Captain Regular
New Member
Hi. First post here. I've got a tale...
My first computer was a used Tandy 1000EX, nothing special, but it played games very nicely and taught me DOS. It was lost in a housefire and replaced with a 486, and upgrades later I now have a normal current system. I've wanted a "sleeper" computer for a long time. And it would seem that God has recently started me almost on a mission to get one.
My fiancee and I were having a 50s-themed party, and needed vintage clothes. To the Goodwill and thrift stores! (In that order.) Long story short, no 50s-syle clothes, but I did find a VERY nice Tandy PS2 keyboard and after that a Tandy Power Switching System. I couldn't hold back. I need a Tandy 1000-era system. Well, just the case and drive faceplates, really. So I guess I'm looking for a shell or non-working Tandy 1000. The older, the better. But I AM looking to trade. And I've got something I think might interest some of you. It's a fully-functional Macintosh SE dual floppy. The thing was MAXED OUT. 20 meg hard drive, 4 megs of RAM, System 6.0.3, and Word 4.0. Original mouse, keyboard and even original Apple power cord included. It's not without its faults. The seam along the front has some very minor bruises in it, it looks like someone tried to pry it open, and the operation of the floppy drives isn't ascertainable. The bottom one was covered with masking tape with no disk in when I got it. I've never tested either of them.
I was originally going to turn it into a MacQuarium, at my fiancees strong agreement, but couldn't bare to ruin a perfectly good Classic Mac. But I'm not a Mac person, and I want it to go to a good home. I think this community can offer that.
I want an old Tandy 1000 shell. Any model will really do, black 5.25 floppies preferred, but not necessary. You should understand that it would be gutted and a modern system installed, although in a "stealth" manner. To look at the outside, under no circumstances (save maybe a few ports on the rear) would you be able to tell it's anything OTHER than a Tandy 1000. It would have to be the non-keyboard integrated models, obviously. However, I'd also trade a non-working Classic Mac for this working one, in hopes that I can build my MacQuarium with a clean conscience. Thank you.
My first computer was a used Tandy 1000EX, nothing special, but it played games very nicely and taught me DOS. It was lost in a housefire and replaced with a 486, and upgrades later I now have a normal current system. I've wanted a "sleeper" computer for a long time. And it would seem that God has recently started me almost on a mission to get one.
My fiancee and I were having a 50s-themed party, and needed vintage clothes. To the Goodwill and thrift stores! (In that order.) Long story short, no 50s-syle clothes, but I did find a VERY nice Tandy PS2 keyboard and after that a Tandy Power Switching System. I couldn't hold back. I need a Tandy 1000-era system. Well, just the case and drive faceplates, really. So I guess I'm looking for a shell or non-working Tandy 1000. The older, the better. But I AM looking to trade. And I've got something I think might interest some of you. It's a fully-functional Macintosh SE dual floppy. The thing was MAXED OUT. 20 meg hard drive, 4 megs of RAM, System 6.0.3, and Word 4.0. Original mouse, keyboard and even original Apple power cord included. It's not without its faults. The seam along the front has some very minor bruises in it, it looks like someone tried to pry it open, and the operation of the floppy drives isn't ascertainable. The bottom one was covered with masking tape with no disk in when I got it. I've never tested either of them.
I was originally going to turn it into a MacQuarium, at my fiancees strong agreement, but couldn't bare to ruin a perfectly good Classic Mac. But I'm not a Mac person, and I want it to go to a good home. I think this community can offer that.
I want an old Tandy 1000 shell. Any model will really do, black 5.25 floppies preferred, but not necessary. You should understand that it would be gutted and a modern system installed, although in a "stealth" manner. To look at the outside, under no circumstances (save maybe a few ports on the rear) would you be able to tell it's anything OTHER than a Tandy 1000. It would have to be the non-keyboard integrated models, obviously. However, I'd also trade a non-working Classic Mac for this working one, in hopes that I can build my MacQuarium with a clean conscience. Thank you.