i remember this. TANDY! i would go into radio shack and type in words like PLAY GAME at the command line and it would do nothing. it would say error or something. i would try shut up and it would say same. it was terrible.
Unfortunately yhe Tandy 1000 TX was severly crippled by design, and could not operate in the 286 protected mode or perform 16-bit memory or I/O transfers in one bus cycle. Sure, it used a 286 CPU but the system itself was not AT-class it was still a XT-class machine due to utilization of the same 8-bit data bus as previous Tandy 1000 models, and had 8-bit XT-style expansion slots. However it was stll one of the faster Tandy 1000 models of the period. The last & fastest Tandy 1000 was the RSX. :)
...In fact, i realise now, it was the start of tech destroying jobs! in the 90's more created than destroyed, in the 00's it was even and in the last 2 years it has crossed the line and has lost more jobs than it creates. Self service checkouts at stores, internet retailers that, on average, employ one person for every 8 in regular retail, and has allowed those over complicated mortgages that brought down the West at the same time as it has helped form the Global market that exports jobs!
I am from the UK and went to the States to start a business back in 1991. I bought a 286 and it paid for itself in a year, as I could buy $50 accounting software and not need an accountant, it could keep my customer files and sort them so I could aim mailshots at the right customer group, it printed out documents that local government was happy with (Tax forms, etc).
hey everyone, next 10 yrs. from this time, your grandchild also feel weird to your 2011 Macbook, as same as you feell with 286Mhz computer from late 80s.
It's funny how they paid $1199 for that crap back in the day, when today's computers which a way more advanced are GREATLY less than that... You can find a good desktop for at least $500 or $700 now... Funny how things change..
kinda cheesy how the whole family gathers around to watch the dad do his work on the computer.....see the little girls mouth gape in awe? What little 9/10 yr old little kid is gonna have interest in there dads bland business stuff? Both kids then and now wouldnt be interested is there parents business stuff lol.
@rationalexpression Pretty Much. You can purchase the Microsoft Serial Mouse (Not PS/2) for about 100 USD. I also remember when you didn't have Microsoft Office, You had to buy Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word. Each program was about 500 each! On top of that Most PC and the clones ran some version of MS-DOS.
you ever notice that white middle class people with computers in the 80's all seemed to be preoccupied with budgeting, word processing and computer art?
@WKRPinCINN No, it's just that that's all computers could do back then. Well, that and play games. Plus, white people were the only ones in commercials back then haha!
@WKRPinCINN This is because the White Race was created by God after His image. The white race's purpose is to rule over all the races. All other races evolved from goo in an ancient ocean. However the Black race evolved from the feces of micro-organisms. The non white races having evolved from sum and feces did not possess the ability to bring order and proper rule to the Earth. God created the white race and the whites brought order and rule over all non white races. Hail to Whites
@WKRPinCINN We all know families didn't do actual work on computers back then. It was just a marketing ploy for parents who didn't want to buy their kids video games for reasons of them not "being educational". But a computer that can do your taxes and homework on that just happens to also play games is ok.
As far as PC clones go, this looks pretty cool. However, if I were made a Deity and could have any 1980s PC Clone, I'd still probably go with that highly questionable Sinclair-branded one (just what was Amstrad thinking?!?!)....now THAT is high on my "list of useless things I want to get".
@domefavor95 They're not all that common on eBay, and usually they're 50 dollars or more. I'd love to get one, but I haven't seen a Tandy 1000TX lately, which is the best one. Which version did you get?
These were the best PC compatibles of their time. They actually were unique compared to the mass of bland white boxes that were taking over the industry. And they were, and still are, great DOS game machines.
The computer I'm using was $300.
stevespielberg 2 weeks ago
i remember this. TANDY! i would go into radio shack and type in words like PLAY GAME at the command line and it would do nothing. it would say error or something. i would try shut up and it would say same. it was terrible.
AlirazaVideoGames 1 month ago
thumbs up if your watching this in touch screen computer that cost less
TheDeadJohnDoe 1 month ago 4
@TheDeadJohnDoe i so agree ha ha
tylersteffen200 1 month ago
@Mateertron1979
No, the XT was an 8086 processor.
blueeyesm2k4 1 month ago
Wasnt this an XT?
Mattertron1979 1 month ago
I had the Tandy color computer II 64K ;)
mfsflyer1 1 month ago 2
This is before words like lazy and fat was invented, now that is some good old computer history right there !
MrBarrelson 1 month ago
Unfortunately yhe Tandy 1000 TX was severly crippled by design, and could not operate in the 286 protected mode or perform 16-bit memory or I/O transfers in one bus cycle. Sure, it used a 286 CPU but the system itself was not AT-class it was still a XT-class machine due to utilization of the same 8-bit data bus as previous Tandy 1000 models, and had 8-bit XT-style expansion slots. However it was stll one of the faster Tandy 1000 models of the period. The last & fastest Tandy 1000 was the RSX. :)
Chaniyth 2 months ago
0:21 So utile graphics...
Fervorum 2 months ago
cool
slasher445 2 months ago
...In fact, i realise now, it was the start of tech destroying jobs! in the 90's more created than destroyed, in the 00's it was even and in the last 2 years it has crossed the line and has lost more jobs than it creates. Self service checkouts at stores, internet retailers that, on average, employ one person for every 8 in regular retail, and has allowed those over complicated mortgages that brought down the West at the same time as it has helped form the Global market that exports jobs!
