question about a tandy 1000

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Tue Feb 9 14:26:51 1999

On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Steve Robertson wrote:

> 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.

I believe only the Tandy 1000HX had DOS 2.11 in ROM. All other T1000's do
not.

> 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...

I concur with this assessment.

Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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