Editing Tandy 1000 (section)

=== Peripherals ===

==== Monitors ====
Tandy offered two color monitors specific for its Tandy 1000 computers: the CM-5, with a 0.64 millimeter dot pitch,<ref>{{cite web|title=CM-5 specifications|url=http://support.radioshack.com/support_accessories/doc4/4842.htm|website=radioshacksupport dot com|publisher=Tandy Corporation|access-date=May 15, 2017}}</ref> and the Tandy CM-11 with a dot pitch of 0.42&nbsp;mm.<ref>{{cite web|title=CM-11 specifications|url=http://support.radioshack.com/support_accessories/doc6/6012.htm|website=radioshacksupport dot com|publisher=Tandy Corporation|access-date=May 15, 2017}}</ref> Both are 13-inch displays and have a power cable and a nine-pin RGB cable to attach to the Tandy CGA port. The more expensive CM-11 also supports a special proprietary Tandy-enhanced 225 scan line text display mode.

Tandy also offered monochrome monitors that support MDA and Hercules standard that also work with Tandy 1000. As it uses a CGA-compatible interface, non-Tandy monitors that support CGA should work.

==== Keyboard ====
The original Tandy 1000, SX, EX, TX, HX use a proprietary keyboard and keyboard layout that is not compatible with the PC/XT/AT standard. The layout of the keyboard prefigured the [[IBM Model M]] keyboard, with function keys arranged in a row at the top, instead of on the left as in the PC and PC XT/AT. Later models of the Tandy 1000 series, such as the 1000 SL, TL, and RL series use a keyboard more similar and compatible with the IBM PS/2 series keyboard connector and layout.

==== Mouse options ====
As the Tandy 1000 uses the same game ports as the Tandy Color Computer series, the 26-3025 Color Mouse and 26-3125 Deluxe Mouse are compatible with the Tandy 1000, though not all DOS software and drivers recognize them. The Tandy Digi-Mouse requires a separate controller that was available in either ISA or PLUS format. Systems with RS-232C serial ports can use standard serial mice, and later systems, such as the 1000 RL, feature a PS/2 mouse connector.

==== Joystick options ====

Radio Shack offered a two-button [[joystick]] with its proprietary 6-pin DIN joystick connector that is compatible with the older [[TRS-80 Color Computer]] but not standard 15-pin IBM PC game ports often found on sound cards and i/o multifunction ISA cards. It works with many games written to take advantage of Tandy graphics and sound.

==== Modem options ====

Radio Shack offered Tandy 1000 PLUS 300-Baud PC Modem that is compatible with the 1000EX/HX that used PLUS slots. Radio Shack also offered 2400-baud internal modem. Third party modems with speeds of 14k baud should work provided they are eight-bit ISA, and fit.

==== Printers ====
Radio Shack sold the Tandy DMP-130A dot matrix printers to go along with their Tandy 1000 line, along with compatible card-edged printer cable. This printer was sold at home budget prices. Radio Shack often offered a package bundle with a Tandy 1000 computer, CM-5 budget monitor and DMP-130A printer. Using specially-designed aftermarket cables, it is possible to connect non-Tandy printers to the system.

==== Apple IIe compatibility ====
 
Tandy wanted to compete in the education, school and home markets dominated by the [[Apple IIe]]. In 1987, the company partnered with [[Diamond Multimedia|Diamond]] and through Radio Shack sold the [[Diamond Trackstar 128]] series Apple IIe compatibility board for $399, and offered free installation in their Tandy 1000 series. This peripheral is similar to the [[Apple IIe Card]] sold later for certain Macintosh models; it is a fully functional Apple IIe clone with 128KB RAM and 6502 CPU and double high-resolution graphics, which allows Tandy 1000 computers to run software written for the Apple IIe and IIc platform. It was also marketed to home users and businesses interested in having both MS-DOS and Apple II compatibility.

The board has a pass-through RGB cable and floppy drive cable, and requires an open 10-inch 8-bit ISA slot, and uses a boot disk to boot into Apple mode. The boot disk has both DOS and Apple software and is [[Copy protection|copy-protected]]. Compatibility is fairly good and allows Tandy 1000 owners to run most Apple II software on their Tandy 1000 machine for less than the cost of owning separate IBM PC and Apple II systems.

Many Tandy 1000s sold to schools came with the Diamond Trackstar 128 installed,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.applelogic.org/Trackstar.html|title = Trackstar}}</ref> and home owners also purchased this for compatibility with both DOS and Apple II software.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diskman.com/presents/trackstar/|title = Trackstar: The Apple II clone inside an IBM PC}}</ref>