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- | The '''Tandy 400''' was [[Strong Bad]]'s first computer. He used it to answer emails until the 41st email, "[[invisibility]]," when he threw it out and replaced it with the [[Compy 386]]. Presumably, the computer was made by [[Tandy 400#The Real Computer|The Tandy Corporation]] and thus would be the only computer Strong Bad has owned to not have been manufactured by [[Compy, Inc]]. | + | The '''Tandy 400''' was [[Strong Bad]]'s first computer. He used it to answer emails until the 41st email, "[[invisibility]]," when he threw it out and replaced it with the [[Compy 386]]. Presumably, the computer was made by [[Tandy 400#The Real Computer|The Tandy Corporation]] and thus would be the only computer Strong Bad has owned to not have been manufactured by [[Compy, Inc]]. |
==History== | ==History== | ||
Strong Bad relied on the Tandy 400 to check emails but it exploded in "[[gimmicks]]." He made do using [[Tangerine Dreams]] during "[[weird dream]]," until he got "the old girl" working again in "[[sisters]]." The repaired Tandy was still [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|malfunctioning]], deleting an email he intended to save and vice versa. Strong Bad continued to use the damaged computer until he returned from his [[vacation]] in "[[invisibility]]," replacing the Tandy 400 with the Compy 386. The Tandy 400 made several disparaging remarks when it was thrown out, including: "386? More like three eighty [[SUCKS]]!" | Strong Bad relied on the Tandy 400 to check emails but it exploded in "[[gimmicks]]." He made do using [[Tangerine Dreams]] during "[[weird dream]]," until he got "the old girl" working again in "[[sisters]]." The repaired Tandy was still [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|malfunctioning]], deleting an email he intended to save and vice versa. Strong Bad continued to use the damaged computer until he returned from his [[vacation]] in "[[invisibility]]," replacing the Tandy 400 with the Compy 386. The Tandy 400 made several disparaging remarks when it was thrown out, including: "386? More like three eighty [[SUCKS]]!" | ||
- | The Tandy 400 haunted [[Strong Badia]] 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]] for $900, who attempted to [[King of | + | The Tandy 400 haunted [[Strong Badia]] 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]] for $900, who attempted to [[King of Town Email|check his email]] with it in an Easter egg in The [[King of Town Main Page]]. |
The Tandy 400 seems to be [[Strong Bad]]'s least favorite computer, as evidenced by his indifference whilst knocking the Tandy off the desk in "invisibility" and his comments about it in "[[pop-up]]". He claims that he "liked that computer" in [[gimmicks]] when it blew up, and when he was able to begin using it again in [[sisters]] he was initially excited. However, by the end of the email his feelings had soured after the Tandy deleted an email without being prompted and saved an email he tried to delete, and Strong Bad declared he hated the computer. In contrast, he seemed a lot more broken up about the Compy's demise in [[virus]] than he did when the Tandy exploded. | The Tandy 400 seems to be [[Strong Bad]]'s least favorite computer, as evidenced by his indifference whilst knocking the Tandy off the desk in "invisibility" and his comments about it in "[[pop-up]]". He claims that he "liked that computer" in [[gimmicks]] when it blew up, and when he was able to begin using it again in [[sisters]] he was initially excited. However, by the end of the email his feelings had soured after the Tandy deleted an email without being prompted and saved an email he tried to delete, and Strong Bad declared he hated the computer. In contrast, he seemed a lot more broken up about the Compy's demise in [[virus]] than he did when the Tandy exploded. | ||
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In [[Hremail 7]], Strong Bad is shown taking the Tandy 400 from the trash can of [[Homestar Runner]], who was apparently the previous owner. The 2009 toon, set in 2001, supposedly explains the origin of the Tandy (and of [[Strong Bad Emails]] in general). When Strong Bad takes the Tandy, Homestar comments that the computer hardly works, and that he'd be surprised if Strong Bad could check more than forty emails on it. (Strong Bad only got to 39 before the computer was destroyed; see below.) | In [[Hremail 7]], Strong Bad is shown taking the Tandy 400 from the trash can of [[Homestar Runner]], who was apparently the previous owner. The 2009 toon, set in 2001, supposedly explains the origin of the Tandy (and of [[Strong Bad Emails]] in general). When Strong Bad takes the Tandy, Homestar comments that the computer hardly works, and that he'd be surprised if Strong Bad could check more than forty emails on it. (Strong Bad only got to 39 before the computer was destroyed; see below.) | ||
