This new offering was a clone of IBM's PC Jr (an attempt to break into the home computer market themselves). The Tandy 1000 offered 256 characters: 96 standard ASCII characters, 48 block graphics characters, 64 foreign language/Greek characters, 16 special graphics characters, 32 word processing/scientific-notation characters. Visit the OldSkool Tandy 1000 Shrine! The Tandy 1000 HX, released in 1987, was designed as another entry level IBM compatible personal computer The Tandy 1000 was followed by a series of models which appended two or three letters to the name, after a space, (e.g. In December 1983 an executive with Tandy Corporation, maker of TRS-80 computers, said about the new IBM PCjr: 'I'm sure a lot of people will be coming out with PCjr look-alikes. The original Tandy 1000 was similar in size to the IBM PC except it had a plastic case to reduce weight. This power-ful, yet simple-to-use system comes complete with the multi-purpose Used a black + white portable TV as a monitor. 128k of memory was standard, with the computer accepting up to 640k of total memory with the addition of expansion cards. The RGBitoHDMI Video Processor allows you to connect your Tandy 1000, IBM PC (CGA/TGA/MDA/EGA) or C128 RGBi Video out to a Modern HDMI, DVI (or VGA equipped) TV/Monitor. It adds the following functions to these computers: Expands to 640kb of System RAM and 96kb of Upper Memory Blocks.
