The Tandy 1000EX Computer

this is my tandy 1000ex i got for free from a friend of mine. i did not orginally come with the ms-dos disk so I had to mess around and find the image files and a image writer that would work with a 5 1/4" 360kb floppy drive. tandy 1000ex 640kb ram 5 1/4" 360kb floppy drive. from 1987

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[supermario641996]

hay wait you had to mess around to get ms-dos. that last people who had it formated the ms-dos diskes so when i stick it in to boot it up it keeps saying stick in system diskes and hit any key to continue. how did you get yours?

[dadburnde]

@supermario641996 man did have to mess around to get the perfect disks to work

what I did is found a computer with a 5 1/4 floppy drive and used a program called rawrite to write raw disk images to the 51/4 floppies

[geneticepistomology]

Thanks, this was my first computer...It is fun to see your expressions on how to boot it. Those were like 2 grand new without the extra RAM. Check out the external modem you can get for it.

[tideway]

I had this computer when I was a teen. I haven't heard the whirr and hum of that floppy drive in so many years! It was a good old machine. Amazing how much technology has progressed!

[urbex2007]

TANDY ! Wow, brings back memories from the 80's. They couldn't be called RadioShack in the UK as there was a company with that name. They had some great monthly giveaways, battery club, torches, screwdrivers, hats, beachballs etc. They went bankrupt in the mid-90's and Carphone Warehouse bought all the shops.

I used to buy loads of electronics bits and pieces there, but they lost their way a bit and become overpriced, so people stopped going and down the drain they went. Very sad really. 8-(

[supermario641996]

@dadburnde dam, i wish i had money or something to hunt one online and buy one

[supermario641996]

@supermario641996 thank you ut worked :)

[Nostalgichopes]

@supermario641996 You can hook it up to a TV with composite video in. I hooked mine up to my HDTV and it looked ok, but had jaggies. A standard def tube TV would yield better results.

[supermario641996]

@Nostalgichopes i need just the moniter because my dad is missing it. all it has is the printer and the computer its self

[Nostalgichopes]

I too have a 1000ex and am wondering how you got the image files from your computer to the Tandy 1000ex?