Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!psuvax1!burdvax!bpa!sjuvax!cc743810 From: cc743810@sjuvax.UUCP (Chuck Conway) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Tandy XT compatibles Message-ID: <1014@sjuvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Nov-87 09:50:27 EST Article-I.D.: sjuvax.1014 Posted: Mon Nov 30 09:50:27 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Dec-87 04:28:45 EST Reply-To: cc743810@sjuvax.UUCP (Chuck Conway) Organization: Hawk Hill, Philadelphia, PA Lines: 29 Summary: Which one is completely XT compatible AND expandable? My friend's parents want to buy him a computer for Christmas, and they asked me where to go to get one. They know nothing about PC's, and they were hoping that I could point them in the right direction. They wanted to spend <$2000 for a complete system (PC,display,printer). I suggested that they go to a Radio Shack Computer Center and investigate the Tandy 1000 line of PCs. Anyway, I haven't been keeping up with tech info as of late, and I was hoping somebody could point me to the right Tandy model. The setup I would probably suggest is a XT type with 640K, 1 floppy, and a 20 meg hard disk. Concerning displays, I imagine they probably would want a color display, so they can do 1-2-3 graphics and also play games. Any suggestions on equipment? Also, how about a high quality dot-matrix printer? Something that can do NLQ (or even LQ), maybe a 24 pin printhead? How about the price - can something be obtained for $300-$400? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks! Chuck Conway -- Chuck Conway [215]/572-0450 cc743810@sjuvax.UUCP -or- ...!rutgers!cbmvax!bpa!sjuvax!cc743810 ...!princeton/ WANTED: 68-70 MoPar B-Body parts (Satellite/Coronet/Charger/GTX/Super Bee/etc)