TJBChris | Tandy 1000 RLX/HD: Check Out My Newest Computer @TJBChris | Uploaded July 2021 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
I have a new Tandy computer: The Tandy 1000 RLX/HD. I'll walk through this machine's basic features, go over the add-ons I've installed, demonstrate how I get software onto it, and walk through some of the software that I have installed. The monitor is a VGM-220 with stand...the worst Tandy VGA monitor IMO. Some of the cuts I made during the software transfer section are a little funky; bear with me...I tend to go off on tangents and decide to edit them out.
At one point I patch the Logitech mouse driver to work with Windows 3.1. The source for that can be found in this thread (post #6): vcfed.org/forum/forum/genres/tandy-radio-shack/70346-windows-3-x-and-the-tandy-1000-ps-2-mouse-port
Music: Ella Vator by The Mini Vandals
(Taken from the YouTube Audio Library)
If you like to jump around, here's the index:
Intro (0:00)
Monitor Issues (1:24)
Whiskey Break (1:53)
Case Disassembly (2:20)
Floppy Drives (2:39)
Looking Inside the System (3:22)
Back Panel (4:38)
Booting Up (5:10)
Windows 3.1 (5:34)
DeskMate/DOS Software (7:35)
What I Use To Xfer Software (9:18)
Transferring Software Over (10:19)
Fixing The Win 3.1 Mouse Driver (15:32)
Outro (18:32)
I do these videos unscripted, so I apologize if the in-the-moment descriptions of things are a bit all-over-the-place. If you have any questions/comments about this video, you can find me in any of these fine locations:
The CoCoTALK! Discord Server
The TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo) group on Facebook
The CoCo Crew Podcast group on Facebook
On the Vintage Computer Forums (vcfed.org)
The TRS-80 Models I-4/4P Group on Facebook
Tandy / Radio Shack Model II /12 / 16 / 16B / 6000 Owner's Group on Facebook
Thanks for watching!
I have a new Tandy computer: The Tandy 1000 RLX/HD. I'll walk through this machine's basic features, go over the add-ons I've installed, demonstrate how I get software onto it, and walk through some of the software that I have installed. The monitor is a VGM-220 with stand...the worst Tandy VGA monitor IMO. Some of the cuts I made during the software transfer section are a little funky; bear with me...I tend to go off on tangents and decide to edit them out.
At one point I patch the Logitech mouse driver to work with Windows 3.1. The source for that can be found in this thread (post #6): vcfed.org/forum/forum/genres/tandy-radio-shack/70346-windows-3-x-and-the-tandy-1000-ps-2-mouse-port
Music: Ella Vator by The Mini Vandals
(Taken from the YouTube Audio Library)
If you like to jump around, here's the index:
Intro (0:00)
Monitor Issues (1:24)
Whiskey Break (1:53)
Case Disassembly (2:20)
Floppy Drives (2:39)
Looking Inside the System (3:22)
Back Panel (4:38)
Booting Up (5:10)
Windows 3.1 (5:34)
DeskMate/DOS Software (7:35)
What I Use To Xfer Software (9:18)
Transferring Software Over (10:19)
Fixing The Win 3.1 Mouse Driver (15:32)
Outro (18:32)
I do these videos unscripted, so I apologize if the in-the-moment descriptions of things are a bit all-over-the-place. If you have any questions/comments about this video, you can find me in any of these fine locations:
The CoCoTALK! Discord Server
The TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo) group on Facebook
The CoCo Crew Podcast group on Facebook
On the Vintage Computer Forums (vcfed.org)
The TRS-80 Models I-4/4P Group on Facebook
Tandy / Radio Shack Model II /12 / 16 / 16B / 6000 Owner's Group on Facebook
Thanks for watching!
