Tandy 1000 User Manual

Basic
Colors
BASIC has three color sets: a 2 color set, a 4 color set and a 16 color
set. They function as follows:
Color Set Attributes
2 colors
4 colors
Black and white. The background is black and the
foreground
is white. These colors cannot be changed.
One set or
palette of 4 colors. Each color is assigned
a number. The numbers and their corresponding colors
are:
No. Color
1 Cyan
2 Magenta
3 White
Screen Mode
1, however, has 2 palettes. The two sets
and their corresponding numbers are:
No. Palette 0 Palette 1
1 green cyan
2 red
magenta
3 brown white
Color 0 is the current background color and
is initially
set to black. You may change the background color to
any
of the colors in the 16 Color Set.
One palette with
16 colors. Each color is numbered as
shown below:
No. Color No. Color
16 colors
0 black
1 blue
2 green
3 cyan
4 red
5 magenta
6 brown
7 gray
8 dark gray
9 light blue
10 light green
11 light cyan
12 light red
13 light magenta
14 yellow
15 white
16 Tandy 1000

Tandy 1000 Specifications

General

Processor	Intel 8088
Processor Speed	4.77 MHz
RAM	128 KB (expandable to 640 KB)
Operating System	MS-DOS 2.11
Manufacturer	Tandy Corporation
Release Year	1984
Storage	Single or double 5.25" floppy disk drive (360 KB), optional hard drive
Sound	Tandy 3-voice sound
Ports	Parallel, Serial
Graphics	CGA (Color Graphics Adapter)
Graphics Modes	320x200, 640x200