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From: fzsitvay@techbook.com (Frank Zsitvay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: tandy 2000-help
Message-ID: <1990Dec5.132415.3170@techbook.com>
Date: 5 Dec 90 13:24:15 GMT
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In article <90337.231316RFM@psuvm.psu.edu> RFM@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>Tandy 2000 was produced (misproduced) by Tandy about 5-6 years ago. A real
>Orphan. It has an 80186 microprocessor, not sure about speed. An ALMOST-MSDOS
>machine. No MSDOS software will run on it out of box; Tandy got a few
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Wrong!!!  the Tandy 2000 machine is completely msdos compatible.  it is,
however, not IBM clone compatible.  it fits in with machines like
DEC's Rainbow, and TI's Professional.  these machines were meant to one-up
ibm at their own games, the 2000 being faster than the ibm, the TI having
a better keyboard, and nobody is really quite sure was DEC was trying to
do better than ibm, except be obnoxious.

At any rate, Tandy's 8 bit machines were the best they every produced.
when they became Just Another Clone Manufacturer is when they really
went downhill in all areas, including support.

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