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Appearantly, there are some Tandy people reading this net
over here, but missing some of the glorious fumes in net.micro.6809!
Since about 85% of the traffic over there concerns hopes, speculation,
and ideas for current and future Tandy products, it would be nice
to get some information directly from the source.

One of the major questions/hopes is whether Tandy will pull the
"grand coup" by capitalising on their OS-9 experience with a 68K
based OS-9 machine.

It's interesting that while the "IBM-clones" makers have been
complaining about "The Great Fallout", the Atari ST and Amiga
have been capturing major market share in new sales.

Tandy has one of the best distribution networks around.  Not
only can you get software and support without driving more than
a mile or two, but you can shop for computer hardware, software,
and peripherals 7 days a week, including weekends and evenings.

On the down side, Tandy seems bent on sticking with the MS-DOS
standards, with little attempt to improve the compatibility
situation.  This wouldn't be so bad if MS-DOS were really a
standard, complete with all the bells and whistles, but only
the text portion is truely standard.  Adding GEM or Windows
to the basic package would lend credibility to a long term
standard, but then there's that 640K limit (GEM eats HOW MUCH?).

Tandy, in the form of OS-9 has the potential to set a standard
that IBM can only wish for at the moment.  Multi-tasking, VDI
graphics, and virtually unlimited storage (RAM and DISK) are
only a few of the potential benefits which serious Business
users may consider more important than "Almost compatible
with IBM".  Good networking, Remote File System, and CD-ROM
compatibility are other pluses to support OS-9 68K.