Tandy 200 Portable Computer

Tandy Model 200

A bit of personal stuff:

Okay... After all the pictures (I was bored)... I consider my Tandy 200 the most worthwhile laptop purchase I've ever made. I was at a hamfest (the same one I bought my PC-1500 at). As every other year I have gone to this hamfest, it was pouring down rain. (and naturally, most of this hamfest is outside) One of the vendors had a table full of desktops that were covered with a plastic dropcloth, and various old computer parts sitting on a tarp in front of the table, uncovered, in the rain. I started searching throught it, found a couple hard drives, and a very wet Tandy 200 at the bottom of the pile I asked the guy how much he wanted for it, and he said $3... for all of it... just for the heck of it, I asked if he'd take $2 for it. Suprizingly, he said, "sure the laptop doesn't have a floppy drive anyway". The Conner 120MB drive I got along with it worked great, and the Maxtor FH 2.5" 205 MB ESDI drive started bellowing smoke when I connected power to it, so I tore it apart and made a clock from the platters... By the time I got home, the Tandy 200 was dry, so I put in some batteries, hit the power button, and it works perfectly. I use this laptop for most of my class note-taking, and the batteries last forever. It still has the same batteries that I put in it almost a year ago.

Processor Type: ???

Coprocessor: None

RAM: 4 MB (14max)

FDD: Optional external 3.5" 180k (?)

HDD: None

Other Storage: Cassette Tape

Display: Mono graphics / text reflective LCD

Modem: 300 bps internal

Ports: BCR (barcode reader), Modem, Cassette, Printer, System Bus, RS-232 (25-pin serial)

Expansion: RAM / ROM upgrades

Keyboard: Tandy 200 Style

Pointing Device: None

Date: (I am checking into this)

Orig. Price: ???

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