Editing Tandy 1000 (section)

==== 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>