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Oh yes, Tandy was the master of contract manufacturing, they had many Japanese manufacturers OEMing their consumer electronics. Most of the 8-bit microcomputer
by Aloha 6y ago
Oh yes, Tandy was the master of contract manufacturing, they had many Japanese manufacturers OEMing their consumer electronics.
Most of the 8-bit microcomputers were US made or developed though, notably:
Apple II Family
Commodore PET, VIC-20, 64 families
TRS-80 Family
Atari 8-bit family (400/800)
TI-99/4 Family
This said - There are many very innovative computers that were not, the BBC Micro, the Sinclair ZX Line, Amstrad CPC. There were also a bevy of machines made in the USSR, which vanishingly little details about have gotten into english language spheres.
- KingOfCoders 6y agoAnd all the Japanese maschines (e.g. MSX, I've used some Sharp MZ-800 in the 80s) and Italian Olivettis. One could also object to "they had many Japanese manufacturers OEMing their consumer electronics." Tandy didn't OEMing Sharp, but Sharp brought computers to the market for themselves, not for Tandy. Then Tandy rebadged those for the US. Semantics, I know, but it's different from e.g. Apple using Foxconn. It's not like Tandy told Sharp what to build.
- Aloha 6y agothe software (and hardware at times too) was different than what shipped in the Tandy machines, they were OEM, built to a budget/spec, machines - yes, Sharp used their existing designs, but what sharp sold was often a bit more than slightly different.