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Subject: Re: Radio Shack PC compatibility
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Date: Tue, 6-Dec-83 13:36:04 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  6 13:36:04 1983
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       From a New York Times clipping in the "Company News" column:

			   Tandy's Personal Computer

			  It Uses Many I.B.M. Systems


	     "LAS VEGAS, Nev., Nov.  30	 -  The	 tandy	Corporation
	    today introduced a personal	computer - the TRS-80 Model
	    2000 - that	will be	nearly compatible with the Interna-
	    tional  Business  Machines	Corporation  Personal  Com-
	    puter.....

	     .......While the  Tandy  machine  does  appear  to	 be
	    several  hundred  dollars less expensive than a compar-
	    ably equipped I.B.M. computer, the Model  2000  is	not
	    fully  compatible  with  the I.B.M.	machine, which some
	    analysts saw as a drawback.	 Some I.B.M.  programs	can
	    run	 on  the  Tandy	computer but others, including some
	    popular programs such as  1-2-3  and  Wordstar,  cannot
	    unless modified by software	developers....."

	     .....Tandy	has also been hurt by the electronic "hobby
	    shop" image	of its Radio Shack chain.  To counter that,
	    the	new machine is being called the	Tandy  Model  2000,
	    rather than	the Radio Shack	2000."



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