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From: tim@ur-cvsvax.UUCP (Tim Takahashi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Anyone got a Tandy 1000?
Message-ID: <649@ur-cvsvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 24-Jul-87 11:15:21 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 24 11:15:21 1987
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References: <13938@watmath.UUCP> <3605@well.UUCP>
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Organization: Center for Visual Science, Univ. of Rochester
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Summary: Tandy 1000 stuff (plus new information!)

In article <3605@well.UUCP>, hank@well.UUCP (Hank Roberts) writes:
> Is it true that as someone said the *Tandy dos makes it impossible
> to read disks on
> my home IBM, should I ever get them to send me some?

The great Tandy Disk Drive Format debate........

Tandy Disk Drive Formats.....

  MSDOS 360k (40tk DSDD)  - IBM Standard Format for "PC,XT"
   - Can read/write --> Tandy 1000, 1200, 3000HL
   - Can read --------> Tandy 2000, 3000
   
  MSDOS 1.2mb (96tk DSDD) - IBM Standard Format for "AT"
   - Can read/write --> Tandy 3000
   
  The "black sheep" that gives Tandy Disk Drive formats a bad name
   is the Tandy 2000 which supports an 80tk DSDD format (it was
   announced as an AT level machine long before the AT existed)
   which gives us 768k per disk. This was also before MSDOS 3.x
   appeared - this allows machines to support multiple disk formats.
   
Also I have it that Tandy will be introducing the following products in
 the very near future.....
 
 <$500  Tandy 1000 BX (?) - 8088, MSDOS and DESKMATE in ROM!
			    Built in CGA, 3 1/2" floppy

 >$1100 Tandy 1000 TX (?) - 80286 at 8 MHz, but with the Model 1000's
				short chassis. (not sure of disk type)
				but likely to be a PS/50 killer.
				

 >$3000 Tandy 4000 (?) ---- an 80386 Killer Machine
 
 a laser printer, and other goodies, etc.
 
 Tim Takahashi
 
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