The model 100 was designed by the japanese company kyocera with software written by microsoft. Radio shack tandy trs80 model 12 w keyboard, software, manuals, and printer. The tandy 1400fd was a tandy 1400 series computer, replacing the earlier 1400lt model. That makes it identical in price and weight to the toshiba t, which has been the standard for lightweight msdos computers. I bet that tandy 1400 would make a great typing machine if you replaced one of those floppy drives with. Our customers can easily find all the parts on their bill of materials using our online. Vintage tandy 1400 lt laptop personal computer pc in box, tested, 253500b. The ugly display is quite readable although the blue on yellow colour choice may not appeal to all.
More information the tandy 1400 laptop comes in three models. The personal computer museum is located in brantford, ontario, canada and is open to the public to visit its interactive displays on the history of personal computers with thousands of artifacts. Tandy color computer 3 coco 3 computer computing history. Used tandy 1400lt portable laptop computer w cord display. Reference guide, only access communications channel 1 can be accessed using a basic program. Now i need deskmate, a hard drive, external floppy, expantion box, ect. On these models, the clock is a function of the dos shipped with the computer. Business days include monday thru friday excluding holidays. The t isnt the only tandy i have owned, i also had an 1100fd laptop for a few years before i sold it. Tandy 1400 lt unboxing tandy lab by newsmakers tech. A discussion on installing a hard drive in the 1400lt laptop. The main difference between the three was the inclusion of a hard drive and the presence of an external floppy drive connector. List of trs80 and tandybranded computers wikipedia.
This nice little laptop is one of the first real ibm pc compatible laptops. Tandy 1400 professional computer lt computer computing. Tandy 1400hd portable computer vintage untested computer. Tandy radio shack tandy1400hd portable laptop computer. Asap it technology, owned and operated by asap semiconductor, has the largest inventory of new and obsolete parts in the industry. It was made by kyocera, and originally sold in japan as the kyotronic 85. The tandy 1400 lt offers you the power of a desktop pcin a package small enough to fit on an airline tray table. Tandy 1400lt 253500 personal computer laptop vintage. Tandy 1800 hd laptop first compact laptop ever made mint condition. Tandy 1100fd laptop computer computer computing history. Vintage tandy 1400 lt personal computer with manuals as is no power cord.
Nice, cleaned, tested, working tandy radio shack trs80 64k color computer 2. The tandy 1400 was tandys first fully ibmcompatible laptop computer. Our customers can easily find all the parts on their bill of materials using our online search engine. Supports some special features that 3rd party utilities are required for when using other dos releases. From their highquality construction the 1400lt replacement battery shows tandy as a brand you can trust. Tandy 1800 hd laptop first compact laptop ever made. The trs80 model 100 is a portable computer introduced in 1983. The 1400fd however had a very similar specification, with its v20 cpu, two 720k floppy drives, and 768kb ram. Radio shack tandy trs80 micro marquee cassette software. Description item comes with black nylon carrying case fair condition. Full text of tandy computer catalog and software reference. This listing is for a vintage tandy 1400 lt laptop personal computer pc, in box, part number 253500b.
Im using a 15yearold laptop right now as my daily driver because my new laptop just shat its motherboard after just two years. Our security lock will appear in a couple of steps when you are asked for your payment information. The machine used a nec v20 processor and shipped with up to 640kb ram. Computers laptops desktops monitors tablets computer accessories pc components pc gaming deals. How much did your first laptopportable computer weigh. Tandy 1400lt portable laptop computer w cord display powers up no. Vintage tandy 1400 lt personal portable laptop computer. Most of the people he brought in to develop the model i computer were gone shortly after his death. When corfigured with a 20mb hard drive, the 1400 lt lets you transport a library of software and datawithout taking a deskload of materials along for the ride. Various programs that are not tandy specific, but useful. The coco 3 was compatible with most older software and coco 2 peripherals. It performed post, asked for the date and time and booted to dos from floppy. View and download tandy 1400 lt user manual online.
Apr 10, 2014 vintage tandy 1100 fd laptop computer. The museum takes donations of old electronic equipment, software, and video games and also gives away free computers in the community to those that otherwise cant afford them. In working conditions and excellent shape wcase and a lot of software and. How do i connect a 30yrold tandy 1400lt laptop to the internet. Tandy 1400 fd personal computer 102630993 computer. The tandy 1400 was tandy s first fully ibmcompatible laptop computer. The tandy was the first in a line of ibm pc compatible home computer systems produced by the tandy corporation for sale in its radio shack and radio shack computer center chains of stores. Playing games on this computer, besides text based games is hard on the eye, due to the screen type.
Tandy dcm5 direct connect modem vintage computer ebay. The tandy 1400 lt is tandy s first ibm pc compatible laptop. This machine has two 720kb floppy drives and no hard drive. In 1982, tandy corporation entered into a development contract with oklahomabased software company, dorsett educational systems, inc, known for its 25 years pioneering educational technology. Rsc19 also launched the tandy 1400 lt, radio shacks first msdos laptop. The clock will only function correctly under the original version of dos shipped with the machine. Apr 05, 2014 this is the booting up of a tandy 1400 lt computer from 1988 currently at radioshack in saranac lake, ny. Tandy 1400lt 253500 personal computer laptop vintage rating required select rating 1 star worst 2 stars 3 stars average 4 stars 5 stars best name. Window handle of process corresponding to automation. Competition pro joystick tshirts atari st bombs tshirts c64 maze generator tshirts. The helped tandy achieve a 25% personalcomputer market share in 1986, tied with apple and in second place behind ibm. My xtcf cards provide hard disk functionality to pc xt and pc at class machines based on compactflash or microdrives, and for the tandy 1400 the design needs just four ics a flash rom, two 74688 address decoders and a 749 decoder. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Old technology computer science city photo software coding museum history hardware vintage.
