 Floppies 51/4" 360K
Video - color CGA
1 Parallel port
1 serial port
2 joystick ports

Tandy Keyboard 1000/2000 S/N: 0000311
 
Tandy RGB Hi Res Colour Monitor S/N: 311398
This has been kindly donated by Lionel H Davies including the trs-80 video display - all beautifully boxed for transport. See photograph

Manufacturer: Radio Shack
Date: 1984



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Tandy 1000 Professional computer Manuals:

Item Manufacturer Date
Tandy 1000 A Tutorial to DeskMate Tandy Unknown
Tandy 1000 DeskMate A Refence Manual Tandy 1984
Tandy 1000 Disk Drive Kit Owner's Manual Tandy 1984
Tandy 1000 RS-232 Interface Board Installation and User's Guide Tandy 1984

Magazines RELATED to Tandy 1000 Professional computer in our Library

Item Manufacturer Date
REM 80 - Volume 9, Issue 2 The North West TRS-80 USers Group Unknown
Byte August 1985 Unknown
Practical Computing - April 1985 Apr 1985
Practical Computing - March 1986 Mar 1986
Personal Computer World Special: Business Computing The 1986 Survival Guide Apr 1986
Practical Computing - October 1986 Oct 1986
Your Computer - December 1986 Dec 1986
Practical Computing - December 1986 Dec 1986

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This exhibit has a reference ID of CH1616. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.

 

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