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From: njh@wjh12.UUCP (horton)
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Subject: Specs on the Tandy Model 2000
Message-ID: <371@wjh12.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 5-Dec-83 09:51:46 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  5 09:51:46 1983
Date-Received: Tue, 6-Dec-83 23:24:39 EST
Organization: Harvard University PSR, Cambridge MA
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---(don't munge me)

Picked up from a Radio Shack Computer Center in Cambridge.  Apparently
this machine got past everyone; a fair amount of software is available
plus samples are in the stores while very few people found out about it.

Whether the supplies can keep up with the demand remains to be seen, but
the specs seem impressive.  Also note that there is never the mention of
the Radio Shack name with this one, it is the Tandy 2000 all the way.

Price (128K, 2 720K disk drives, monochrome monitor) $2999
	(without monitor) $2750
	(with 10 Meg hard disk instead of one drive) $4250
Clock Speed: 8 MHz (vs 4.7 for the IBM PC)
True 16 bit data path		4 User Available expansion ports (2 IBM)
Color Resolution (640 x 400)    8 colors
Mono Resolution (640 x 400)     supports graphics in monochrome
Includes Display/Printer Adaptor, RS-232, MS-DOS 3.0

Intel 80186 processor.  Object code compatible with 8086/8088.  Two direct
memory access channels.  Three programmable timers.  Memory expandable
to 768K.  90 Key sculptured keyboard.  12 programmable keys.  double sided,
double density drives.  96 tracks per inch.

Software mentioned in brochure:
	PFS series (write,file,report,graph) Dbase II, Multiplan,
	Small Business Accounting, PASCAL, BASIC Compiler, FORTRAN and
	ASSEMBLER.

Looks like a winner.  Maybe the TRaSh reputation might go away.

Nicholas Horton		decvax!genrad!wjh!njh
Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services