question about a tandy 1000

From: Steve Robertson <steverob_at_hotoffice.com>
Date: Tue Feb 9 13:12:12 1999

On Tuesday, February 09, 1999 3:25 PM, Michael A. Rivas Sr
[SMTP:mrivas_at_caribe.net] wrote:
> my brother got a hold of a tandy 1000. when booted up it asks for a boot
disk which he does not have. i have two questions
> 1) what can i do about the boot disk?
> 2) what does a tandy 1000 go for?
> << File: ATT00001.html >> << File: ATT00002.gif >>

Michael,

1.) I've had several different 1000s and each of them would boot from ROM
if a disk wasn't available. Since the ROM included a FORMAT command, you
could make your own bootable disk.

Some of the models might have worked a little differently. Exactly which
model do you have (1000TL / 1000HD / 1000RL ...)?

2.) There were about a trillion of these things made so, the value is
pretty low. I have seen them for as little as $10 at the flea market
without a monitor or hard drive. The monitor could cost another $10 to $15.
The hard drive with OS might add another $10.

So, the value of the complete working system would probably be in the $30 -
$50 range...


Regards,

Steve Robertson - <steverob_at_hotoffice.com>
Received on Tue Feb 09 1999 - 13:12:12 GMT