![]() The HX model also has a built-in 3.5” 720KB floppy drive. So why isn’t the a “Nicole Buys Stuff” post? Well, it’s pretty simple– I bought more “stuff” to go with it, and that hasn’t arrived yet. But this machine has the full 640KB RAM upgrade, and honestly I don’t need too much more than that. Unfortunately, that means no standard ISA slots, because you pay for that small beauty. This particular machine is a 1000HX, because you know I can’t resist keyboard all-in-ones. With the PCjr a miserable failure, in an era where the PC standard only included a PC speaker, the onboard 3-channel Tandy voices (the same sound chip as the Sega Master System, and of my game Space Ava) and 16-color graphics were a breath of fresh air. ![]() The Tandy 1000 line basically did what IBM should have done with the PCjr, and really, the sound and music capabilities weren’t the problem there. But that would change with the Tandy 1000… and wouldn’t you know, I have one of those right here! The Tandy 1000HX And that’s something that’s hurt the reputation of Tandy/Radio Shack– the TRS-80 Model I was amazing for its time, but lacking colors or even graphics modes, was never going to lead in gaming. We ignore the fact that Apple ][s were pretty often running VisiCalc on monochrome monitors, because we’d much rather talk about Ultima V in that glorious artifact color. Retrocomputers are often judged by their games, and thus, by the gaming characteristics of graphics and sound.
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