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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''Tandy 1000 T-Series''' is one of the most unique Compatible PCs on the market and despite its shortcoming was quite a popular line. This series had Intel 80286 processors but were XT class. In other words, although they had a 286, they only had 8-bit ISA slots and therefore only used 8-bit hardware. Also, the battery backed-up RTC SmartWatch is built-in.<br />
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{{Infobox Machine<br />
| name = Tandy 1000 TX<br />
| manufacturer = Tandy Corporation<br />
| form factor = [[Compatible PC]]<br />
| year introduced = 1986<br />
| cpu = [[Intel 80286]]<br />
| clock speed = 8 MHz<br />
| ram = 640 KB expandable up to 768 KB (see note below)<br />
| graphics = Tandy Graphics<br />
| successor = Tandy 1000 TL<br />
}}<br />
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==Tandy 1000 TX==<br />
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The '''Tandy 1000 TX''' is basically a [[Tandy 1000 S-Series|Tandy 1000 SX]] with an Intel 80286 processor, 640 KB RAM, a 3 and a half inch 720 KB [[floppy disk]] drive. All of the machines in this series, although 8-bit, have a 16-bit memory bus and are technically expandable up to 768 KB but the extra 128 KB is for video. I have never seen any software that utilize this extra video RAM. It runs MS-DOS 3.2 with Deskmate II.<br />
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{{Infobox Machine<br />
| name = Tandy 1000 TL, TL/2, TL/3<br />
| manufacturer = Tandy Corporation<br />
| form factor = [[Compatible PC]]<br />
| cpu = [[Intel 80286]]<br />
| clock speed = 8 MHz (TL, TL/2) 10 MHz (TL/3)<br />
| ram = 640 KB expandable up to 768 KB (see note below)<br />
| graphics = Tandy Graphics<br />
| successor = [[Tandy 1000 RL-Series|Tandy 1000 RLX]]<br />
}}<br />
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==Tandy 1000 TL==<br />
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The '''Tandy 1000 TL''' is a Tandy 1000 TX with a Tandy 1000 SL/2 Case, Tandy Graphics II, and Enhanced Tandy Sound with a DAC.<br />
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==Tandy 1000 TL/2==<br />
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The '''Tandy 1000 TL/2''' is simply a Tandy 1000 TL with an 8-bit IDE interface called [[SmartDrive]].<br />
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==Tandy 1000 TL/3==<br />
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The '''Tandy 1000 TL/3''' is a Tandy 1000 TL/2 with a 10 MHz processor and the ''capability'' to support 1.44 MB 3 and a half inch floppy drives. In other words, it only adds support for 1.44 MB drives, the drives are not an option, only an add-on.<br />
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==Legacy==<br />
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The T-Series was succeeded by the Tandy 1000 RLX. Although there are both positive and negative differences between the two models.<br />
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Emulation is available for 1000 TL/2. There are 3 emulators that I recommend: 86-Box, PCem, and DOSBox-x. PCem is the easiest to setup. 86-Box is more customizable. DOSBox-x, on the other hand, is not actually a computer emulator but a generic MS-DOS emulator that has special Tandy Graphics and Sound Support. There are a few variants of DOSBox, but I like DOSBox-x the best because it is the only version that supports disk images and it's also the only one that is menu driven without a front-end. <br />
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