HardWarUK 2 months ago
I am from the UK and went to the States to start a business back in 1991. I bought a 286 and it paid for itself in a year, as I could buy $50 accounting software and not need an accountant, it could keep my customer files and sort them so I could aim mailshots at the right customer group, it printed out documents that local government was happy with (Tax forms, etc).
HardWarUK 2 months ago
no mouse?
XxChronic420x 2 months ago
@XxChronic420x Hardly any did back then.
TeamRocketReviews 1 month ago
Nice quality...off 1" tape I guess? Cool.
WolfBrat 2 months ago
Oh lord, its deskmate @ 0:06
carcomp101 2 months ago
i bet if someone brought our current technology back to that era, that person would be burned at the stake for being accused of witchcraft :P
darkscope2 2 months ago
I did not see this at Radio Shack today!! Which locations is it sold at?
freemoviesonline23 2 months ago
RadioShack now Sells HP/Compaq computers with Microsoft Office Pre-Installed.
brandonefron2064 3 months ago
$1499 can get you a decent gaming computer today
civilizationsss 3 months ago
hey everyone, next 10 yrs. from this time, your grandchild also feel weird to your 2011 Macbook, as same as you feell with 286Mhz computer from late 80s.
thaichubby101 3 months ago
@thaichubby101 A 286mhz computer from the late 80's? That would have been pretty fast for then!
totalrandomcrap 2 months ago
@totalrandomcrap
I believe in the late 80's...there wasn't a faster processor on the market than 286. And they usually came with only 8MB of RAM.
texasghost 2 months ago
I would really only pay 11.99 dollars for this
thatrandomgification 3 months ago
It's funny how they paid $1199 for that crap back in the day, when today's computers which a way more advanced are GREATLY less than that... You can find a good desktop for at least $500 or $700 now... Funny how things change..
JMoney4shoTV 3 months ago
@JMoney4shoTV
More people buying them today... thats why!...
LIBshark 3 months ago
kinda cheesy how the whole family gathers around to watch the dad do his work on the computer.....see the little girls mouth gape in awe? What little 9/10 yr old little kid is gonna have interest in there dads bland business stuff? Both kids then and now wouldnt be interested is there parents business stuff lol.
girlstorm09 3 months ago
now thats the price of a stupid mac
TheTonyk123 3 months ago
"You're using a 286? Don't make me laugh. Your window boots up in what, a day and a half? :D
Entrepidox 4 months ago
It's weird how they lumped together doing filing and creating graphics as if they were closely related tasks.
dmspilot 4 months ago
omg imagine trying to draw with the keyboard!
rkotm 4 months ago
@rkotm that's why the kids in that's day are clever than in present day.
thaichubby101 3 months ago
oh back when PC where just fancy calculators , good times
grabisoft 5 months ago
No mouse, guess that would have cost another 150 dollars in '80's computer prices.
rationalexpression 5 months ago
@rationalexpression Pretty Much. You can purchase the Microsoft Serial Mouse (Not PS/2) for about 100 USD. I also remember when you didn't have Microsoft Office, You had to buy Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word. Each program was about 500 each! On top of that Most PC and the clones ran some version of MS-DOS.
nextstep333 3 months ago
OMG... $1199
a92304a92304 5 months ago
Its freekin amazing seeing these old commercials
Walmartian77 5 months ago
Look at me I wear suspenders and have banged my wife at least twice!
vandalaylatex6969 5 months ago
you ever notice that white middle class people with computers in the 80's all seemed to be preoccupied with budgeting, word processing and computer art?
WKRPinCINN 5 months ago 27
@WKRPinCINN Them middle class people gotta pay their taxes, ya know?
HitodamaKyrie 5 months ago 16
@WKRPinCINN No, it's just that that's all computers could do back then. Well, that and play games. Plus, white people were the only ones in commercials back then haha!
opeygon 4 months ago
@WKRPinCINN This is because the White Race was created by God after His image. The white race's purpose is to rule over all the races. All other races evolved from goo in an ancient ocean. However the Black race evolved from the feces of micro-organisms. The non white races having evolved from sum and feces did not possess the ability to bring order and proper rule to the Earth. God created the white race and the whites brought order and rule over all non white races. Hail to Whites
theundercoveratheist 3 months ago
@theundercoveratheist
Um do white supremicist still use deskmate?
Lumotaku 2 months ago
@WKRPinCINN The White Middle Class Rocks! Miss them badly
ibprofin100 3 weeks ago 5
@WKRPinCINN Now it's all about the porn.
stevespielberg 2 weeks ago
@WKRPinCINN We all know families didn't do actual work on computers back then. It was just a marketing ploy for parents who didn't want to buy their kids video games for reasons of them not "being educational". But a computer that can do your taxes and homework on that just happens to also play games is ok.
jcrowley1985 1 week ago
As far as PC clones go, this looks pretty cool. However, if I were made a Deity and could have any 1980s PC Clone, I'd still probably go with that highly questionable Sinclair-branded one (just what was Amstrad thinking?!?!)....now THAT is high on my "list of useless things I want to get".
MattTheSaiyan 5 months ago
@domefavor95 They're not all that common on eBay, and usually they're 50 dollars or more. I'd love to get one, but I haven't seen a Tandy 1000TX lately, which is the best one. Which version did you get?
TeamRocketReviews 5 months ago
These were the best PC compatibles of their time. They actually were unique compared to the mass of bland white boxes that were taking over the industry. And they were, and still are, great DOS game machines.
TeamRocketReviews 5 months ago
The voiceover on this ad is John B. Wells. Dallas people from the 1980s would recognize it as the longtime voice of WFAA-8 there.
raymieX 1 year ago