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From: djh9381@ultb.isc.rit.edu (D.J. Halko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: The best Tandy for the buck
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Date: 7 Feb 90 20:51:43 GMT
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Reply-To: djh9381@ultb.isc.rit.edu (D.J. Halko)
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> games, Midi, and Telecummunication...
 
 Well, A CoCo3 would get you by.. although the graphics are only 640x192x4
 color out of a palette of 64....

If you are looking for an MSDos computer, I wouldn't touch anything but a
1000TL/2 or a 1000TL... The CoCo3 is just as fast as the SL and HX and SL/2,
so driving a VGA card would be pretty slow at 8 MHz without the 286 on board.
(I have been selling Tandy computers now for 3 years... going on 4.) Actually,
a good 4 MHz Z-80 will do well against an 8 MHz 8088... but that is my personal
optinion after selling the Model 4's and using them for Pascal compiling...

Seriously, go for the TL/2.. the VGA card is not really needed since the 
Tandy Extended CGA is supported by quite a few games now on the market and
will do 640x200x16 colors maximum... with a Stereo board (Game Blaster from
Shack), games are really impressive!

If I were going to buy a computer based solely upon Games, Midi, and Telecom,
I would go between a CoCo3 and an SL/2. If you want the extra speed (which is
really needed now with the new games out for IBM compatables... note they say
( MHz or higher recommended on the packages) and the extra resolution graphics
are needed, shoot for the TL/2 or the TL... if you don't mind the PC keyboard,
the TX is down to $799 for the base unit with a 286, 3.5" drive, serial, 
parallel, 5 slots (I think) with 640x200x4 colors (CoCo3 resoltuion) and 320x
200x16 colors (CoCo3 resoltion again.) 
 
David J. Halko