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From: ugfailau@sunybcs.uucp (Fai Lau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Tandy XT compatibles
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Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 11:23:52 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  2 11:23:52 1987
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In article <462@silver.bacs.indiana.edu> creps@silver.UUCP (Steve Creps) writes:
>
>   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.

	The last time I was foolish enough to check they charged
$499.00 for a 2400baud modem! While I got a figure of around $240
over the phone from my neighborhood computer store. Tany is using
another one of those "give you the razor, sell you the blade"
tactic. Buy at your own risk!

Fai  Lau
SUNY at Buffalo (The Arctic Wonderland)
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