dracos
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I'm soooo jealous, just couldn't swing it at the moment.
So tell us, was it as sweet as it looked?
So tell us, was it as sweet as it looked?
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Tandy 6000 HD that just sold on eBay, did you get it?
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Securix
Experienced Member
Dang... how did I miss this auction?
True, I already have a like-new 6000HD that I've never powered up yet...but dang!
True, I already have a like-new 6000HD that I've never powered up yet...but dang!
Druid6900
Veteran Member
Just a quick question, which Model 16 are you looking for? I have a 16 and a 16B (and a 12).
Securix
Experienced Member
I'm looking for any and all of those in good cosmetic and working condition.
Have any you'd care to part with?
:D
Have any you'd care to part with?
:D
kb2syd
Veteran Member
I'm always looking for a 16 (not 16b) too. Shipping is just killer on these beasties. I could also use a model 4D. That and a Tandy 10 would just about round out all of the pre pc stuff for me. Of course, I have never seen a Tandy 10 and only know one person that did.
Agent Orange
Veteran Member
This one? The description says it comes with Dartmouth BASIC. Isn't that the BASIC that put Bill Gates in business? If you've got the room, it would be a great one to shoot.for
The Tandy 10
The Tandy 10 from the 1978
product brochure
The Tandy 10 was the second computer introduced by Radio Shack, although it wasn’t part of the TRS-80 line. It was actually manufactured by Applied Digital Data Systems, also known as ADDS. ADDS (which still exists today as Boundless Technologies) was the largest independent supplier of video display terminals at the time. The Tandy 10 was the only Radio Shack computer to use the Tandy name (Radio Shack’s parent company) until the mid 1980’s.
First offered in 1978, the Tandy 10 (catalog number 81-2110) was actually the ADDS System 50, a variant on the earlier System 70. Described as a workstation, the Tandy 10 was clearly targeted at businesses. It had a good set of features for a computer at that time:
Another view of the Tandy 10
from the product introduction in
H&E Computronics
The Tandy 10 itself cost $9,995.00. There were also two other fees attached to the computer:
The Tandy 10 logo
Radio Shack sold very few Tandy 10 computers. It was discontinued by 1980 and remains mostly forgotten today. But in 1979, Radio Shack introduced their own business computer, the TRS-80 Model II. The Model II had almost all of the features of the Tandy 10 at a base price of $3450 and could be expanded to match it for a much lower price. It was the first in Radio Shack’s own line of business computers which later included the Model 16, Model 12, and Model 6000.
The Tandy 10
product brochure
The Tandy 10 was the second computer introduced by Radio Shack, although it wasn’t part of the TRS-80 line. It was actually manufactured by Applied Digital Data Systems, also known as ADDS. ADDS (which still exists today as Boundless Technologies) was the largest independent supplier of video display terminals at the time. The Tandy 10 was the only Radio Shack computer to use the Tandy name (Radio Shack’s parent company) until the mid 1980’s.
First offered in 1978, the Tandy 10 (catalog number 81-2110) was actually the ADDS System 50, a variant on the earlier System 70. Described as a workstation, the Tandy 10 was clearly targeted at businesses. It had a good set of features for a computer at that time:
- an 8080 processor (a predecessor to the Z80 used in the Model I)
- 48K of RAM
- a 51 key keyboard with an 11 key numeric keypad and 24 function keys
- an 80 by 24 text display, supporting upper and lower case, blinking, underlining, reverse video, and half intensity
- two double-sided floppy drives
- extended “Dartmouth BASIC”
- ADOS (ADDS Disk Operating System)
- integration into its own metal desk, described as “Desk Packaging”
from the product introduction in
H&E Computronics
The Tandy 10 itself cost $9,995.00. There were also two other fees attached to the computer:
- a local installation fee of $150.00
- a local maintenance fee that ranged from $100.00 to $125.00
- a Fortran compiler for $300.00
- a 60 characters-per-second 80 column printer (catalog 26-1152) for $1,559.00
- a 120 character-per-second 132 column printer (catalog 88-1001) for $2,295.00
- a 180 character-per-second 132 column printer (catalog 88-1003) for $2,995.00
Radio Shack sold very few Tandy 10 computers. It was discontinued by 1980 and remains mostly forgotten today. But in 1979, Radio Shack introduced their own business computer, the TRS-80 Model II. The Model II had almost all of the features of the Tandy 10 at a base price of $3450 and could be expanded to match it for a much lower price. It was the first in Radio Shack’s own line of business computers which later included the Model 16, Model 12, and Model 6000.
NeXT
Veteran Member
I have one the at the office that I joke with my boss we should use as our service database system because it's newer than what we currently use.
Druid6900
Veteran Member
All the stuff I have is for sale, that's what I do. I'd have to test the 16B as it's been through a couple of moves, but, last time I ran the II/12/16/6K diagnostics on it, it worked fine. I might have to change the hard drive though as I recall it pretended to work, but, it actually didn't.
Cosmetically, it's intact and still Fawn Beige
Jersey isn't that far to drive from and you could split the gas cost with kb2syd as he wanted the 16 carcass, at one time, but nothing ever happened with that. Might have been the cost of the unit.
hexsane
Experienced Member
And I'm looking for carcasses to rebuild a 6000HD but all of them are in Canada! I'm way to far away from everybody.
-Matt
I'm way to far away from everybody. -Matt
kb2syd
Veteran Member
I could really use a 16 carcas. I have all the other bits. And you're right. Have to convince the wife that we need to go to Ontario again. It wasn't the price of the unit. Forget what that was. It was getting it to New Jersey.
kb2syd
Veteran Member
You have a Tandy 10 at the Office? How about a few pictures in color?