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==Computers by Tandy==
==Computers by Tandy==
From [[1977]] to [[1980]], Tandy systems were the best selling [[computer]]s in the [[United States of America]].
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!| Title
!| Title
!| Designer
!| Release
!| Release
!| Notes
!| Notes
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TRS-80]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1977
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TRS-80 Model II]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1979
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TRS-80 Color Computer]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1980
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TRS-80 Model III]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1980
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sharp]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1980
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy TRS-80-branded [[Sharp]] [[PC-1211]] calculator-sized computer.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TDP-100]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TDP Electronics]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 64K Color Computer. Designed by the Tandy Data Products division. Distributed by [[RCA]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-2]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sharp]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy TRS-80-branded [[Sharp]] [[PC-1500]] calculator-sized computer.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TRS-80 Model 12]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Budget-friendly model
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TRS-80 Model 16]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Tandy 2000]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1983
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Partially [[IBM]] [[Personal Computer XT]] compatible.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TRS-80 Color Computer 2]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TRS-80 Color Computer 2]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1983
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1983
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns a 16K system and box.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns a 16K system and box.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TRS-80 MC-10]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1983
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Low-cost entry computer marketed as a competitor to the TRS-80 Color Computer, [[VIC-20]], and [[ZX81]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TRS-80 Model 4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1983
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TRS-80 Model 4P]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1979
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sharp]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1983
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy-branded [[Sharp]] [[PC-1251]] calculator-sized computer.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TRS-80 Model 16B]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1983
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Tandy 1000]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1984
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[IBM]] [[Personal Computer]] compatible.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Tandy 1000A]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1984
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[IBM]] [[Personal Computer]] compatible with bugfixes over the previous model.<br />Has a socket for an [[Intel]] [[8087]] math co-processor.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Casio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1984
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy-branded [[Casio]] [[PB-100]] calculator-sized computer.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Tandy 1000 HD]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[IBM]] [[Personal Computer]] compatible.<br />Tandy 1000A with a [[hard disk]] pre-installed. Available with a 10 or 20 MB hard drive.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Tandy Pocket Computer PC-5]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Casio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy-branded [[Casio]] [[FX-780P]] calculator-sized computer.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Tandy Pocket Computer PC-6]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Casio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy-branded [[Casio]] [[FX-790P]] calculator-sized computer.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Tandy Pocket Computer PC-7]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Casio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy-branded [[Casio]] [[FX-5200P]] calculator-sized computer.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TRS-80 Color Computer 3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Tandy 1000 AX]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Included a [[Direct memory access]] controller for faster [[floppy disk]] operations.<br />7.16 MHz [[Intel]] [[8088-2]] with 384 KB of [[random access memory]].<br />The Tandy 1000 AX was a Tandy 1000 SX for sale in [[Walmart]] stores.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Tandy 1000 EX]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Marketed as an entry-level [[IBM]] [[IBM PC|PC]]-compatible computer.<br />7.16 MHz [[Intel]] [[8088]] with 256 KB of [[random access memory]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Tandy 1000 HX]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1987
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Marketed as an entry-level [[IBM]] [[IBM PC|PC]]-compatible computer. Has two 3.5-inch [[floppy disk]] drives.<br />7.16 MHz [[Intel]] [[8088]] with 256 KB of [[random access memory]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Tandy 1000 SX]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1987
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Included a [[Direct memory access]] controller for faster [[floppy disk]] operations.<br />7.16 MHz [[Intel]] [[8088-2]] with 384 KB of [[random access memory]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Tandy 1000 TX]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1987
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Included a [[Direct memory access]] controller for faster [[floppy disk]] operations.<br />8 MHz [[Intel]] [[80286]] with 640 KB of [[random access memory]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Tandy Pocket Computer PC-8]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sharp]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1988
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Tandy-branded [[Sharp]] [[Sharp PC-1246]] calculator-sized computer.
|}
|}


Revision as of 11:35, 30 July 2025

RadioShack
Type Public
Founded 1919 (Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company)
1921 (Radio Shack)
1956 (General American Industries)
1961 (Tandy Corporation)
2000 (RadioShack Corporation)
Headquarters Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Key people Norton Hinckley (Hinkley-Tandy Leather)
Dave L. Tandy (Hinkley-Tandy Leather)
Theodore Deutschmann (Radio Shack)
Milton Deutschmann (Radio Shack)
Industry electronics, computers
Products electronics, computers
Number of people not disclosed
Website http://www.radioshack.com/

RadioShack is an American electronics company.

Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company

The Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company was founded in 1919 by Norton Hinckley and Dave L. Tandy.

Radio Shack

Radio Shack was founded in 1921 by Theodore Deutschmann and Milton Deutschmann.

General American Industries

In 1956, the Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company was renamed to General American Industries.

Tandy Corporation

In 1961, General American Industries was renamed to Tandy Corporation.

Tandy acquires Radio Shack

In 1963, Tandy acquired Radio Shack. The Tandy name was used as a brand in Radio Shack stores.

RadioShack Corporation

In 2000, the Tandy Corporation was renamed to the RadioShack Corporation.

Computers by Tandy

From 1977 to 1980, Tandy systems were the best selling computers in the United States of America.

Title Designer Release Notes
TRS-80 Tandy 1977
TRS-80 Model II Tandy 1979
TRS-80 Color Computer Tandy 1980
TRS-80 Model III Tandy 1980
TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-1 Sharp 1980 Tandy TRS-80-branded Sharp PC-1211 calculator-sized computer.
TDP-100 TDP Electronics 1982 64K Color Computer. Designed by the Tandy Data Products division. Distributed by RCA.
TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-2 Sharp 1982 Tandy TRS-80-branded Sharp PC-1500 calculator-sized computer.
TRS-80 Model 12 Tandy 1982 Budget-friendly model
TRS-80 Model 16 Tandy 1982
Tandy 2000 Tandy 1983 Partially IBM Personal Computer XT compatible.
TRS-80 Color Computer 2 Tandy 1983 WEC Museum owns a 16K system and box.
TRS-80 MC-10 Tandy 1983 Low-cost entry computer marketed as a competitor to the TRS-80 Color Computer, VIC-20, and ZX81.
TRS-80 Model 4 Tandy 1983
TRS-80 Model 4P Tandy 1979
TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-3 Sharp 1983 Tandy-branded Sharp PC-1251 calculator-sized computer.
TRS-80 Model 16B Tandy 1983
Tandy 1000 Tandy 1984 IBM Personal Computer compatible.
Tandy 1000A Tandy 1984 IBM Personal Computer compatible with bugfixes over the previous model.
Has a socket for an Intel 8087 math co-processor.
TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-4 Casio 1984 Tandy-branded Casio PB-100 calculator-sized computer.
Tandy 1000 HD Tandy 1986 IBM Personal Computer compatible.
Tandy 1000A with a hard disk pre-installed. Available with a 10 or 20 MB hard drive.
Tandy Pocket Computer PC-5 Casio 1986 Tandy-branded Casio FX-780P calculator-sized computer.
Tandy Pocket Computer PC-6 Casio 1986 Tandy-branded Casio FX-790P calculator-sized computer.
Tandy Pocket Computer PC-7 Casio 1986 Tandy-branded Casio FX-5200P calculator-sized computer.
TRS-80 Color Computer 3 Tandy 1986
Tandy 1000 AX Tandy 1986 Included a Direct memory access controller for faster floppy disk operations.
7.16 MHz Intel 8088-2 with 384 KB of random access memory.
The Tandy 1000 AX was a Tandy 1000 SX for sale in Walmart stores.
Tandy 1000 EX Tandy 1986 Marketed as an entry-level IBM PC-compatible computer.
7.16 MHz Intel 8088 with 256 KB of random access memory.
Tandy 1000 HX Tandy 1987 Marketed as an entry-level IBM PC-compatible computer. Has two 3.5-inch floppy disk drives.
7.16 MHz Intel 8088 with 256 KB of random access memory.
Tandy 1000 SX Tandy 1987 Included a Direct memory access controller for faster floppy disk operations.
7.16 MHz Intel 8088-2 with 384 KB of random access memory.
Tandy 1000 TX Tandy 1987 Included a Direct memory access controller for faster floppy disk operations.
8 MHz Intel 80286 with 640 KB of random access memory.
Tandy Pocket Computer PC-8 Sharp 1988 Tandy-branded Sharp Sharp PC-1246 calculator-sized computer.

Video games by Tandy

Title Platform Release Notes
Checkers TRS-80 Color Computer 1980
Mega-Bug TRS-80 Color Computer 1982 Developed by Datasoft.

Application software by Tandy

Title Platform Release Notes
Personal Finance TRS-80 Color Computer 1980
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