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Unless one is being very pedantic on their definition of "100% PC compatible", it's a common myth that Tandy computers weren't 100% compatible.
by jsjohnst 9y ago
Unless one is being very pedantic on their definition of "100% PC compatible", it's a common myth that Tandy computers weren't 100% compatible.
- LeoPanthera 9y agoIn general, Tandy PCs were compatible with the IBM PCjr[1]. In fact, Tandy sold far more PCs than IBM sold PCjrs, so later software was often advertised as being "Tandy compatible" rather than "PCjr compatible". [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PCjr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PCjr
- bitwize 9y agoThe Tandy 2000 -- their first x86 offering -- wasn't 100% PC compatible. Unlike every PC-class machine, the 2000 was based on the 80186, which precluded hardware compatibility with the PC. Software that did all I/O through the BIOS would still run, but that was thin on the ground even in the early 1980s. Most software had to be specially ported to the 2000, and the only graphical game that I could find that received this treatment was Flight Simulator. The Tandy 1000, which came after the 2000 and used the same keyboard, was PCjr compatible, and subsequent machines would maintain IBM compatibility.