The Tandy 1000SX - A Childhood Retro Computer Dream - Part 1 - Restoration & Testing
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- Finally, after 40 years, I finally got a Tandy 1000SX computer! Ever since I was a kid, the Tandy computer line has been a dream of mine. The Tandy Graphics and Sound, that timeless design, the games! I found this one in a very fortunate Flea Market HiFi episode that's coming up on the channel soon. In this episode, we'll take a look around the Tandy 1000SX, clean it up, and make sure it works. This will end up being a multi-part series, so be sure you're subscribed so you don't miss the next one!
Long live retro computers! Here's some time stamped chapters in case you want to skip around:
0:01 Introduction
1:01 The Plan and Condition
2:30 A Look Inside
5:20 Cleanup
17:48 Does it Work?
19:57 Outro
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Whoa! That thing cleaned up great. Always wondered about the Tandy units when I was young,glad to see ya going through one!⚡️
You and me both!
All of my Tandy's (all 8 that I'm currently working on) cleaned up super well with just Windex, some isopropanol and elbow grease. A few do have a tiny few scuffs that wouldn't come out, but honestly I'd rather keep a few battles cars than touch it with a magic eraser. In my opinion, magic erasers take way too much of the texture off, and sometimes the color, and then the whole system is mismatched. My issue is rust - I experimented on using a wire brush on the drill to knock the rust off. It worked well, but I did nothing to the metal and now it's starting to tarnish already it seems, and it's only been a few weeks since I did it. Unfortunately the Tandy with the most rust is my actual childhood Tandy. I experimented with the wire brush with a different Tandy. Anyway - I'll be watching, and I'll be curious how you approach the rust.
Got one of my favorite Sierra Online games running Leisure Suit Larry 1!
RAM arrived yesterday and it's upgraded to 640K! Now I'm looking to get a Bus Mouse and a modem setup to connect to some BBSes.
Managed to get an SD Card working on mine. Now I'm waiting for the RAM chips to get it to max memory.
Which SD solution did you use?
@@VintageElectronicsChannel ISA IDE to SD by TexElec
Ok perfect. That's the one I was looking at too.
The Tandy 1000SX - A Childhood Retro Computer Dream #metoo
I know this will probably not apply here but I use cooking oil on certain plastics like matt black finishes..
I'm intrigued... cooking oil for what? Shining them up?
@@VintageElectronicsChannel Yeah for example, I used on the side panels and door on my Black Teac V7000 cassette deck, made them look brand new..
I'm going to have to remember that and try it.