azure Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) I'm not sure if a Tandy 486 is too new for this section, but I recently acquired a Tandy 3200. It's in very good condition. It appears to have been left untouched in a home for the past 20 years. I'm so happy I found this. I just wanted to show it off. The last pic is playing Commander Keen in DOS mode. Specs: 486 SX 33 MHz upgraded to a Pentium 83 Mhz Overdrive 32 MB 1.5 GB Caviar HD Sound Blaster 16 with CD-ROM Win95 Tandy VGM-390 14" monitor Tandy PS2 keyboard Logitech PS2 Mouse I bought the setup for $22 on the last day of an estate sale, so it was 50% off an already low price. I have purchased speakers, an ISA network card, and a Gravis gamepad to finish it out. I spent way more on those than the PC. Unfortunately, I don't have the original software discs. I searched the estate sale for an hour looking for them. Problems that need fixing. The monitor VGA port is loose, so it's wonky and the picture flickers when moved. The CMOS battery is bad. Not looking forward to replacing that, because it's soldered in. I don't know what those three rectangular holes on the keyboard are for (right side). It looks like the owner put them there. Edited December 29, 2020 by azure 33 Mhz, not 25 Mhz 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 That is a great deal! As for the slots in the keyboard, I'd hazard a guess that they were to secure some kind of overlay, but I have admittedly never seen anything that goes over the numeric keypad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azure Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 It has Microsoft Office, Visual Studio C++, and a lot of educational CD-ROM games installed, so maybe it was an overlay for one of those? Possibly an obscure game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Commander Keen, one of my old favorites... maybe "someday" on my favorite platform. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDave Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 I think it was a sweet score ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 On 12/23/2020 at 11:28 AM, azure said: I'm not sure if a Tandy 486 is too new for this section, but I recently acquired a Tandy 3200. It's in very good condition. It appears to have been left untouched in a home for the past 20 years. I'm so happy I found this. I just wanted to show it off. The last pic is playing Commander Keen in DOS mode. Specs: 486 SX 33 MHz upgraded to a Pentium 83 Mhz Overdrive 32 MB 1.5 GB Caviar HD Sound Blaster 16 with CD-ROM Win95 Tandy VGM-390 14" monitor Tandy PS2 keyboard Logitech PS2 Mouse I bought the setup for $22 on the last day of an estate sale, so it was 50% off an already low price. I have purchased speakers, an ISA network card, and a Gravis gamepad to finish it out. I spent way more on those than the PC. Unfortunately, I don't have the original software discs. I searched the estate sale for an hour looking for them. Problems that need fixing. The monitor VGA port is loose, so it's wonky and the picture flickers when moved. The CMOS battery is bad. Not looking forward to replacing that, because it's soldered in. I don't know what those three rectangular holes on the keyboard are for (right side). It looks like the owner put them there. Pretty epic pickup in my book. Congratulations and enjoy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamemoose Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Definitely not too old. That is a great find! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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