November 28 – Tandy 2000 Released
Submitted by Jeffrey Powers on Sat, 11/27/2010 - 8:30pm
Originally Posted on Author's Blog
Tandy 2000
1983 - To counter IBM, Tandy releases the Tandy TRS-80 2000 computer. It housed the 80186 processor and 128 KB of RAM. There were 2 – 720 KB floppy drives and the MS-DOS Operating System. The prices ranged from $2,750. For an additional fee you could get a Monochrome graphics card, optional color monitor and extra RAM.
The Tandy 2000 was considerably faster than the IBM PC models.
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