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The Tandy 2000 was Tandy's last TRS-80® and first MS-DOS machine. It used the Intel® 80186 full 16-bit processor. With 16-color, 640 X 400 graphics in 1983, it was years ahead of the IBM® PC. If you still have one running, the programs below may be useful or fun.

T2KIBM - A utility program affording SOME additional IBM®-compatibility for Tandy 2000. Memory-resident program for color and monochrome machines with at least 768K of memory. Moves characters and translates attributes from IBM CGA buffer address to correct Tandy 2000 video memory address. Reverses "Printer Busy" bit from Tandy 2000 to IBM sense. Enables dBASE® III+ and certain other programs for IBM-compatibles to run on the Tandy 2000. Download T2KIBM.EXE--Self-extracts to executable T2KIBM.COM & T2KIBM.DOC documentation. 11 KB.

DOSCLR - Enables a 4-color display in fast text mode.  User selects colors for normal video, reverse video, highlight video, and background.  Alters colors in BIOS area so they're retained until reboot. Download DOSCLR.ZIP-- 2 KB. Unzip to DOSCLR.COM after downloading.
KLOK2K - Puts a 24-hour clock in the upper right corner of the display which can be toggled on and off with a hot-key.  Also functions as a configurable screen blanker. Download KLOK2K.ZIP--4 KB. Unzip to KLOK2K.COM after downloading.
PONG2K - The classic arcade game for the Tandy 2000.  No graphics adapter is required. Download PONG2K.ZIP--11 KB. Unzip to PONG2K.COM after downloading
 

 

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