jjzcp
Experienced Member
Hi, I have a Tandy 1000 first gen, two 5.25" internal floppies, and no hard drive. Is it possible to run windows 1.0 on this machine? If not what other OS's can i get on it other that craptacular DOS?
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windows 1.0 on Tandy 1000
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billdeg
Technician
if the drives are high density, maybe. I have a copy of version of Windows 1.04 running on a IBM PS/2 model 25 with twin 720 drives. It's called the "Collegiate Kit" and it came with the computer. The 25 uses a 8086 procesor, so what the hey, give it a try on a Tandy 1000.
I just found this...looks like the answer is definately yes:
http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/1kfaq.html#III.C.1
-Bill D
I just found this...looks like the answer is definately yes:
http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/1kfaq.html#III.C.1
-Bill D
CP/M User
Veteran Member
Re: windows 1.0 on Tandy 1000
"jjzcp" wrote:
> Hi, I have a Tandy 1000 first gen, two 5.25" internal floppies, and no
> hard drive. Is it possible to run windows 1.0 on this machine? If not
> what other OS's can i get on it other that craptacular DOS?
I would have to know if this machine is 100% IBM compatable.
If so, how much memory does it have?
Alternative GUI would be Digital Research's GEM. Perhaps the best GUI at
that time. Works well on a XT, not sure how well it would go if it were PC
based machine.
First time I played with GEM was on an Amstrad based PC with a single
floppy (no hard disk) - with a Ramdrive. The computer I think only had
512k of memory. This variant of GEM was specifically made for this
particular Computer though.
CP/M User.
"jjzcp" wrote:
> Hi, I have a Tandy 1000 first gen, two 5.25" internal floppies, and no
> hard drive. Is it possible to run windows 1.0 on this machine? If not
> what other OS's can i get on it other that craptacular DOS?
I would have to know if this machine is 100% IBM compatable.
If so, how much memory does it have?
Alternative GUI would be Digital Research's GEM. Perhaps the best GUI at
that time. Works well on a XT, not sure how well it would go if it were PC
based machine.
First time I played with GEM was on an Amstrad based PC with a single
floppy (no hard disk) - with a Ramdrive. The computer I think only had
512k of memory. This variant of GEM was specifically made for this
particular Computer though.
CP/M User.
Terry Yager
Veteran Member
Even the most recent versions of GEOS will run on vintage hardware, but the bad news is that the last time I looked, the GEOS website had disappeared, so it might be hard to find a copy now.
--T
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jjzcp
Experienced Member
My computer is the very first gen tandy 1000, and has 256k memory. with two 5.25" floppy drives.
CP/M User
Veteran Member
"jjzcp" wrote:
> My computer is the very first gen tandy 1000, and has 256k memory.
> with two 5.25" floppy drives.
I'm afraid you maybe hard pressed to get a GUI with 256k, certainally too
difficult to get Windows 1.0 on it I think. I take it this machine has CGA
for the graphics? From what I know the early Monochrome video cards
used on these early machines only support Text Graphics - however
some have said that a custom program can be written to produce
Monochrome graphics (don't ask me how - I've been unable to find any
documentation about it & lack of Monochrome card means I really haven't
pursued this).
CP/M User.
> My computer is the very first gen tandy 1000, and has 256k memory.
> with two 5.25" floppy drives.
I'm afraid you maybe hard pressed to get a GUI with 256k, certainally too
difficult to get Windows 1.0 on it I think. I take it this machine has CGA
for the graphics? From what I know the early Monochrome video cards
used on these early machines only support Text Graphics - however
some have said that a custom program can be written to produce
Monochrome graphics (don't ask me how - I've been unable to find any
documentation about it & lack of Monochrome card means I really haven't
pursued this).
CP/M User.
Tandy 1000 OS
Tandy 1000 OS
Try Personal DeskMate:
http://tvdog.shacknet.nu/tandy1000/deskmate/pdm2.zip
http://tvdog.shacknet.nu/tandy1000/deskmate/pdm2_360.txt
Can you upgrade your memory? The original 1000 came with 128k, which means you have to have a memory card to get to 256k. If that card only has 128k on it, you should be able to add at least 128k more. The reason I ask is that according to my information Windows requires at least 320k. At any rate, Windows 1.0 is here if you want to play with it:
ftp://tvdog.shacknet.nu/DOSWares/
Tandy 1000 OS
jjzcp said:
Try Personal DeskMate:
http://tvdog.shacknet.nu/tandy1000/deskmate/pdm2.zip
http://tvdog.shacknet.nu/tandy1000/deskmate/pdm2_360.txt
Can you upgrade your memory? The original 1000 came with 128k, which means you have to have a memory card to get to 256k. If that card only has 128k on it, you should be able to add at least 128k more. The reason I ask is that according to my information Windows requires at least 320k. At any rate, Windows 1.0 is here if you want to play with it:
ftp://tvdog.shacknet.nu/DOSWares/