Tandy 1000 HX Personal Computer w/3in1 Upgrade Fully loaded CF card 100% working
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Weight: 5.0lb
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Up for sale is this great looking "restored" Tandy 1000 HX.
The machine is 100% operational and comes with a 3in1 Ram / Serial / Compact Flash card adapter card.
This is a "3-in-1" Upgrade Card for the Tandy 1000 EX and HX computers. It adds the following functions to these computers:
-Expands to 640kb of System RAM and 96kb of Upper Memory Blocks.
-Adds a 9pin RS232 Serial Port for a Serial Mouse or external Communications
-Adds an XT-CF-Lite Interface to provide "hard disk" storage and an easy way to transfer games to the system.
The original 3.5 drive has been replaced with a Mitsumi drive as the original ones always seem to have problems.
The original one would read at times and would not at others.
I am including a brand new wireless Microsoft serial mouse (not optical) and a fully loaded 4GB CF card.
I will be including the software that came with the computer (Copies as I do not have originals) including MS-DOS, Personal Deskmate and Disk utilities.
The machine has been thoroughly cleaned and tested and it is 100% operational.
Please note that the keyboard could use a bit more cleaning as my key cap puller broken and was unable to take the keys off and clean them.
This is a great machine for early MS-DOS games as this has the famous Tandy graphics and sound.
It has composite out, but you really need a CGA monitor or RGB to a scaler to best experience what the machine can do.
You can see the computer in action at the youtube link below:
https://youtu.be/nIL1i59QCYA
Everything included in this auction:
Tandy 1000 HX with the following:
New wireless Microsoft serial mouse
Deskmate, MS-DOS and Disk utilities disks
4GB fully loaded Compact Flash Card (loaded with games utilities and MS DOS)
(Monitor not included, for display purposes only)
Please feel free to ask any questions
I can also make an RGB cable for you to be used with a SCART to HDMI converter, however you will need an external +5v for power (usually a phone charger). This can be done at an additional charge.
Please let me know if you are interested in any of those options.
Thanks.
Here is some info on the 1000 HX:
The Tandy 1000 HX was an updated version of the EX. It utilized the same architecture and PLUS cards as the EX; however, one obvious difference was that it offered two 3.5" bays on the front panel, occupied by one or two 720 KB 3.5" floppy drives, as opposed to a single side-mounted 5.25" bay and floppy drive with the EX.
It also had Tandy MS-DOS 2.11R in ROM, which could be accessed by starting the computer with no bootable disk present. Another improvement over the EX is the addition of a serial EEPROM to store configuration information, enabling similar functionality to today's CMOS NVRAMs.
By comparison, earlier Tandy 1000 models, like IBM PC and PC/XT systems, used DIP switches and jumpers for startup configuration settings.
By putting the basic elements of DOS and Deskmate in ROM and eliminating the memory test on startup, the HX booted quickly compared to other contemporary MS-DOS machines, despite having no immediate provisions for a hard disk drive.
In addition to Tandy MS-DOS 2.11R, the HX shipped with Personal Deskmate 2. Most versions of MS-DOS worked with the 1000 HX, including DOS 3.x and some later versions. There was, however, a quirk in the DOS 4.0 environment that prevented that version of DOS from working with Tandy 1000 HX computers. Additionally, the installer for MS-DOS 6 could corrupt the contents of the serial EEPROM.
The machine is 100% operational and comes with a 3in1 Ram / Serial / Compact Flash card adapter card.
This is a "3-in-1" Upgrade Card for the Tandy 1000 EX and HX computers. It adds the following functions to these computers:
-Expands to 640kb of System RAM and 96kb of Upper Memory Blocks.
-Adds a 9pin RS232 Serial Port for a Serial Mouse or external Communications
-Adds an XT-CF-Lite Interface to provide "hard disk" storage and an easy way to transfer games to the system.
The original 3.5 drive has been replaced with a Mitsumi drive as the original ones always seem to have problems.
The original one would read at times and would not at others.
I am including a brand new wireless Microsoft serial mouse (not optical) and a fully loaded 4GB CF card.
I will be including the software that came with the computer (Copies as I do not have originals) including MS-DOS, Personal Deskmate and Disk utilities.
The machine has been thoroughly cleaned and tested and it is 100% operational.
Please note that the keyboard could use a bit more cleaning as my key cap puller broken and was unable to take the keys off and clean them.
This is a great machine for early MS-DOS games as this has the famous Tandy graphics and sound.
It has composite out, but you really need a CGA monitor or RGB to a scaler to best experience what the machine can do.
You can see the computer in action at the youtube link below:
https://youtu.be/nIL1i59QCYA
Everything included in this auction:
Tandy 1000 HX with the following:
New wireless Microsoft serial mouse
Deskmate, MS-DOS and Disk utilities disks
4GB fully loaded Compact Flash Card (loaded with games utilities and MS DOS)
(Monitor not included, for display purposes only)
Please feel free to ask any questions
I can also make an RGB cable for you to be used with a SCART to HDMI converter, however you will need an external +5v for power (usually a phone charger). This can be done at an additional charge.
Please let me know if you are interested in any of those options.
Thanks.
Here is some info on the 1000 HX:
The Tandy 1000 HX was an updated version of the EX. It utilized the same architecture and PLUS cards as the EX; however, one obvious difference was that it offered two 3.5" bays on the front panel, occupied by one or two 720 KB 3.5" floppy drives, as opposed to a single side-mounted 5.25" bay and floppy drive with the EX.
It also had Tandy MS-DOS 2.11R in ROM, which could be accessed by starting the computer with no bootable disk present. Another improvement over the EX is the addition of a serial EEPROM to store configuration information, enabling similar functionality to today's CMOS NVRAMs.
By comparison, earlier Tandy 1000 models, like IBM PC and PC/XT systems, used DIP switches and jumpers for startup configuration settings.
By putting the basic elements of DOS and Deskmate in ROM and eliminating the memory test on startup, the HX booted quickly compared to other contemporary MS-DOS machines, despite having no immediate provisions for a hard disk drive.
In addition to Tandy MS-DOS 2.11R, the HX shipped with Personal Deskmate 2. Most versions of MS-DOS worked with the 1000 HX, including DOS 3.x and some later versions. There was, however, a quirk in the DOS 4.0 environment that prevented that version of DOS from working with Tandy 1000 HX computers. Additionally, the installer for MS-DOS 6 could corrupt the contents of the serial EEPROM.
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