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  Rich Cini's Computer Lab - XT/PC
The Model 2000 was housed in a stylish white case with fl drive bezels with power and reset switches recessed in the front panel near the TRS-80 emblem.
Tandy at one time used the machine in most of the Radio Shack Computer Center's for in-house databases and accounting.
The Model 2000 had one thing against it, and it proved to be a big problem.
highgate.comm.sfu.ca /~rcini/classiccmp/t2kemu.htm   (935 words)

  
  Tandy 2000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tandy 2000 was a computer which used the Intel 80186 microprocessor.
While touted as being compatible with the IBM XT, the Tandy 2000 was different enough for most software beyond purely text oriented to not work properly.
The Tandy 2000 was the first computer that Radio Shack put out that lacked the TRS-80 AKA "Trash-80 name.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tandy_2000   (175 words)

  
 Tandy Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tandy was founded in 1919 as a leather supply store.
Tandy's son, Charles D. Tandy, turned it into a leathercraft company when shoe rationing in World War II almost killed the business, and later expanded into selling leather and tools to make such products as wallets.
Tandy's IBM PC compatibles, the Tandy 1000 and Tandy 2000, were cheaper than the IBM PC and yet featured built-in, and better, sound and graphics.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tandy_Corporation   (558 words)

  
 TRS-80
Tandy later came with the TRS-80 model 16, which was a follow on to the Model II.
The Tandy 2000 system was similar to the Texas Instrument PC-Clone in that it offered better graphics, a faster processor (80186) and higher capacity disk drives (80 track double sided 800k 5.25 drives).
The later Tandy 1000 systems and follow-ons were also marketed by DEC, as Tandy and DEC had a joint manufacturing agreement.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/tr/TRS-80.html   (1279 words)

  
 Search Results for 'Tandy-Corporation'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The son of a Dublin ironmonger, was born in Dublin.
In April 1780, Tandy was expelled from the Dublin volunteers (see Henry Flood) for proposing the expulsion of the Duke of Leinster, whose moderation had offended the extremists.
He was one of the most conspicuous of the small revolutionary party, chiefly of the shopkeeper class, who formed a permanent committee in June 1784 to agitate for reform, and called a convention of delegates from all parts of Ireland, which met in October 1784.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/Tandy-Corporation.htm   (961 words)

  
 Tandy 400 - Homestar Runner Wiki
Bubs later salvaged the Tandy 400 and sold it to The King of Town for $900, who attempted to check his email with it in an Easter egg in The King of Town DVD.
Tandy 400 probably gets its name from the Tandy 2000 and 1000, Tandy's first "IBM-PC compatible" machines produced in 1984.
The rainbow star logo on Tandy 400 is a play on an early Apple Computer logo which featured a rainbow-colored apple with a missing bite.
www.hrwiki.org /index.php/Tandy_400   (404 words)

  
 Tandy Model 2000; speed, style, and support.
Tandy placed the connector underneath the raised portion of the system unit on the back wall of this storage space.
The Model 2000 uses the popular MS-DOS from Microsoft, which is used on the IBM PC and virtually all other Microsoft GW Basic and a rudimentary maillist program (written in Basic) on the MS-DOS disk.
Tandy posts a list of 42 PC programs that are supposed to run on the Model 2000 without modification, including Peachtree accounting packages, IUS accounting packages, and Open Systems accounting packages.
www.atarimagazines.com /creative/v11n1/41_Tandy_Model_2000_speed_.php   (1999 words)

  
 OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum
The Tandy 2000 was launched in December 1981, a full year BEFORE the 1000, and proved to be a mistake on the part of Tandy, but to their credit they weren’t alone, many manufacturers who built systems based on the Intel 80186 CPU suffered the same fate.
More to the point, however, the Tandy 2000, while touted as being compatible with the IBM XT, was different enough for most software beyond purely text oriented to not work properly.
The Tandy 2000 was further killed by the arrival of the 80286 CPU 2 months after its release.
www.old-computers.com /museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=1219   (511 words)

  
 TANDY BRANDS ACCESSORIES COMMENTS ON EXPECTED THIRD QUARTER 2000 RESULTS
Diluted earnings per share for the third quarter of fiscal 2000 are expected to be in the range of $0.05 to $0.12, versus $0.29 reported for the third fiscal quarter in the prior year.
Also, Tandy Brands' newly penetrated channels of distribution through drugstores and supermarkets are performing on plan, and product rollouts are on schedule for the balance of the fiscal year.
Tandy Brands Accessories, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets fashion accessories for men and women and children.
www.tandybrands.com /pressrelease/22400.asp   (613 words)

