Tandy 400
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The '''Tandy 400''' was [[Strong Bad]]'s first computer. | The '''Tandy 400''' was [[Strong Bad]]'s first computer. | ||
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He answered emails reliably using it until the 33rd email "[[gimmicks]]," when it exploded. | He answered emails reliably using it until the 33rd email "[[gimmicks]]," when it exploded. | ||
| - | [[Image:Fixedished_Tandy.PNG|thumb|"I hate this computer."]] | + | [[Image:Exploded_Tandy.PNG|thumb|center|Your Tandy A-Splode]] |
| + | [[Image:Fixedished_Tandy.PNG|thumb|left|"I hate this computer."]] | ||
After using [[Tangerine Dreams]] to check his email during "[[weird dream]]," he got it working again in "[[sisters]]," although it was still misbehaving. | After using [[Tangerine Dreams]] to check his email during "[[weird dream]]," he got it working again in "[[sisters]]," although it was still misbehaving. | ||
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Strong Bad made do with the damage for a while until he returned from his vacation in "[[invisibility]]," replacing the Tandy 400 with the [[Compy 386]]. Tandy 400 made several disparaging remarks when it was thrown out, most memorably: "386? More like three eighty SUCKS!" | Strong Bad made do with the damage for a while until he returned from his vacation in "[[invisibility]]," replacing the Tandy 400 with the [[Compy 386]]. Tandy 400 made several disparaging remarks when it was thrown out, most memorably: "386? More like three eighty SUCKS!" | ||
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Tandy 400 haunted [[Strongbadia]] for some time. The computer appeared floating in mid-air in "[[ghosts]]," displaying a [[Bad Graphics Ghost]] on its screen. | Tandy 400 haunted [[Strongbadia]] for some time. The computer appeared floating in mid-air in "[[ghosts]]," displaying a [[Bad Graphics Ghost]] on its screen. | ||
| + | [[Image:Ghost_Tandy.PNG|thumb|left|"Ooh, lookit that! Little...bad graphics ghost."]] | ||
[[Image:Salvaged_Tandy.PNG|thumb|Tandy 400! Slightly Not-Working - Only $900!!]] | [[Image:Salvaged_Tandy.PNG|thumb|Tandy 400! Slightly Not-Working - Only $900!!]] | ||
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[[Bubs]] later salvaged the Tandy 400 and sold it to [[The King of Town]], who attempts to check his [[KoT E-mail|email]] with it in an easter egg in [[The King of Town DVD]]. | [[Bubs]] later salvaged the Tandy 400 and sold it to [[The King of Town]], who attempts to check his [[KoT E-mail|email]] with it in an easter egg in [[The King of Town DVD]]. | ||
| - | [[Image:Really_Old_Tandy.PNG|thumb|Tandy 400 appearing in flashback form in [[ | + | [[Image:Really_Old_Tandy.PNG|thumb|Tandy 400 appearing in flashback form in [[personal favorites]]]] |
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== The Real Computer == | == The Real Computer == | ||
Revision as of 00:16, 22 December 2004
The Tandy 400 was Strong Bad's first computer.
He answered emails reliably using it until the 33rd email "gimmicks," when it exploded.
After using Tangerine Dreams to check his email during "weird dream," he got it working again in "sisters," although it was still misbehaving.
Strong Bad made do with the damage for a while until he returned from his vacation in "invisibility," replacing the Tandy 400 with the Compy 386. Tandy 400 made several disparaging remarks when it was thrown out, most memorably: "386? More like three eighty SUCKS!"
Tandy 400 haunted Strongbadia for some time. The computer appeared floating in mid-air in "ghosts," displaying a Bad Graphics Ghost on its screen.
Bubs later salvaged the Tandy 400 and sold it to The King of Town, who attempts to check his email with it in an easter egg in The King of Town DVD.
The Real Computer
Tandy Corporation is the name of the parent company of RadioShack, which helped to start the personal computer revolution with its TRS-80 (affectionately known as the "Trash-80") in 1977. Tandy 400 probably gets its name from the Tandy 2000 and 1000, Tandy's first "IBM-PC compatible" machines produced in 1984. However, Tandy never produced a "400" model.
The rainbow star logo on Tandy 400 is a play on an early Apple Computer logo which featured a rainbow-colored apple with a missing bite.
Some believe that the Tandy 400 is an Apple Computer due to the nature of the PROdos operating system and the monitor. In the DVD commentary of "cartoon," Strong Bad refers to it as an "Apple monitor."
