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Tandy Radio Shack 1000 EX	Computers	Home Computer	U.S.A.	1986	Intel 8088	name image company company_name specs tabs photos adverts hardware emulators links docs comments related oc_id source 1000 EX /media/museum/photos/tandy_1000ex_1s.jpg /companies/tandy-radio-shack Tandy Radio Shack label value NAME 1000 EX label value MANUFACTURER Tandy Radio Shack label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR december 1986 label value KEYBOARD Full stroke keyboard, 90 keys, 12 function keys, numeric keypad label value CPU Intel 8088 label value SPEED 4.77 MHz / 7.16 MHz label value RAM 256 KB (up to 640 KB) label value ROM 16 KB label value TEXT MODES 80x25, 40x25 label value GRAPHIC MODES CGA/TGA, 160 x 200, 320 x 200, 640 x 200 label value COLORS 16 colours (8 colours at the same time max.) label value SOUND 3 voices (8 octaves) + 1 sound channel label value SIZE / WEIGHT 19 lbs label value I/O PORTS 2 x joysticks, RGBI colour monitor video output, composite video output, mono audio output (with volum control knob), lightpen port, parallel port, serial port (optional), external floppy drive connector, 3 internal expansion slots label value BUILT IN MEDIA one 5.25'' floppy disk drives (360 KB) label value OS MS-DOS 2.11, DeskMate 2.0 and GW Microsoft Basic included with the system label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply label value PRICE $1000 (USA, dec. 1986)\ $599 (USA, 1988) photos adverts hardware emulators links docs title subtitle text image TANDY 1000 EX /media/museum/photos/tandy_1000ex_1.jpg title subtitle text image FRONT /media/museum/photos/tandy_1000ex_front.jpg title subtitle text image RIGHT SIDE From left to right: - Volume control knob\ - Audio (mono) output\ - 2 x joystick connectors\ - built-in 5.25" floppy disk drive (360 KB) /media/museum/photos/tandy_1000ex_r-side.jpg title subtitle text image REAR From left to right: - Printer (parallel) connector\ - External floppy drive connector\ - Composite video output\ - RGB video output\ - 3 x internal expansion slots\ - Power cord\ - Internal fan /media/museum/photos/tandy_1000ex_rear.jpg title subtitle text image OPENED LID This is where extension boards are inserted /media/museum/photos/tandy_1000ex_inside.jpg title subtitle text image KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP /media/museum/photos/tandy_1000ex_detail.jpg title subtitle text image BOX /media/museum/photos/tandy_1000ex_box_1.jpg title subtitle text image BOX #2 /media/museum/photos/tandy_1000ex_box_2.jpg title subtitle text image TANDY 1988 CATALOG Thanks to [SWITCHTECH'S Tandy 1000SX page](http://www.switchtech.us/Tandy1000.html) for this picture /media/museum/pubs/tandy_1000ex_1988-catalog.jpg title subtitle text image TANDY JOYSTICK /media/museum/hardware/tandy_1000_joy_1.jpg title subtitle text image TANDY 300 BAUD MODEM with box & doc /media/museum/hardware/tandy_1000_300baudmodem.jpg title url platform text Tand-Em http://www.emu-france.com/?page=fichiers&idMachine=157 MS DOS Only dedicated Tandy 1000/IBM PC Jr emulator (offical site seems dead) title url platform text DOSBox http://sourceforge.net/projects/dosbox Windows Exellent PC emulator to play old DOS games, including Tandy 1000 ones title url platform text MESS http://www.mess.org Multiplatform This famous emulator can emulate Tandy 1000 systems title url text Radio Shack systems documentation http://support.radioshack.com/productinfo/ProductResults.asp?Name=Tandy_Desktops&ID=001001001 Radio Shack still offers some old docs on their support site. Download while available!! title url text RadioShackCatalogs.com http://www.RadioShackCatalogs.com Here, you can actually/virtually flip-through the pages to view the content of every RadioShack catalog! title url text Tandy 100 Webring http://r.webring.com/hub?ring=tandy1000 dedicated webring listing Tandy 1000 websites title url text Tandy 1000 EX/HX, PCjr videogames http://www.brooksdeforest.com/tandy1000/ Games for download title url text Tandy 1000 roms http://retrograde.trustno1.org/tandyroms.htm BIOS roms to use with emulators title url text Tandy 1000-series FAQ http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/1kfaq.html Excellent FAQ. Very complete title url text Wikipedia - Tandy 1000 entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_1000 Nice article from Wikipedia title url text Web Wiz CAPTCHA http://www.webwizcaptcha.com FTP Mirror Site for Tandy 1000 programs and documentation title url cover text INTRODUCTION TO THE TANDY 1000 - A TUTORIAL TO DESKMATE ftp://ftp.robertstinnett.com/mirror/Tandy1000/documents/ /media/museum/docs/couvs/tandy_1000_introduction.jpg [**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 url cover text TANDY 1000 - DOS MANUAL ftp://ftp.robertstinnett.com/mirror/Tandy1000/documents/ /media/museum/docs/couvs/tandu_1000_dos_manual.jpg [**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 url cover text TANDY 1000 PROGRAMMER'S REFERENCE ftp://ftp.robertstinnett.com/mirror/Tandy1000/documents/ /media/museum/docs/couvs/tandy_1000_programmers-reference.jpg [**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 url cover text TANDY 1000 SERVICE MANUAL ftp://ftp.robertstinnett.com/mirror/Tandy1000/documents/ /media/museum/docs/couvs/tandy_1000_service-manual.jpg [**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) author date text Yan (Brazil) Tuesday 20th December 2016 Really very good old times! I think your computer not recognizing the hard disk is most probably because the HD or interface is dead. It was very common at that time. I have lost some of mines with very few use. The first I had that died was a 30MB Seagate... author date text Mike Kaltenhauser (canada) Thursday 1st October 2015 I used mine all the way up to 1989, I used to surf the web, I mean BBS by dial up back then. Played dungeons and dragons, and Chess written in Turbo Pascal. author date text Fred Howe (New York State, USA) Tuesday 21st April 2015 I received a 1000EX from my wife for Christmas, 1986. She bought it on installments of $25.00 per month on our Mobil gas card. It came with 256k ram, DOS 3.2, Deskmate software, the CM-11 monitor and a DMP-130 printer, in several boxes. I loved playing with it, and soon had it tricked out with the memory expansion board with 640k of ram, a mouse, and second, external floppy drive. Although Tandy officially swore it was impossible, I searched and found a manufacturer who made me an interface board and sold me an external 40mb hard drive with its'' own power supply. I don''t think I could boot off the hard drive, but the computer recognozed it on bootup and I sure loved all the storage space. I could run dozens of programs straight off the hard drive. After a while, I moved on to bigger and faster computers, the first of many being an NEC 386 running DOS 6.0 and a 60 mb hard drive with 2mb of ram. Ahh, the good old days!. Flash forward 29 years to today, I still have the EX, and it still bootd up and both floppies still work. Unfortunately, something has gone awry with the DOS 5.0 boot floppy, so the computer doesn''t recognize the hard drive. Or, worse, something has gon wrong with the hard drive. it spins up, but it doesn''t talk to the computer. If anyone ahs any insight as to what parameters I should have in the autoexec.bat ans config.sys files, I''d love to tyr to get this beauty back in fighting shape. Ifg you think you might have something to offer, e-mail me at lawlessman1@hotmail.com. I cna send you the current contents of those files, if it would help. author date text jeaston444 Sunday 28th August 2011 I think the game you played was Space Quest author date text Ray (Canada) Monday 13rd December 2010 I remember this little computer, my dad bought me one when I was just a kid. I remember playing a Star Wars game of some sort on it, and being overjoyed when I learned how to print out text with BASIC. I was about 5 or 6 when I got it, and I don''t think a day has passed since, when I have not had a keyboard under my fingers. This Tandy began my intelligent life. /museum/tandy-radio-shack-1000 /museum/tandy-radio-shack-1000-hx /museum/tandy-radio-shack-1000-sl-sl-2 /museum/tandy-radio-shack-1000-sx /museum/tandy-radio-shack-1000-tx 1213 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20191116011422/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1213 2019-11-16

The Tandy 1000 EX is a member of the Tandy 1000 series family. See this entry for more info.

The Tandy 1000 EX was designed as an entry-level IBM compatible personal computer designed as a starter system and sold for $1000.00 US by December 1986. The EX was compact with the keyboard and 5.25" drive built into the computer casing; the 5.25" drive accessible from the right hand side of the computer.

Officiel 1988 Tandy catalog reads:
- Our lowest-priced MS-DOS based personal computer
- Fifty-percent faster clock speed than the IBM PC
- Incredibly easy-to-use Personal Deskmate Sotfware
- Choose from thousands of popular programs
- Built-in 360 000 character 5.25" floppy disk drive
A 256K PC-compatible computer, ready to use the MS-DOS software you bring home from the office, as well as software designed for the home or classroom. The integral 90-key keyboard has the same layout as the Tandy 1000SX, ideal for business programs. You'll find an advanced three-voice sound circuit for sophisticated sound an music generation through the built-in speaker. There's also a headphone jack with volume control - perfect for the classroom. Graphics-oriented Personal Deskmate software features six programs and handy pull-down menus and pop-up boxes for selecting funvtions.

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Contributors: Derek McDonald (aka “Skel”)