  
 The Ghost Experiment - theories, infrasound   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Tandy had been working late in an allegedly ‘haunted’ laboratory when he saw a grey shape coming towards him.
Tandy wondered why the blade vibrated in one part of room but not in another.
Subsequent measurements revealed that the infrasound being produced was 18.98 Hz, and that this may have made Tandy’s eyeball resonate and produce the optical illusion of the grey form.
www.ghostexperiment.co.uk /theories-infra.html   (242 words)

  
 a band called Tandy
We've been Tandy fans for a while and this sixth album (To A Friend) from Brooklyn-based genius Mike Ferrio and his band is quite possibly the jewel in their crown to date.
Tandy in St. Paul, MN When Tandy frontman Mike Ferrio sings, "It's so good to see you come back from behind," from "New Candy Necklace" on the new album "The Bloodroot Transcriptions," it almost breaks your heart.
Tandy originate from New York/Canada border, where, according to singer/guitarist Mike Ferrio, 'you can still be a Gordon Lightfoot fan in broad daylight.' The unhip reference, coming from a band so thoroughly in tune with the rough music of modern life, is intriguing.
www.yellowslipper.com /abandcalledtandy/news.html   (1673 words)

  
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On February 23, 2000, Walker Equipment, a Division of Plantronics, Inc. filed a petition for waiver of the same rule for various models of corded and cordless telephones with a similar feature.
Petitioners state that their volume reset defeat features can be turned on and off without risk of accidental change, thereby facilitating appropriate use in either a single user environment of someone who needs amplification or a multi-user one containing both persons with and without hearing disabilities.
Tandy Corporation and Walker Equipment claim that their telephones protect hearing because acoustic pressure limits are still met.
www.fcc.gov /Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/2000/da001811.txt   (1077 words)

  
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In a meeting with John Roach, Charles Tandy himself and Lewis Kornfeld, president of Radio Shack, Tandy and Kornfeld were discussing what to do with 3000 computers if it was a bust.
Tandy had been running a race with Apple since the introduction of the Apple ][ in 1978.
The 2000 sported an Intel 80186 processor which was considerably faster than the PCs 8088.
www.fortunecity.com /marina/reach/435/rshack.htm   (584 words)

  
 Coventry Business School Staff - Vic Tandy
Vic Tandy's background is in electronics and computer science with an MPhil in Engineering Design.
Tandy, V. (2000), "Something in the Cellar", Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, Vol.
Tandy, V Cousin, G. "Cutting Out Computer Anxiety: A Scissors and Cardboard Approach to Learning about Computers", Chapter on teaching technical subjects in the humanities for a book with working title Educational Development through Information and Educational Technologies.
www.stile.coventry.ac.uk /public/staff/v_tandy.htm   (262 words)

  
 Tandy Model 1000; junior meets his match.
Ed Juge is proud of Tandy, and he is proud of the contribution of Texas to the high tech industry.
The Tandy 1000, which should be available at your local Radio Shack as you read this, is the machine IBM was too inept, incapable, or afraid to manufacture.
To move from PC or Tandy 1000 disks to the Tandy 2000, software must be copied to a 40-track, double sided format.
www.atarimagazines.com /creative/v10n12/44_Tandy_Model_1000_junior_.php   (1585 words)

  
 Tandy Corporation - TheBestLinks.com - Apple Computer, Commodore International, Home computers, IBM PC, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Tandy Corporation is the former name of the parent company of RadioShack Corporation, a Fort Worth-based company best known for its RadioShack electronics stores.
The Tandy name was dropped in May of 2000.
In the 1970s and 1980s Tandy operated a chain of RadioShack-style stores in Britain, under the Tandy name.
www.thebestlinks.com /Tandy.html   (314 words)

  
 Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine: Tandy Wants to Program Your VCR for You - new approach to customer service helps ...
On his arrival in 1993, Leonard Roberts, Tandy's chairman, began shifting the company's focus toward an advice-based approach to help customers navigate the modern maze of technology services.
Moreover, Tandy gets a portion of income from the cell-phone service provider as long as the customer uses the phone.
Also, Tandy's spectacular share-price growth so far in 1999 might pause for a time while investors wait for sales and earnings to catch up.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1318/is_8_53/ai_55215087   (658 words)

  
 TOUR DATES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Tandy - named not after the electronics brand but a character in Americana novel Winesburg, Ohio- come from New York/Canada border, "where you can still be a Gordon Lightfoot fan in broad daylight", according to singerÐguitarist Mike Ferrio.
By S.L. New York five piece Tandy's second album balances alternative country's typically maudlin strains, as exhibited on Facing Winterand Hope You Had Fun,with the unashamed euphoria of Far From Homeand No Earthly Reason,bouzouki, bagpipes, accourdion and dobro clattering with an undeniable "live in the studio" verite.
Country singing sensation Kelly Willis who many in the know rate her amongst the greatest of her generation, adds vocals to a couple of tracks, including the addictively beguiling Shine.Elsewhere, Tandy fool about with the Ramone's Questioningly,but keep it (country) slow and sleepy like the rest of this charming record, a perfect summer acquisition.
freespace.virgin.net /michael.spencer2/tandy.htm   (904 words)

  
 Till divorce do us part
In March of 2000, Darren Tandy saw the beginning of the end: He realized his marriage was over.
Through his experience, Tandy initiated the creation of a divorce support group at his church, called DivorceCare, a program available nationwide and based on information and interaction with other divorcees in a group meeting setting.
Although for Tandy, moving on and dating other women at the time was easier than dealing with a broken marriage.
www.intakeweekly.com /articles/9/022378-7989-161.html   (1841 words)

