Tandy 1000 TX Intel 80286 8 MHz Computer - Radio Shack Tandy Corporation

The Tandy 1000 TX is an IBM PC compatible computer produced by the Tandy Corporation for sale in its Radio Shack and Radio Shack Computer Center chains of stores back in the mid 1980s.

In this video we take a look at the machine I received in a recent partial trade and donation deal I did with a retro computer buddy.

Part 1: This part!
Part 2:    • Tandy 1000 TX Computer Upgrades - Radio Sh...  

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: Partial trade, partial donation Tandy TX 1000
0:50 - Radio Shack Tandy 1000 TX computer commercial (1987)
1:21 - Doing a deep clean to the Tandy 1000 TX machine
1:55 - Two Hours later: inspecting the keyboard then cleaning it
2:43 - The Tandy 1000 keyboard is looking way better
3:38 - It's time to open the machine and inspect the inside
3:52 - Non working Western Digital hard drive on a card
4:08 - First smoke test. Machine won't boot up
4:25 - Second smoke test without the hard drive card installed
5:03 - Installing a Lo-tech XT-CF-lite rev.2
5:30 - Third power on with 8-bit XT IDE CF hard drive. Success!
6:21 - Loading the Sierra On-Line King's Quest game
7:15 - Discussing next steps for the Tandy 1000 TX computer
7:48 - Two Hours later: I disassembled the computer
8:41 - 640 KB of RAM and adding 128 KB video RAM total 768 KB
9:55 - Discuss adding a 80287 FPU Math Coprocessor
10:44 - 16-bit Intel 80286 8 MHz processor
11:31 - Putting the Tandy 1000 TX machine back together
11:48 - Waiting on parts (Math Co-Processor & RTC) - Part 2 video
12:30 - Outro

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My IBM 5150/5160 XT 8088 PC:
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Tandy 1000 SmartWatch+ :
https://www.tindie.com/products/cyber...

Lo-tech XT-CF-lite rev.2:
https://texelec.com/product/lo-tech-x...

JAMECO IC 41464-10 DRAM 256K-Bit (64Kx4) 100ns RAM (Qty 4):
https://www.jameco.com/z/41464-10-Maj...

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