RFM@psuvm.psu.edu (07/27/90)
Stopped in at a local Radio Shack tonight, looked over the new RL -- Tandy's latest effort at "Home" Computers. I'm unimpressed. It comes with 512k, CGA, and an 8086 chip, plus one 3 1/2 drive. It has a nice front-end in ROM, sort of an enhanced version of their GUI -- I forget its name. I might suggest it to a family who's feeling some guilt because their children don't have a computer, but not to anyone who's serious about applications -- a home/office interface sort of situation. I've also looked over a PS/1's specs. 1-meg, a 286 chip, 30-meg HD, VGA (I think???) monitor, a 3 1/2 drive. I'll betcha a lot of businesses will end up getting these systems as secretarial workstations as well as recommending them as home/office interface machines. They look like serious sqstems. My opinion, etc. I'm not an IBM-lover, either. --- Bob M., PSU-Harrisburg