The Tandy 1000 series had three-voice sound and its own proprietary 16-colour graphics at a time when most other DOS machines were confined to PC Speaker beeps and four-colour CGA. It's worth checking out a few of the games that supported it.
Indeed. Was actually an upgrade to the PC platform as it was normally very limited in what it could do with games. I will have more of a play with it as I get the FDD drive sorted & whatnot. Getting any parts for it will be a nightmare though.
I've never worked on a Tandy but I'd guess the power supply is dual voltage. If it doesn't have a switch on the back there could still be a jumper internally. I believe the BBC Micro was like this.
I did crack the PSU open & sadly it was not. The PCB would need extensive modding to work on 240V, so i just got a step down transformer. The C64 floppy drive however does have a 240V tap.
The Tandy 1000 series had three-voice sound and its own proprietary 16-colour graphics at a time when most other DOS machines were confined to PC Speaker beeps and four-colour CGA. It's worth checking out a few of the games that supported it.
Indeed. Was actually an upgrade to the PC platform as it was normally very limited in what it could do with games. I will have more of a play with it as I get the FDD drive sorted & whatnot. Getting any parts for it will be a nightmare though.
A version of hangman that allows you to save the game. How quaint!
Indeed. Not very good at it.
I've never worked on a Tandy but I'd guess the power supply is dual voltage. If it doesn't have a switch on the back there could still be a jumper internally. I believe the BBC Micro was like this.
I did crack the PSU open & sadly it was not. The PCB would need extensive modding to work on 240V, so i just got a step down transformer. The C64 floppy drive however does have a 240V tap.
no space in the lab, no problem we have a landing :P.
Pretty much how it goes in this house.
Boon of the Doon
Indded.