Tandy 1000 TX Computer Upgrades - Radio Shack Tandy Corporation

It's time to add some upgrades to my Tandy 1000 TX Radio Shack computer by installing the following hardware: XT-IDE hard drive adapter, IIT 2C87-10 math co-processor and a SmartWatch+ real time clock (RTC).

After doing the upgrades, I discuss the future plans for the machine and give you a sneak peak at my Tandy graphics and sound games collection I'm putting together on the system.

Part 1:    • Tandy 1000 TX Intel 80286 8 MHz Computer -...  
Part 2: This part!

DISCLAIMER: Please do not take this video as a tutorial / advice. I'm not an expert, this is just my hobby :)

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0:00 - Intro: Tandy 1000 TX computer Upgrades
0:20 - Tandy 1000 trade donation house keeping
1:22 - Circling back from part 1 keyboard refurbish
3:21 - IIT 2C87-10 math co-processor, SmartWatch+ RTC, XT-IDE HD adapter
3:36 - Taking a closer look at the parts to be installed
5:44 - Let's install the XT-IDE Compact Flash Hard Drive adapter
6:13 - Connecting up the Tandy CM-11 monitor, keyboard and running CheckIt
6:50 - Running Checkit to get the stock 1000 TX benchmarks
7:35 - Tandy 1000 TX stock math speed is 4.19 times faster than an IBM PC-XT
8:04 - Installing the IIT 2C87-10 math co-processor
9:10 - Running Checkit again with the FPU installed to see updated benchmarks
9:49 - Tandy 1000 TX math speed is now 50.81 times faster than an IBM PC-XT
10:47 - Installing the SmartWatch+ RTC real time clock under the BIOS chip
12:02 - Smoke testing the machine with the SmartWatch+ RTC installed
12:26 - Setting the date in MS-DOS
12:48 - Using the SMWCLOCK command to send the DOS date to the RTC add-on board
13:05 - Editing the autoexec.bat to load the date and time from the RTC upon booting
13:35 - Rebooting the computer to test the RTC settings
13:54 - Huzzah! The SmartWatch+ Real Time Clock works
14:22 - Discussing my WIP Tandy graphics and sound games collection
14:28 - Firing up the Direct Access menu program
14:36 - Taking a look at some of the Tandy 1000 games I've got installed
15:20 - Outro

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Tandy 1000 SmartWatch+ :
https://www.tindie.com/products/cyber...

SMWCLOCK.COM Y2K-compliant download (smwy2k.zip):
http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/...

IIT 2C87-10 Math Coprocessor 287 FPU 80287 Purple Ceramic DIP40 Processor:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/393287071724

Github files for XT-IDE Deluxe:
https://github.com/Bluelavasystems/XT...

Purchase pre-built XT-IDE Delux:
https://shop.bluelavasystems.com/

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