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From: reyn@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Tandy hardware
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Date: 15 May 89 14:10:00 GMT
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Of the 1000TL, 1000SL, and 1000TX, I would recommend them in the order TL,
SL, and then TX.

The TL and TX both have the 80286 processor.  The TL comes standard with
640K of RAM while the TX has 768K.  The TL has Tandy's 640*200 16 color
graphic video, the TX has 640*200 4 color video.  The big deciding factor
for me would be the keyboard.  The TX has the old Model 2000 style
keyboard, while the TL has the newer and more standard PS/2 style.

The SL has the new keyboard also, but it comes standard with only 384K of
RAM.  Its processor is an 8086.

Both the TL and SL allow you to disable the on-board video so that you can
add an EGA or VGA card.  If you'll settle for monochrome, the Hercules
720*348 pixel monochrome graphics mode is provided on board in addition to
the Tandy enhanced CGA mode.

All three of the machines allow you to set the hard disk interrupt so that
you can use any hard drive controller short enough to fit in the 1000's 10
inch chassis.

The 1000SL and TL have MSDOS 3.2 in ROM, along with DeskMate support.  I
personally love the DeskMate support, because I wrote parts of it.  If you
feel otherwise, since it's in ROM you don't lose any system memory.

Both the SL and TL have an 8 bit A/D D/A which lets you perform some pretty
nifty sound recording and playback (comparable to that provided by the
Macintosh).  Currently, the DeskMate Sound and Music applications are the
only ones I know of which take advantage of this, but it's right there on
the motherboard for anyone to use.

                                           John Reynolds
					   Tandy R&D in beautiful Fut Wuth
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