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From: creps@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Steve Creps)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Tandy XT compatibles
Message-ID: <462@silver.bacs.indiana.edu>
Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 02:02:21 EST
Article-I.D.: silver.462
Posted: Wed Dec  2 02:02:21 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 11:45:25 EST
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Organization: Indiana University Computer Science Department
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In article <1014@sjuvax.UUCP> cc743810@sjuvax.UUCP (Chuck Conway) writes:

(help wanted on choosing a Tandy computer).

   I speak from experience only in shopping around, as I chose not to buy
one, but I would caution you in buying a Tandy. The reason is this:
compatibility. They should be just fine as far as running IBM PC programs
goes (software compatibility), but they ARE NOT hardware-compatible. That
means if you want to expand them, say add another disk drive, another
board, etc. you have to buy it from Radio Shack. And Radio Shack's prices
for the extra parts are absolutely outrageous.
   I would say, if you're sure you won't ever need to expand your system,
then sure, Tandys are just fine, and you can get a really good deal on them.
But if you ever decide to expand them, look out.
   My experience in this is from the time I bought an XT-clone, of which
Tandy's version is the 1000. The above may not be true for later
models, but you can always ask the dealer if they are hardware-compatible.

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Steve Creps on the VAX 8650 running Ultrix 2.0-1 at Indiana University.
	creps@silver.bacs.indiana.edu
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