6 Jan
2003
6 Jan
'03
11:05 a.m.
Hello Everyone,
Can anyone shed some light onto the possible value of
the following computers:
Tandy 1400LT portable computer (2 floppy drives &
case)
Tandy 1000TX (20MB hard drive)
Both are in excellent working order and would love to
know the collectability and value of them.
Thanks for the help.
- Anthony
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7 Jan
7 Jan
1:44 a.m.
Very little actual value. I've seen both models in the DFW area surplus
stores for free the past month. Tandy made far too many of both to be
collectable. I own both models having purchased them new in the 80's.
I keep them around because they were good machines for the price (at
that time), they both work and I can't stand the thought of them in the
landfill.
James
Anthony wrote:
Hello Everyone,
Can anyone shed some light onto the possible value of
the following computers:
Tandy 1400LT portable computer (2 floppy drives &
case)
Tandy 1000TX (20MB hard drive)
Both are in excellent working order and would love to
know the collectability and value of them.
Thanks for the help.
- Anthony
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2:25 a.m.
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, James Rice wrote:
Very little actual value. I've seen both models
in the DFW area surplus
stores for free the past month. Tandy made far too many of both to be
collectable. I own both models having purchased them new in the 80's.
I keep them around because they were good machines for the price (at
that time), they both work and I can't stand the thought of them in the
landfill.
What about the same model - 1000TX - with the original box & docs,
keyboard, touchpad and a blazing Tandy internal 300bps modem?
Assuming the answer is still "< shipping", is there a Unix that runs
on that goober?
Doc
5:42 a.m.
--- Doc Shipley <doc(a)mdrconsult.com> wrote:
What about the same model - 1000TX - with the
original box & docs,
keyboard, touchpad and a blazing Tandy internal 300bps modem?
Assuming the answer is still "< shipping", is there a Unix that runs
on that goober?
Minix? Is it the 1000 that has the 186, or is that the 2000? Need
at lesat a 286 for Venix, IIRC, and a 386 for Linux and other "modern"
stuff. The instruction sets aren't all that different, but the MMUs
are.
-ethan
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7:15 a.m.
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Ethan Dicks wrote:
There's also ELKS. http://www.elks.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
Peace... Sridhar
What about
the same model - 1000TX - with the original box & docs,
keyboard, touchpad and a blazing Tandy internal 300bps modem?
Assuming the answer is still "< shipping", is there a Unix that runs
on that goober?
Minix? Is it the 1000 that has the 186, or is that the 2000? Need
at lesat a 286 for Venix, IIRC, and a 386 for Linux and other "modern"
stuff. The instruction sets aren't all that different, but the MMUs
are. 
8:08 a.m.
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 vance(a)neurotica.com wrote:
There's also ELKS.
http://www.elks.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
Which doesn't seem to be in DNS anymore. Alternatively try:
http://elks.sourceforge.net/
-brian.
8 Jan
8 Jan
7:50 a.m.
Oops. Looks like they moved...
http://elks.sourceforge.net/
Peace... Sridhar
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 vance(a)neurotica.com wrote:
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Ethan Dicks wrote:
There's also ELKS. http://www.elks.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
Peace... Sridhar
What
about the same model - 1000TX - with the original box & docs,
keyboard, touchpad and a blazing Tandy internal 300bps modem?
Assuming the answer is still "< shipping", is there a Unix that runs
on that goober?
Minix? Is it the 1000 that has the 186, or is that the 2000? Need
at lesat a 286 for Venix, IIRC, and a 386 for Linux and other "modern"
stuff. The instruction sets aren't all that different, but the MMUs
are.
7 Jan
7 Jan
1:58 p.m.
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Ethan Dicks wrote:
--- Doc Shipley <doc(a)mdrconsult.com> wrote:
I think its an 8088....
/me shuffles off to check Minix's requirements....
Doc
What about the same model - 1000TX - with the
original box & docs,
keyboard, touchpad and a blazing Tandy internal 300bps modem?
Assuming the answer is still "< shipping", is there a Unix that runs
on that goober?
Minix? Is it the 1000 that has the 186, or is that the 2000? Need
at lesat a 286 for Venix, IIRC, and a 386 for Linux and other "modern"
stuff. The instruction sets aren't all that different, but the MMUs
are. 
3:31 p.m.
Minix will run on the 8088..(If my memory serves correctly) It'll run
off of a 360K floppy if you feel like swapping disks.. (A couple of
1.44 3.5" floppies made a better system tho)
I've got the white binder from Prentice-Hall around here somewhere if I
felt like digging.. Too bad I don't think I've got anything that'll read
those 360K floppies anymore.. (If they're still good.) :-)
Ameoba required the 386 (as did Minix-386 - of course)
David
On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 20:00, Doc Shipley wrote:
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Ethan Dicks wrote:
--- Doc Shipley <doc(a)mdrconsult.com> wrote:
I think its an 8088....
/me shuffles off to check Minix's requirements....
Doc
What about the same model - 1000TX - with the
original box & docs,
keyboard, touchpad and a blazing Tandy internal 300bps modem?
Assuming the answer is still "< shipping", is there a Unix that runs
on that goober?
Minix? Is it the 1000 that has the 186, or is that the 2000? Need
at lesat a 286 for Venix, IIRC, and a 386 for Linux and other "modern"
stuff. The instruction sets aren't all that different, but the MMUs
are. 
3:33 a.m.
At 06:50 7/01/03 -0600, you wrote:
Very little actual value. I've seen both models in
the DFW area surplus
stores for free the past month. Tandy made far too many of both to be
collectable. I own both models having purchased them new in the 80's.
I keep them around because they were good machines for the price (at
that time), they both work and I can't stand the thought of them in the
landfill.
Speaking of Tandy 1000s... I recently picked up a Australian Tandy 1000EX.
A strange machine, keyboard and PC all in one unit. It also came with the
original monitor and printer, though some clever person had cut off the
monitor cables - nearly finished repairing that. I wonder how common those
are. If anyone has the colour codes for the monitor plug/cable, please let
me know! In fact, even knowing if the 1000EX used standard CGA would be a
good start.
Also concerning odd machines - anyone ever seen a Spectravideo SVI-808 PC?
There was a SVI-808 modem as well, apparently, lots of confusion there.
Mike.
7:48 p.m.
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Anthony wrote:
Can anyone shed some light onto the possible value of
the following computers:
Tandy 1400LT portable computer (2 floppy drives &
case)
$10
Tandy 1000TX (20MB hard drive)
$5
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