TANDY Computer History: SELLING the TANDY 1000 EX SX (IBM Compatible PC microcomputer Radio Shack)

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Microcomputer History: Tandy Radio Shack: This is a rare "Sales Briefing" to Tandy Radio Shack sales personnel describes how to sell the Tandy 1000 SX and Tandy 1000 EX personal computers. Circa 1986. The Tandy 1000 became one of the most popular IBM Compatible computers to hit the market in the 1980’s. The model 1000 SX used the Intel 8088 microprocessor but was faster than the IBM PC. It came with MS-DOS, and 384K RAM expandable to 640K, two built0in disk drives and five card slots. Options included expansion slots for a 20 MB hard disk card and other upgrades. Included Deskmate software, BASICA, and other software. The narrator in this video explains the benefits and features of the Tandy 1000 SX. The video was made for Radio Shack sales personnel, not the general public. It was professionally done and part of a larger "Tandy Day" roll-out. Uploaded by Computer History Archives Project for historical interest and comment only. We hope you enjoy it. (Editor's note: Restored from a very old VHS tape, so quality is good, not great. At 13:01, 60 seconds of jazzy music added to replace copyrighted background track. Otherwise, all original.)Show more

Tandy Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas, was the parent company of Radio Shack stores, which at one time had over 4,000 locations. Radio Shack sold electronic consumer products and electronics hardware for hobbyists and communications enthusiasts. “TRS” stood for “Tandy Radio Shack” and Tandy also produced the TRS-80 computer (1977), the Color Computers (1980-84) (1, 2 and 3), and the Tandy model 102 portable computer (1986).
Competition in the early 1990’s pushed Tandy out of the computer manufacturing business, but it eventually sold other brands through its numerous outlets.

(Tandy also acquired “Computer City” in 1991 and launched Computer City as a national chain. Financial difficulties later caused Tandy to close 21 Computer City stores. On June 22, 1998, CompUSA purchased the Computer City chain for $275 million. Upon completion of the takeover in September 1998, CompUSA closed fifty-one of the Computer City stores, and transitioned the remaining stores into CompUSA locations.

Radio Shack stores once numbered over 5,000 at its peak. Radio Shack Corporation filed for bankruptcy in 2015 and closed its locations. There is still an active web site for Radio Shack, which seems to now include crypto currency products. (This has not been explored by us and is not an endorsement.) https://www.radioshack.com/

See also, a history and timeline of Radio Shack at this link:
https://www.zippia.com/radioshack-careers-60612/history/
https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/