Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!uwvax!oddjob!mimsy!aplcen!aplvax!scoop From: scoop@aplvax.UUCP (Steve Cooper) Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy Subject: Re: Anyone got a Tandy 1000? Message-ID: <720@aplvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Jul-87 17:31:23 EDT Article-I.D.: aplvax.720 Posted: Wed Jul 22 17:31:23 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Jul-87 06:32:27 EDT References: <13938@watmath.UUCP> Reply-To: scoop@aplvax.UUCP (Steve Cooper) Distribution: na Organization: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Lines: 25 In article <13938@watmath.UUCP> mdharding@watmath.waterloo.edu (Matt) writes: >I subscribed to this newsgroup hoping to learn more about my trusty 1000, >but all I'm reading is stuff about the model 1's, etc. > >So I'll ask a question - any knowledgeable person understand the differences >between a Tandy 1000 personal computer and an original IBM PC/XT? Having one >of the former, I'm interested as to why some programs don't work on my 1000 >(only a few, however). Also, the new Tandy Dos makes disks not-readable on >non-Tandy machines. Why? No doubt it has to do with the BIOS or something, >I'd assume. I also have a 1000, and don't see much on the net. I guess we don't have much to say, huh? As for thhe tandy vs iBM PC/XT, I think that's probably not a feasible comparison. The 1000 is more like a regular PC, with traits like the PC JR! I'm not sure about the specifics, because I don't have docs in front of me, but I think the PC and 1000 hcev different cpu's too. Anyway, a Tandy catalog has the major similarities and differences mapped out. -- Steve Cooper scoop@aplvax.arpa