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From: brs@cci632.cci.com (Brian Scherer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Tandy produces a winner?
Message-ID: <1991May13.154052.22019@cci632.cci.com>
Date: 13 May 91 15:40:52 GMT
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Reply-To: brs@op632.UUCP (Brian Scherer)
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In article <12082@uwm.edu> anthony@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber) writes:
>In article <91131.224709RFM@psuvm.psu.edu> RFM@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>>got high ratings were the Grid 1720 and the Panasonic 270, both of
>>which are Tandys under their skin. Wonders never cease!
>
>Actually, just about every single MS-DOS machine that Tandy sells right
>now is actually a Pansonic.  Sometimes the Tandy version is a bit
>different, like DeskMate in ROM.  The Tandy 2810 is actually the
>Panasonic 270, just like the Tandy 1100FD is a Pansonic 150B, minus the
>backlight, and RAM expansion, but with DeskMate.
>
>The GRiD 1720 is really a GRiD, the company was bought out by Tandy
>some time ago.  Basicly, Tandy just bought the right hardware.  Tandy
>hasn't made original equipment for some time now,  I think the Tandy
>6000 was one of the last.  I'm not even sure the CoCo was entirely
>developed by them.  Still, it's good equipment.  My TRS-80 M100 (custom
>manufactured by Kyocera for Tandy) is still working fine, after five
>years.
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You are wrong, tandy still does r&d work, and manufactures their own computers.
They do all their own design work, then put bids out to not only
their manufacturing facilies but also to others. The lowest bidder
who can deliver the quality pruduct wins. Tandy manufactures their own ms-dos
computers in fort worth, grid manufactures some for tandy and itself
(they are owned by tandy) and tandy manufactures panasonic and others in their
manufacturing facilities in forth worth area.


Brian Scherer