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Tandy Radio Shack 1400 LT/FD/HD	Computers	Portable	U.S.A.	1987	NEC V20	name image company company_name specs tabs photos adverts links docs comments oc_id source 1400 LT/FD/HD /media/museum/photos/tandy_1400lt_1s.jpg /companies/tandy-radio-shack Tandy Radio Shack label value NAME 1400 LT/FD/HD label value MANUFACTURER Tandy Radio Shack label value TYPE Portable label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR 1987 label value END OF PRODUCTION Unknown label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE MS-DOS, GW-BASIC & DESKmate delivered on disks label value KEYBOARD full stroke keyboard, 76 keys label value CPU NEC V20 (Intel 8088 equivalent) label value SPEED 4.77MHz or 7.16MHz label value CO-PROCESSOR Intel 8087-2 (8 MHz) math co-processor label value RAM 640 KB + 128 KB available for RAM-based disk driver or print spooler label value ROM 16 KB label value TEXT MODES 40 x 25, 80 x 25 label value GRAPHIC MODES 640 x 200 (monochrome 9'' LCD backlight display), conform to IBM CGA label value COLORS 16 shades of blue with built-in LCD display. Colours with external monitor label value SOUND Sound beeper label value SIZE / WEIGHT 3.5 x 14.5 x 12.5 inches / 13.5 lbs\ 370 x 310 x 80 mm / 5Kg label value I/O PORTS AC adapter, Centronics/parallel (DB-25 F), RS232/serial port (DB-9 M), RGBI output for color monitor (DB-9 F), composite video output, enhanced keyboard (5 pin Din F), 2 internal slots (modem, I/O bus) label value BUILT IN MEDIA LT & FD : 2 x 3.5'' floppy disk drives (DS DD, 720 KB each)\ HD : one 3.5'' floppy disk drive (720 KB) + 20MB hard disk label value OS Tandy DOS 3 label value POWER SUPPLY External PSU - 15v DC 700mA and internal battery (12 volt, 2200 mAh, 4 hours of continuous use) label value PERIPHERALS 1200 baud modem, 128 KB expansion RAMdrive, external hard-disk label value PRICE $1599 (USA, 1987) photos adverts links docs title subtitle text image TANDY 1400LT /media/museum/photos/tandy_1400lt_1.jpg title subtitle text image TANDY 1400LT another one found on Ebay... /media/museum/photos/tandy_1400lt_2.jpg title subtitle text image BOTTOM /media/museum/photos/tandy_1400lt_bottom.jpg title subtitle text image CLOSED SYSTEM /media/museum/photos/tandy_1400lt_closed.jpg title subtitle text image TANDY 1400FD /media/museum/photos/tandy_1400fd_1.jpg title subtitle text image 1400FD - TOP /media/museum/photos/tandy_1400fd_top.jpg title subtitle text image TANDY DOCS /media/museum/photos/tandy_1400fdhd_doc.jpg title subtitle text image CARRYING BAG /media/museum/photos/tandy_1400lt_bag.jpg title subtitle text image US ADVERT (1987) /media/museum/pubs/tandy_1400_pub_nobettervalue.jpg title subtitle text image US ADVERT (1987) /media/museum/pubs/tandy_1400_pub_2.jpg title url text Radio Shack support pages http://support.radioshack.com/productinfo/ProductResults.asp?Name=Tandy_Laptops_and_Portable_Computers&ID=001001002 Some documents available for download title url cover text TANDY 1400LT - SERVICE MANUAL http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/documents.html /media/museum/docs/couvs/doc_tandy_1400lt_service-manual.jpg [**TANDY 1400LT - SERVICE MANUAL**](http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/documents.html)written by Tandy Radio-Shack  compiled/archived by Unknown\  type of document : PDF\  size : 10,7 MB\  source : [www.oldskool.org](http://www.oldskool.org/) title url cover text TANDY 1400LT - QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/documents.html /media/museum/docs/couvs/doc_tandy_1400lt_quick-reference-guide.jpg [**TANDY 1400LT - QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE**](http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/documents.html)written by Tandy Radio-Shack  compiled/archived by Unknown\  type of document : PDF\  size : 1,4 MB\  source : [www.oldskool.org](http://www.oldskool.org/) author date text Butz (USA) Tuesday 7th December 2021 Just found one while moving… going to have to see what kind of power it needs. author date text Roussel Barriere (United States) Saturday 10th October 2020 I just found one, in the box with all original documents!? 20201010 author date text KN2000 (USA) Wednesday 3rd July 2019 Hi, I have a Tandy 1400LT and had a question. First off as far as software for this PC. This PC is really intended for office duties (IMHO). Playing games on this computer, besides text based games is hard on the eye, due to the screen type. But, it''s still a great little PC from the past. I have a question, one of my drives only formatted a diskette to 360K. Shouldn''t both drives be 720K? Any ideas as to why that would be? Also, it doesn''t seem to like 720K disks. The drive lists the director bur doesn''t read files. Thoughts? author date text egg Tuesday 22nd May 2018 Does anyone have one of these for sale? What are the capabilities as far as software? These are really interesting and quite unique. author date text Oddie_ (Valencia, Spain) Sunday 26th February 2017 I have a Tandy 1400LT which is still working. AC power connector is damaged but I got plug a Toshiba 15v-3A power supply to the DC internal connector. It has not battery but it works. Now it is 30 years old. I feel so lucky for having this machine. author date text vern (usa michigan) Sunday 9th December 2012 i have a tandy 1400lt computer complete.has carrying case,disks,books,has batt. in it.has mouse and power cord with it.works good.looking to trade it. author date text Herbert Guenterberg (Grabstede/Germany) Monday 3rd December 2012 I used a TANDY LT1400 back in 1988/89 when I went to the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey/CA. STill have it. Unfortunately the Battery is broke und the power supply is missing. I founf the information, that it needs 15V/700mA. But does it really need AC as an input or will it take DC as well. And if so, what is the polarity of the plug? Maybe somebody can help to get baby up and running again! author date text Bob (Minneola, Florida) Tuesday 21st August 2012 I have an HD 1110 Tandy laptop. Is it worth any thing? It Comes on but has a Hard disc read failure. author date text Brian (USA) Monday 2nd July 2012 Hey Jack. I just bought at pristine 1400 LT for $35 $ Shipping. Looks and works brand new. I had one back in the late 80''s and got rid of it. I''ve been looking for one to keep as a memory. author date text JACK (USA) Monday 2nd July 2012 A Tandy 1400 HD with no power cord would be worth how much today author date text Joe (USA) Wednesday 4th January 2012 I bought one of these to take to Italy (circa 1988). No hard disk, but I remember thinking it was so great to have two floppies, and not the big ones, but the new 1.4Mb little ones. I was in marketing and sales and I managed my contacts and wrote reports. With a bag and a portable printer, my portable office was about 22lbs. author date text Mike (CA,USA) Wednesday 24th March 2010 I still have mine....you can rebuilt the battery using ni-cad "C" cells. Still works with original tandy dos $ MS dos 6.22. author date text Benjamin Rau Saturday 16th August 2008 This was truly an elegant display. I used this at the same time I was using a Toshiba without the backlighing, and the display on this machine was far better than the Toshiba. Once you found how to deal with the 128 MB additional ram, it was a godsend. I loaded my DOS into the ramdrive, and had two drives for data instead of one. author date text Chris Wolski (USA) Thursday 12th April 2007 In 1988 my family bought me one of these as a gift before I moved overseas for the Navy. It was a pretty sturdy laptop. I managed to break the keyboard's circuit board, but was easily able to repair it with some jumper wires. The unique thing about this laptop was that the screen was a blue/white monochrome and was able to produce 16 shades of blue. 1197 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230603010407/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1197 2023-06-03