Note from tandy on the software compatibility of the original. A collection of utilities and technical notes for the 1100fd laptop. John ratliff, charles tandy s assistant, told me that i would have never made it at radio shack. I did get linux booted on an old 1995era winbook laptop via. The trs80 model 100 was designed by kyocera of japan, who licenced the same design to nec, tandy, and olivetti, who subsequently released almost identical computer systems. It is one of the first notebookstyle computers, featuring a keyboard and liquid crystal display, in a batterypowered package roughly the size and shape of a notepad or large book. Mickey mouse crossword puzzle computer software vintage new sealed ibm tandy. Tandy corporation released several computer product lines starting in 1977, under both trs80 and tandy branding trs80 was a brand associated with several desktop microcomputer lines sold by tandy corporation through their radio shack stores. The machine was made mostly by sanyo, with a toshiba display panel. Tandy 1400 laptop pc demonstration by nerdly pleasures.
Natually i customised it with multiple internal lead acid batteries. I only filmed this at 30fps, 60fps does not give any advantage when filming the lcd. Find best value and selection for your tandy 1500 hd vintage retro laptop computer search on ebay. Shipping information handling time this item has a 1 business day time, which means it will ship from our warehouse within days, the after you ordered your. View and download tandy 1400lt service manual online. Can be used with serial port for dedicated packet for ham radio.
Tandy rgb11 computer monitor trs80 pc as is fair condition colour. Tandy 1400 professional computer lt centre for computing history. All new oem bulk pull products were disassembled from systems never sold, retested, and bulk brown boxed before resold. Get the best deals on tandy home computers and find.
In april of 1986, ibm released the first pc compatible that could conceivably be called a laptop, the ibm pc convertible model 5140. Practical issues with a tandy 1400 lt laptop comptuer. Taking the place of the graphics and memory hardware in the coco 1 and 2 was an applicationspecific integrated circuit called the gime graphics interrupt memory enhancement chip. Index buy oem tandy corp ac adapter 15v dc 700ma 20w new open. Still have my original machine, tandy hx, first pc compatible i owned. It was first used on the original trs80 later known as the model i, one of the earliest massproduced personal computers. In april of 1986, ibm released the first pc compatible that could conceivably be called a. My laptop computer in 1989 being a tandy radio shack 1400 lt that was built around a 7. Vintage 1980s tandy 1400 lt laptop portable personal. This portable computer released by tandy was a machine designed for consumers who use regular pc but want to take smaller one on the go. Manufacturer radio shack, a division of tandy corporation place manufactured japan identifying numbers. The tandy 1400 lt is tandys first ibm pc compatible laptop. Tandy 1400fd portable laptop computer tested for power for. According to press releases from fort worth, tandy sales are booming, making it one of the most successful releases in tandy history.
Dec 06, 2012 tandy was one of the makers of computers that looked like a laptop with an amazon kindle screen. Toughbook cf 19 laptop with ram hdd win 7 car diagnostic onboard computer auto. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Tandy 1400 lt portable computer with cover works great. The 1100fd was a little beauty, with its dos and deskmate software built into rom. The trs80 became the most popular computer ever built, but charles tandy passed away a year later. I have been working on mine for hours today without getting it to use the drive, and now none of the internal floppies work thankfully it still uses the external 5. In december 1983 an executive with tandy corporation, maker of trs80 computers, said about the new ibm pcjr. It was sold for 999usd and had a backlit lcd with nice contrast, msdos and tandy deskmate shell in rom. The tandy 1400 fd had two internal 720k floppy disk drives the left drive being the primary drive, usually drive a, and supported connection of an external drive via a dedicated floppy disk connector on the rear of the computer. The radio shack tandy hx, released in 1987, was designed as another entry level ibm compatible personal computer and the successor to the ex. This series comprised the trs80 model 100, tandy 102, tandy 200 and tandy 600. Consignment sale for a collector who is downsizing. In addition to the above, tandy produced the trs80 model 100 series of laptop computers.
Are you looking for 1400 lt, dmp2, trs80, 251043a, 251023c from tandy. The tandy trs80 model 100 micro executive workstation was by far the most popular though, due to the radio shack chain of electronics stores throughout america. The popular color of the day for computers, beige, was the color chosen for the tandy model 200. Find great deals on ebay for tandy 1400 and tandy laptop. Notable features of the original trs80 included its fullstroke qwerty keyboard, small size, its.
Tandy radio shack 1400 ltfdhd this nice little laptop is one of the first real ibm pc compatible laptops featuring large lcd display 80x25 here and true compatibility. Find best value and selection for your tandy 1400 lt search on ebay. As the 1400 lt is so very much a mostlyimproved clone of the ibm pc convertible, it makes sense to compare the two products. However, radio shack would continue to drop the price of an sowg item about every two months to coincide with their inventory cycle. This is a nice tech tested and cleaned tandy radio shack trs80 64k color computer 2. Tandy corporations leading position in what byte magazine called the 1977 trinity apple, commodore and tandy had much to do with tandys retailing the computer through more than 3000 of its radio shack tandy in europe storefronts. Laptop tandy 1110 hd user manual 71 pages laptop tandy 102 service manual 110 pages laptop tandy 102 owners manual 148 pages.
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