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Tandy Radio Shack 1000 SX	Computers	Home Computer	U.S.A.	1986	Intel 8088	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos adverts hardware emulators links docs related oc_id source 1000 SX /media/museum/photos/tandy_1000sx_1s.jpg /companies/tandy-radio-shack Tandy Radio Shack label value NAME 1000 SX label value MANUFACTURER Tandy Radio Shack label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR 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 CO-PROCESSOR Intel 8087 math. coprocessor available as an option label value RAM 384 KB (up to 640 KB) label value TEXT MODES 80 x 25 / 40 x 25 label value GRAPHIC MODES CGA/TGA, 160 x 200, 320 x 200, 640 x 200 label value COLORS 16 foreground colours + 8 background colours label value SOUND 3 voices + 1 sound channel label value SIZE / WEIGHT 354 x 290 x 97 mm / 31 lbs label value I/O PORTS keyboard, 2 x joysticks, RGBI color monitor video output, composite video output, lightpen port, parallel port, serial port, 5 internal expansion slots, audio output (mono) label value BUILT IN MEDIA one or two 5.25'' floppy disk drives (360 KB)\ 3.5 label value OS MS-DOS 3.22, DeskMate II and GW Microsoft Basic included with the system label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply label value PERIPHERALS memory expansions, internal modems, 20 MB hard disk, etc. label value PRICE $849 (USA, 1988) photos adverts hardware emulators links docs 1182 title subtitle text image 1000 SX /media/museum/photos/tandy_1000sx_1.jpg title subtitle text image 1000 SX RUNNING DESKMATE /media/museum/photos/tandy_1000sx_3.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_1000sx_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) /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-tx 1215 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230603005019/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1215 2023-06-03

The Tandy 1000 SX was similar to the Tandy 1000 (see this entry for more info about the Tandy 1000 series).

The difference with the original model 1000, is that the CPU (Intel 8088) can be set to two different speeds: 4.77 MHz and 7.16 MHz thus offering more speed than the original IBM PC on the same software. The SX also comes with more memory (384 KB) than the Tandy 1000 (128 KB).

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Contributors: Derek McDonald (aka “Skel”)

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