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Tandy 10 Business Computer System[1]
DeveloperRadio Shack
ManufacturerApplied Digital Data Systems (ADDS)
Release date1978; 47 years ago (1978)
Introductory priceUSD$8995
Discontinuedlate 1980s
MediaTwo dual-sided 8" diskette drives
Operating systemADOS Disk Operating System
CPU8080 CPU
Memory48K memory
Display24x80 video display

The Tandy 10 Business Computer System was a short-lived product developed by Radio Shack in the late 1970s as a business-oriented complement to their TRS-80 Model I desktop computer. Released in 1978, the Tandy 10 was built for Radio Shack by Applied Digital Data Systems (ADDS), and was only sold by Radio Shack's dedicated computer center stores.[1]

The computer itself was about the size of a two-drawer filing cabinet, with a monitor and keyboard built into a desk-shaped console, along with two 8-inch floppy drives vertically mounted in the pedestal. Its features included:

  • 8080 CPU
  • 48K memory
  • 24x80 video display
  • Two dual-sided 8" diskette drives
  • Dartmouth BASIC
  • ADOS Disk Operating System

The original ADDS machine, the System 50,[2] was intended to be used as a data entry system and not as a standalone computer. The original "language" it contained was actually a form designer; data was then entered into the form and then "sent" via RS-232 to a mainframe. Since it had a microprocessor, Tandy matched it up with Peachtree Accounting software in an attempt to market it as a business computer.

The system did not sell in large numbers. Radio Shack's next business system was an extension of the TRS-80 product line, the TRS-80 Model II, released in May 1979. The Tandy 10 was discontinued in late 1980.

References

  1. ^ a b Libes, Sol (March 1979). "BYTE News". Byte: p. 109. Retrieved 2015-03-17. The Tandy-10 is made for Tandy by Digital Data Systems (DDS) and will have a base price of $8995. Using an 8080, it will have a video display, keyboard 48 K bytes of programmable memory, two 8 inch flopy disk drives, BASIC and a disk operating system similar to CP/M. {{cite journal}}: |page= has extra text (help)
  2. ^ Matthew Reed. "The Tandy 10". TRS-80.org. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
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