14 Oct
1998
14 Oct
'98
4:40 p.m.
On 14 Oct 98 at 18:49, Max Eskin wrote:
Are these PC clones? I have seen a tandy (1000, I
think) that had a
microphone port. Why was this? I have also seen a tandy which was
sort of like a C64 except it had a 3.5" disk drive. I'm _certain_ it
was a tandy.
They did run Dos and supposedly Gates wrote the OS for them. They were
very similiar to the PC jr. and had a better resolution on the Tandy monitors
than CGA. Can't remember the mike port but I seem to remember they did have
a superior sound chip. TRS had a proprietory GUI (of sorts) called Deskmate
that came with the sytem. The C64 type was likely a CoCo of which Murch is
the resident expert. I believe he moderates the CoCo m-l .The CoCo 2 and 3 have
an OS available called OS-9 which is IIRC quite impressive.
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com