This nice little laptop is one of the first real IBM PC compatible laptops featuring large LCD display (80x25 here) and true compatibility.

This machine has two 720KB Floppy drives (and no hard drive). It boots from one floppy drive (DOS) while the 2nd floppy is used for data and programs you may wish to run. It has a NEC V20 8-bit processor which is switchable between 7.16 MHz and 4.77 MHz. It also has a CGA backlit LCD screen (monochrome), optional built in modem (1200 baud), math coprocessor and standard serial and parallel ports. It also has a DB-9 CGA port and RCA composite port for use with an external display.

There are LED indicators for Caps Lock, Num Lock, Low Battery, Scroll Lock and Standby Mode. Special features (for the time) includes battery-powered clock & calendar, standby mode and internal speakers.

The first member of the 1400 serie is called the LT. The FD and HD models were released later (1988?). The FD having two 3.5'' disk drives and the HD one 3.5'' disk drive + one built-in hard disk (20 MB).

The only differences between LT and FD model are : FD has an external floppy drive connector, no composite video output and only one internal slot (for modem). The case is almost identical though the FD is lighther. The HD is an FD model with a 20 MB hard drive built-in instead of the 2nd floppy drive.

The LT was delivered with Tandy DOS 3.2003 or 3.2004, and the FD & HD with Tandy DOS 3.3004.

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