  
 Windows 1.x platforms...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Actually, Windoze for the Tandy 2000 didn't show up until after the AT came out.
Tandy took risks in those days, some won and some lost.
Tandy made some really bad judgement calls in picking vendors for a couple of years -- Microsoft was definitely one such.
www.classiccmp.org /pipermail/cctalk/1998-May/100986.html   (413 words)

  
 PortalPlayer, Inc.--People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Tandy served as vice president of sales and marketing of Digital 5, Inc., a connected consumer electronics middleware company.
Tandy served as director of marketing of AON Networks, Inc., a networking software company.
Tandy held various marketing positions at S3 Incorporated, including director of marketing and director of strategic marketing.
www.portalplayer.com /company/People.htm   (809 words)

  
 Adventureland: Tandy
The Tandy machines were Tandy's first foray into the PC clone market.
The first model was the Tandy 1000 (released in 1984) which had more advanced graphics than normal PC clones at the time (16 colors versus 4 of the then current CGA mode).
The Tandy 2000 (also released in 1984) and was meant as a business computer.
www.if-legends.org /~adventure/machines/Tandy.html   (175 words)

  
 TANDY BRANDS ACCESSORIES
Net income for the first quarter totaled $2.0 million, or $0.36 per diluted share, versus $2.8 million, or $0.47 per diluted share, for the same period last year.
Investors and interested parties will have the opportunity to listen to management’s discussion of Tandy Brands’ first quarter results in a conference call to be held today, Monday, October 16, at 10:00 a.m.
Merchandise is sold under various national brand names as well as private labels to all major levels of retail distribution, including the ROLFS e-commerce web site at www.rolfs.net.
www.tandybrands.com /earning/101601.asp   (538 words)

  
 8bit-Micro.com - Tandy 2000, Intel 80186
2000 by many was considered the first AT style computer in North America.
Tandy wasn't the only casualty of the 80186.
Tandy 200 the Dulmont Magnum belongs to the first
www.8bit-micro.com /tandy2000.htm   (282 words)

  
 Professor Plum on computers
At this time Tandy had decided that the TRS-80 line was on its way out and they were busy trying to build better than IBM PC clones.
The Tandy 2000 used the Intel 80186 processor, which was indeed a bit better than the 8088/8086 that was shipping in the IBM unit.
Tandy started getting a bad reputation that they did not shake until after they quite building their own PCs.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/5708/computers.html   (827 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Tandy Corporation
From the 1970s Tandy operated a chain of RadioShack-style stores in Britain and Australia, under the Tandy name.
In 1999 the UK stores were sold to Carphone Warehouse, and over the following years have either been closed, or turned into Carphone Warehouse stores.
In 2001 the Australian stores were sold to Dick Smith Electronics, a subsidiary of Woolworths Limited.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Tandy_Corporation   (354 words)

  
 Tandy company information
Today several thousand radio shacks are throughout the United States as well as other computer stores such as Computer City.
Tandy at this time no longer manufactures computers however is still a large contributor in the computer industry and electronic industry.
and Radio Shack, the retail operating format of Tandy Corp., today announced a strategic alliance that should accelerate the adoption of Web technologies and consumer connections to the Internet as Microsoft and Radio Shack team together to acquire new customers.
www.computerhope.com /comp/tandy.htm   (186 words)

  
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Tandy Catalog Numbers for Computers, Peripherals, and Software *************************************************************************** ** This list is historical information about computer-related products ** ** that Radio Shack sold in the 1980's.
Last modified on Fri Nov 26 21:29:17 PST 2004 by Tim Mann Note on Tandy's numbering system: Part numbers of the form xx0-xxxx and xx-xxxx are the same.
Part numbers of the form xxN-xxxx where N != 0 are (at least sometimes) non-US versions of xx0-xxxx, with N being a country code.
www.tim-mann.org /trs80/tandycat.txt   (147 words)

  
 8bit-Micro.com - Tandy 1000, Tandy 1000TX, TL, TL/2, EX, SX, HX
To say that the Tandy 1000 was a work horse would be an understatement.
One myth of the Tandy 1000 was that it was proprietary in all software and hardware.
Tandy 1000, Tandy 1000HX (3.5" 720K Floppy) and the
www.8bit-micro.com /tandypc.htm   (360 words)

  
 Tandy Faxback Documents
# 1204 01205.txt TANDY 1000 TL (250-1601) Pinouts Faxback Doc.
# 1224 01225.txt TANDY 1000 TL/2 (250-1602) Pinouts Faxback Doc.
# 1243 01244.txt TANDY 1000 TL/3 (250-1603) Pinouts Faxback Doc.
www.oldskool.org /guides/tvdog/faxback.html   (8526 words)

  
 GUIdebook > ... > Windows > Windows 1.0/Tandy 2000 ad
A one-page joint advertisement of Tandy 2000 computer and Windows 1.0 from Byte 12/94.
Tandy 2000 systems start at $2999, and can be leased for only $105 per month
The Tandy 2000 offers twice the speed, graphics resolution and disk storage of other MS-DOS systems.
www.guidebookgallery.org /ads/magazines/windows/win10-tandy2000   (359 words)

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