What's a Tandy 1000HX worth?
Timothy A. Meushaw
: It has 640K memory upgrade, Tandy DMP130A desktop printer, Deskmate,
: a better word processor called Deskmate Q&A Write, 15 or so good games,
: all manuals and original disks to everything, a monitor (16-color), an
: internal 3 1/2 inch disk drive and a 5 1/4 inch disk drive. A complete
: package.
: Could someone tell me what this is worth?
Hmm, I sold mine for $75 plus shipping, that was with the memory,
DMP133 printer, Deskmate, manuals and original disks, and the external
5.25" drive. The monitor broke, so instead of buying a new monitor or
getting the old one repaired, I got a new computer instead, since I
couldn't do anything with the Tandy anyway, so the monitor wasn't sold
with the package. Depending on the screen size of the monitor, I'd
probably ask for $150-$250 (I'm assuming a price of about $5/game, a
little more for the word processor, and whatever the monitor is
worth). Anyone care to refute this?
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Timothy A. Meushaw tme...@gl.umbc.edu http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~tmeush1/
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
"Even with an IQ of 6,000 it's still brown trousers time." (Holly)
Kosack
: Gregory Wyser-Pratte (gcw...@nwu.edu) wrote:
: : It has 640K memory upgrade, Tandy DMP130A desktop printer, Deskmate,
: : a better word processor called Deskmate Q&A Write, 15 or so good games,
: : all manuals and original disks to everything, a monitor (16-color), an
: : internal 3 1/2 inch disk drive and a 5 1/4 inch disk drive. A complete
: : package.
: : Could someone tell me what this is worth?
: Hmm, I sold mine for $75 plus shipping, that was with the memory,
: DMP133 printer, Deskmate, manuals and original disks, and the external
: 5.25" drive. The monitor broke, so instead of buying a new monitor or
: getting the old one repaired, I got a new computer instead, since I
: couldn't do anything with the Tandy anyway, so the monitor wasn't sold
: with the package. Depending on the screen size of the monitor, I'd
: probably ask for $150-$250 (I'm assuming a price of about $5/game, a
: little more for the word processor, and whatever the monitor is
: worth). Anyone care to refute this?
Whoa! I bit high there. Hmmmm... comparitively pricing this, let's
take a look at similar systems:
IBM PC (original) - i8086 4Mhz, 2 5.25" LD drives, 256K, mono monitor,
keyboard, DOS, for $50 2 years ago
Tandy 1000 SX - i8088, 2 5.25 drives, 640K, some software and stuff,
went for $50 as well. This was rather recent, and it did
include color monitor.
Complete 286 systems, including in many cases mono VGA or EGA, and at
least 1 high density drive, and some sort of hard drive media, are being sold
used, at computer stores, for around $200. You can get 386's complete
systems, with VGA color, and at least a 40Mb hard drive, and 1 HD floppy,
for $400, not to mention at least 4 Mb RAM, sometimes brand new.
I think that $150 to $200 is high for ANY 8088 or 8086 based system.
That processor line has been virtually dead for quite some time now, and
for that much you could buy a used 286 capable of doing MS-Windows in
Standard mode (for MS-Word and some other apps), or even run some UNIX
operating systems like Microport Sys V/AT, or MINIX.
Just my 2 cents worth.
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: Timothy A. Meushaw tme...@gl.umbc.edu http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~tmeush1/
: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
: "Even with an IQ of 6,000 it's still brown trousers time." (Holly)
Daniel Kosack
kos...@fred.net
Timothy A. Meushaw
: Whoa! I bit high there.
Figures, I know nothing of pricings these days.... :-)
: Hmmmm... comparitively pricing this, let's
: take a look at similar systems:
: IBM PC (original) - i8086 4Mhz, 2 5.25" LD drives, 256K, mono monitor,
: keyboard, DOS, for $50 2 years ago
: Tandy 1000 SX - i8088, 2 5.25 drives, 640K, some software and stuff,
: went for $50 as well. This was rather recent, and it did
: include color monitor.
With monitor? Hmm, I figured that the monitor would be worth more
than the actual system. Monitors, when they work, should still be
relatively expensive (to get mine fixed, it would have cost $150, and
they told me I could get a new monitor for around $100-$150). This
was a friend of my father's who fixes electronic equipment.
: I think that $150 to $200 is high for ANY 8088 or 8086 based system.
: That processor line has been virtually dead for quite some time now, and
: for that much you could buy a used 286 capable of doing MS-Windows in
: Standard mode (for MS-Word and some other apps), or even run some UNIX
: operating systems like Microport Sys V/AT, or MINIX.
I agree that the 8088 is practically dead, but my price was based on
including a monitor and software. I didn't include the games or a
monitor and charged $75 (hey, it does have SOME use; for the time I
had it I used it mostly as a dumb terminal, and I had MicroEmacs on
disk to edit text files locally). I'd still be using that computer if
the monitor hadn't blown up on me one day. For realistic purposes,
however, I guess that price should be lower, you're right, nobody
would pay that much for an XT system. Okay, how about $100-$150?
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Timothy A. Meushaw tme...@gl.umbc.edu http://umbc.edu/~tmeush1/
Kosack
: than the actual system. Monitors, when they work, should still be
: relatively expensive (to get mine fixed, it would have cost $150, and
: they told me I could get a new monitor for around $100-$150). This
: was a friend of my father's who fixes electronic equipment.
For essentially CGA? Not worth it. VGA monitors, especially paper
white/monochrome are soo cheap these days. Heh, even Tandy's monochrome
VGA 15 incher is going for $199 new (VGM-100 or 150?), and we know how Tandy
likes to go wild on overpricing... To add some value, you ~might~ want to
consider getting a VGA card (around $35 for the 8 bit type that would go
into your HX) and getting an el cheapo VGA (not SVGA) monitor. Although,
if you have no hard drive, I don't know what good this would do you. EGA
color, although almost just as expensive, may be an even better bet,
although it isn't as good as VGA.
: I agree that the 8088 is practically dead, but my price was based on
: including a monitor and software. I didn't include the games or a
: monitor and charged $75 (hey, it does have SOME use; for the time I
: had it I used it mostly as a dumb terminal, and I had MicroEmacs on
: disk to edit text files locally). I'd still be using that computer if
: the monitor hadn't blown up on me one day. For realistic purposes,
: however, I guess that price should be lower, you're right, nobody
: would pay that much for an XT system. Okay, how about $100-$150?
I have a Tandy 1000 A and a Tandy 1000 TL. I occasionally use my TL,
and sometimes use my 1000A (less so than the TL because I cannot STAND
that freaking CM-5 monitor... it has a loud whine and bugs my eyes out).
I have an old CM-2 monitor originally on my 1000A but now on the TL, and
I have found it to still be an exceptional piece of hardware, although I
cannot see spending $100 for a replacement of the same type, just to sell
the computer for $150. My recommendation would be to donte the system to
a non-profit organization like a school. At the high school I used to
attend a year ago (before moving), they used Tandy 1000A's for word
processing... an HX would fit quite nicely into some environments, even
without a hard drive, and you get a nice tax deduction. They have Word
Perfect 4.2 running on those dual disk Tandy 1000A's and SX's (rarely
used the RL's because of the different floppy format), with VM-2
monitors. You can pick up a VM-2 monitor at some Radio Shack Clearance
CEnters for less than $40 I believe, perhaps around $10 to $25. Then,
just donate the system somewhere.
Daniel Kosack
kos...@fred.net
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