Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Step back into 1987 with this original Radio Shack store demo for the Tandy 1000 HX, running directly from a 3.5 inch floppy disk. This short demo highlights key features of the Tandy 1000 HX, one of the most iconic IBM PC compatible home computers of the late 1980s. In this video, the demo loops twice so you can see exactly how it runs on real hardware. The demo itself will run on a bare system and, as installed on the disk, will even do so automatically if the Tandy 1000 HX in use starts from ROM and is set to boot the autoexec from a floppy.
You may notice some of the music is missing in various parts of the demo. This is how it was originally found and preserved.
Timestamps:
00:00 Tandy 1000 HX Store Demo Begins
04:09 Demo Loops Again
The floppy disk image, including flux data, was archived and shared by AWal (September 1, 2024) on the Internet Archive as part of ongoing software preservation efforts. You can download it here:
archive.org/details/tandy-1000-hx-demo
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Step back into 1987 with this original Radio Shack store demo for the Tandy 1000 HX, running directly from a 3.5 inch floppy disk. This short demo highlights key features of the Tandy 1000 HX, one of the most iconic IBM PC compatible home computers of the late 1980s. In this video, the demo loops twice so you can see exactly how it runs on real hardware. The demo itself will run on a bare system and, as installed on the disk, will even do so automatically if the Tandy 1000 HX in use starts from ROM and is set to boot the autoexec from a floppy.
You may notice some of the music is missing in various parts of the demo. This is how it was originally found and preserved.
Timestamps:
00:00 Tandy 1000 HX Store Demo Begins
04:09 Demo Loops Again
The floppy disk image, including flux data, was archived and shared by AWal (September 1, 2024) on the Internet Archive as part of ongoing software preservation efforts. You can download it here:
archive.org/details/tandy-1000-hx-demo
Watch this video on the Geek With Social Skills website:
geekwithsocialskills.com/tandy-1000-hx-store-demo-1987-running-from-floppy-disk
If you enjoy retro computers, DOS PCs, and vintage tech, you’re in the right place.
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youtube.com/geekwithsocialskills?sub_confirmation=1
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