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  1. As a Tandy 200 user I can't help but wish Tandy had made the T200 32k RAM standard and 96k when maxed out.

    1. doctorclu

      doctorclu

      You got a Tandy 200?   Nice!   I may have picked one up a few years ago.  Originally had a Tandy 100.

    2. bluejay

      bluejay

      @doctorclu I sold my T100 for a T200 a few months ago. I was originally going to trade for a 102 after reading somewhere that it had an improved keyboard (and then there's also the fact that I have a spare although broken 100) but I found a nice 200 for a bargain so I got rid of next to all of my Model 100 stuff for a bargain to buy it. I somewhat regret selling the power supply and manual but nothing I can do about it now.

      That being said, I love the Tandy 200, it might be my favorite portable computer of all time. It has almost everything that makes the 100 and 102 great and then a lot more on top of that. Obviously the larger screen is great although there isn't very much software that takes advantage of it. I didn't much like the keyboard on the 100 but I love the one on the 200. One of my all-time favorite keyboards.

      Then there are the drawbacks that are rather bad. Although the keys feel great the mechanism is very prone to corrosion that prevents the keys from registering. Fixing it takes complete disassembly of the keyboards, desoldering of the switch, and cleaning the contacts with alcohol and/or vinegar. A pain in the ass. A lot of machine language software and even some BASIC stuff designed for the Model 100 doesn't work on the 200, and the biggest problem in my opinion is 24k RAM per bank. I can't run 32k software!

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