--- title: Tandy Radio Shack 1000 TX categories: - Computers types: - Home Computer origins: - U.S.A. years: - '1986' cpus: - Intel 80286 params: name: 1000 TX image: /media/museum/photos/tandy_1000tx_1s.jpg company: /companies/tandy-radio-shack company_name: Tandy Radio Shack specs: - label: NAME value: 1000 TX - label: MANUFACTURER value: Tandy Radio Shack - label: TYPE value: Home Computer - label: ORIGIN value: U.S.A. - label: YEAR value: ? 1986 - label: KEYBOARD value: Full stroke keyboard, 92 keys, 12 function keys - label: CPU value: Intel 80286 - label: SPEED value: 8 MHz - label: RAM value: 640 KB (up to 768 KB) - label: TEXT MODES value: 80 x 25 / 40 x 25 - label: GRAPHIC MODES value: CGA/TGA, 160 x 200, 320 x 200, 640 x 200 - label: COLORS value: 16 colours - label: SOUND value: 3 voices + 1 sound channel - label: SIZE / WEIGHT value: 354 x 290 x 97 mm - label: I/O PORTS value: keyboard, 2 x joysticks, monitor video output, composite video output, lightpen, parallel port, serial port, 5 internal expansion slots, audio mono output - label: BUILT IN MEDIA value: one 3.5'' floppy disk drive + optional 20 MB hard disk or 5.25'' floppy disk drive - label: OS value: MS-DOS 3.22, DeskMate 2 and GW Microsoft Basic included with the system - label: POWER SUPPLY value: Built-in power supply - label: PRICE value: $1000.00 US (1986) tabs: - photos - adverts - hardware - emulators - links - docs - videos forum_thread: 1183 photos: - title: 1000 TX subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/tandy_1000tx_1.jpg adverts: - title: US ADVERT subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/pubs/tandy_1000series_pub_1.jpg hardware: - title: TANDY JOYSTICK subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/hardware/tandy_1000_joy_1.jpg - title: TANDY 300 BAUD MODEM subtitle: with box & doc text: '' image: /media/museum/hardware/tandy_1000_300baudmodem.jpg emulators: - title: Tand-Em url: http://www.emu-france.com/?page=fichiers&idMachine=157 platform: MS DOS text: Only dedicated Tandy 1000/IBM PC Jr emulator (offical site seems dead) - title: DOSBox url: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dosbox platform: Windows text: Exellent PC emulator to play old DOS games, including Tandy 1000 ones - title: MESS url: http://www.mess.org platform: Multiplatform text: This famous emulator can emulate Tandy 1000 systems links: - title: Radio Shack systems documentation url: http://support.radioshack.com/productinfo/ProductResults.asp?Name=Tandy_Desktops&ID=001001001 text: Radio Shack still offers some old docs on their support site. Download while available!! - title: RadioShackCatalogs.com url: http://www.RadioShackCatalogs.com text: Here, you can actually/virtually flip-through the pages to view the content of every RadioShack catalog! - title: Tandy 100 Webring url: http://r.webring.com/hub?ring=tandy1000 text: dedicated webring listing Tandy 1000 websites - title: Tandy 1000 EX/HX, PCjr videogames url: http://www.brooksdeforest.com/tandy1000/ text: Games for download - title: Tandy 1000 roms url: http://retrograde.trustno1.org/tandyroms.htm text: BIOS roms to use with emulators - title: Tandy 1000-series FAQ url: http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/1kfaq.html text: Excellent FAQ. Very complete - title: Wikipedia - Tandy 1000 entry url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_1000 text: Nice article from Wikipedia - title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com text: FTP Mirror Site for Tandy 1000 programs and documentation docs: - title: INTRODUCTION TO THE TANDY 1000 - A TUTORIAL TO DESKMATE url: ftp://ftp.robertstinnett.com/mirror/Tandy1000/documents/ cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/tandy_1000_introduction.jpg text: |- [**INTRODUCTION TO THE TANDY 1000 - A TUTORIAL TO DESKMATE**](ftp://ftp.robertstinnett.com/mirror/Tandy1000/documents/)written by Tandy Corporation  type of document : PDF\  size : 7 MB\  source : [ftp.robertstinnett.com](ftp://ftp.robertstinnett.com/mirror) - title: TANDY 1000 - DOS MANUAL url: ftp://ftp.robertstinnett.com/mirror/Tandy1000/documents/ cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/tandu_1000_dos_manual.jpg text: |- [**TANDY 1000 - DOS MANUAL**](ftp://ftp.robertstinnett.com/mirror/Tandy1000/documents/)written by Tandy Corporation  type of document : PDF\  size : 8 MB\  source : [ftp.robertstinnett.com](ftp://ftp.robertstinnett.com/mirror) - title: TANDY 1000 PROGRAMMER'S REFERENCE url: ftp://ftp.robertstinnett.com/mirror/Tandy1000/documents/ cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/tandy_1000_programmers-reference.jpg text: |- [**TANDY 1000 PROGRAMMER'S REFERENCE**](ftp://ftp.robertstinnett.com/mirror/Tandy1000/documents/)written by Tandy Corporation  type of document : PDF\  size : 6.5 MB\  source : [ftp.robertstinnett.com](ftp://ftp.robertstinnett.com/mirror) - title: TANDY 1000 SERVICE MANUAL url: ftp://ftp.robertstinnett.com/mirror/Tandy1000/documents/ cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/tandy_1000_service-manual.jpg text: |- [**TANDY 1000 SERVICE MANUAL**](ftp://ftp.robertstinnett.com/mirror/Tandy1000/documents/)written by Tandy Corporation  type of document : PDF\  size : 13.5 MB\  source : [ftp.robertstinnett.com](ftp://ftp.robertstinnett.com/mirror) videos: - title: Tandy 1000 TX - TV commercial url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5gelel83u4 text: 'Length: 30 s' related: - /museum/tandy-radio-shack-1000 - /museum/tandy-radio-shack-1000-ex - /museum/tandy-radio-shack-1000-hx - /museum/tandy-radio-shack-1000-sl-sl-2 - /museum/tandy-radio-shack-1000-sx oc_id: 1216 source: url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230603010214/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1216 date: '2023-06-03' --- The Tandy 1000 TX was similar to the [Tandy 1000](/museum/tandy-radio-shack-1000/) in that it had an external keyboard and casing. The difference, however, was the addition of an 80286 CPU on the TX model; otherwise, it was nearly identical to the Tandy 1000, including the odd parallel port edge connector. The TX had a 3.5" drive, with an optional 5.25" drive. It contained hookups for two joysticks in the front along with the keyboard, and included a volume control with a phono input on the front. The back had all of the same ports as the Tandy 1000. The memory size was 640k (upgradable to 768k, which was devoted to video) and the computer came bundled with Deskmate II. The TX had a special function to the F4 key that would reduce the speed of the processor to half the normal rate for programs(mainly games) that 8-10 mhz was simply too fast for. To activate this function, you held down the F4 key during boot-up. --- Contributors: Derek McDonald (aka “Skel”), Casey
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