Tales of Weird Stuff | How to configure a Tandy 1000TL @TalesofWeirdStuff | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Let's setup a bare Tandy 1000TL to be a usable retro computer! I show how to make bootable floppy disks on a modern system and how to get MS-DOS installed on an externa Zip drive on this computer.

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00:00 Intro
01:42 Exterior
04:04 What's inside?
20:04 Weird bracket
34:37 First boot
46:20 Setup boot disk
48:08 Installing DOS
53:33 Memory upgrade
56:07 Advanced setup
59:31 Monochrome monitor
61:47 Closing words

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Tandy 1000 documentation archive:

oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/documents.html

Tandy 1000 setup programs:

oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/setups.html

MS-DOS 5.0 disk images:

winworldpc.com/product/ms-dos/50