Category talk:Tandy 1000

Super-cat query

I'm a bit confused as to why this is a sub-category of Category: Tandy TRS-80. None of the Tandy 1000 manuals I looked at (which I just added links to, in the article) make any reference to 'TRS-80'. None of the product announcements from Tandy that I looked at (e.g. here, here, here, here makes any reference to 'TRS-80' (or 'TRS80' or 'TRS 80').

It may be that you and some other people though of it as a 'TRS-80', but we take a pretty firm line here on deferring to what contemporaneous documentation from the original manufacturer says. (Which is why in Category:UNIBUS Asynchronous Serial Interfaces there is such a weird mix of capitalizations in the names; because that's the way DEC documentation did it. If I wasn't completely tired out I could remember other cases of what we called things 'back when' didn't match what I found in the original documentation when I looked - and the latter is used here in all cases.) Jnc (talk) 03:16, 22 May 2023 (CEST)

I am trying to clean-up a misleading re-direct. The correct name of the category is Tandy TRS-80 which is admittedly a vernacular term for all computers made by Radio Shack. I also admit, the 1000 never had TRS-80 in its name but I use this convention because the early models are contemporary with the TRS-80 Model 4 and Color Computer II. I guess the solution would be to come up with a more generic name for all computers built by Radio Shack regardless of nameplate. Any ideas? A few possibilities would be "Radio Shack Computers," "Computers made by the Tandy Corporation" or just throw an "and" in there and call it "TRS-80 and Tandy Computers." I hope that helps. I understand the need, no, requirement for accuracy so I see why this needs to be changed, I just want to make sure that all Radio Shack computers are seen together because they share a manufacturer, a very famous catalog, and a history. Rayrayemu (talk) 04:49, 22 May 2023 (CEST)

Either Category: Radio Shack Computers or Category: Tandy Computers would be fine. ('Computers made by the Tandy Corporation' is a little wordy; we don't have 'Computers made by DEC' or 'Computers made by IBM' - just Category: IBM Computers.) Whichever of those two you prefer (I don't have any preference at all between them). I completely agree that they all need to be grouped together. Jnc (talk) 05:07, 22 May 2023 (CEST)