First post, by Psquare75
I couldn't find an intro section so...
Hi. Name is Paul. 31 years old. reside in MA. Into older cars, and retro gaming. As I was setting up a game room in my house, I thought I'd dig out my first computer (after a Tandy 1000, which I no longer own. 😒)
I was 11 at the time my parents bought it. My grandfather actually got it for us at a computer show.. Specs that I vaguely remember, and dug out here.
I think this is an AT case? It has a turbo button. 12/33 mhz.
Motherboard - Not sure?
CPU - 386DX-33
4mb of ram dunno what brand
5 1/4" and 3.5" drives
Trident 512K VGA card
Soundblaster Pro (I added that years ago)
A Creative CD-Rom (ditto) Running off the SoundBlaster
A Microsoft "In Port" Mouse.. I recall adding a special card for this with a dedicated mouse port.
Seagate 128MB hard drive
Has MS-Dos 6.22 and Win 3.1 on it. Starfleet 1 and Ultima IV are on it as well. That's it. I fired it up last night after digging it out.Looks like the directories are all dated around '96, which is when I got my P90, so that makes sense. Then this was 'parked'. I recall lots of SimCity 1, Starflight 1 and 2, Ultimas (VII ran 'alright'), and lots of crappy BASIC games from my Tandy days
The CMOS battery is dead. After googling I found this forum, and took some pics. Seems like a place I will frequent, and a good group of people. Where do I go from here?
I have air in the garage.. Should I just blow this out at reduced air pressure?
Insert Witty Sig Here.
Tandy 1000SX - #XTIDElife
386DX-40mhz in progress