- | The Tandy's logo is a star with a bite out of it, which is also seen on [[ | + | The Tandy's logo is a star with a bite out of it, which is also seen on [[Tangerine Dreams]], [[Monosodium Dreams]], [[Strong Mad's Computer]] and the [[Happy 8600]] suggesting that these are all made by the same company. Every time Strong Bad checks an email on it, there is a small brown dot in the lower-left corner. Interestingly, no character has ever referred to the Tandy by name (usually referred to as "Strong Bad's old crappy computer" or just "Strong Bad's old computer"), and appearances outside the Tandy-era have the "contrast" label either with a different font or mispositioned. The Tandy is the only major computer owned by Strong Bad that (probably) wasn't made by [[Compy, Inc.]] |
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== Quick Facts == | == Quick Facts == | ||
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'''Emails checked on the computer:''' {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Tandy 400 Emails}} | '''Emails checked on the computer:''' {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Tandy 400 Emails}} | ||
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== Programs == | == Programs == | ||
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Some of the programs Strong Bad had on the Tandy 400, all of which were started by typing "run" plus the filename in double quotes: | Some of the programs Strong Bad had on the Tandy 400, all of which were started by typing "run" plus the filename in double quotes: | ||
- | *'''strongbad's_email''' | + | *'''strongbad's_email''' (Used in emails 1-40 except for [[the bird|email 24 (the bird)]], which was checked on [[Pom Pom]]'s [[Pom Pilot]], and [[weird dream|email 34 (weird dream)]] which was checked on The Cheat's [[Tangerine Dreams]]. It was used again in [[retirement]].) |
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- | *''' | + | *'''temple_of_apshai''' ([[homestar hair]]) |
- | *''' | + | *'''internet''' ([[credit card]]) (Strong Bad's homepage must be [[credit card#Cost of "Coolest Stuff Ever"|the_coolest_stuff_ever.com]]) |
- | + | *'''duckpond''' ([[duck pond]]) | |
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- | + | *'''Text Quest''' ([[Email Birds]]) | |
- | === | + | == The Real Computer == |
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- | + | [[Wikipedia:Tandy Corporation|Tandy Corporation]] helped to start the personal computer revolution with its [http://www.8bit-micro.com/model1.htm TRS-80] (affectionately known as the "Trash-80") in 1977. Tandy 400 probably gets its name from the [http://www.8bit-micro.com/tandy2000.htm Tandy 2000] and [http://www.8bit-micro.com/tandypc.htm 1000], Tandy's first [[Wikipedia:IBM PC compatible|"IBM-PC compatible"]] machines produced in 1984. However, Tandy did not produce a "400" model, so the naming is probably just to show how old the computer is. However, this could be a reference to the Atari 400, another 8-bit computer. The 400 shares several design features with the TRS-80, including two contrast knobs on the monitor, and a monochrome green display composed of rectangular characters. | |
+ | However, the computer that the Tandy shares its looks with most is probably the [[Wikipedia: ADM-3A|Lear-Siegler ADM-3A]] from the mid-seventies. | ||
- | + | The rainbow star logo on Tandy 400 is a play on an early [[Wikipedia:Apple Computer|Apple Computer]] logo which featured a [[Wikipedia:Image:Apple_Computer_Logo_rainbow.png|rainbow-colored apple with a missing bite]]. | |
- | + | The Tandy is a [[wikipedia:Cathode Ray Tube|CRT]] monitor, meaning its display uses cathode ray tubes, which consist of a vacuum tube containing containing one or more electron guns and a fluorescent screen used to view images. As a [[wikipedia:green screen display|Green screen]] [[wikipedia:monochrome monitor|monochrome monitor]] it uses P1 Phosphor (Zn<sub>2</sub>SiO<sub>4</sub>:Mn) display tubes. The Tandy is a [[DOS]] computer, as are all of Strong Bad's Computers except the [[Compé]]. | |
- | + | Some believe that the Tandy 400 is a model of the [[Wikipedia:Apple II series|Apple II]] computer, due to the nature of the [[Wikipedia:ProDOS|ProDOS]]-like operating system and the monitor. In the [[strongbad_email.exe|DVD]] commentary of "[[cartoon]]," Strong Bad refers to it as an "Apple monitor." As well, in the emails [[sugarbob]] and [[retirement]], the Tandy made several system sounds used in [[Wikipedia:Mac OS|Mac OS]]. | |
- | + | Because of the fact that no [[Wikipedia:Computer Case|computer tower]] is visible, the Tandy (and later, the [[Compy 386|Compy]]) may be an homage to the Apple Macintosh, since all of the internal workings were contained in the monitor case itself. | |
- | == | + | ==Screenshots== |
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
- | Image: | + | Image:Robotframe16.png|The computer that checks all the emails... |
- | + | Image:Exploded_Tandy.PNG|...Exploded. | |
- | Image:Exploded_Tandy.PNG|Exploded | + | |
Image:Fixedished_Tandy.PNG|Semi-repaired | Image:Fixedished_Tandy.PNG|Semi-repaired | ||
Image:Garbage_Tandy.PNG|Trashed (and apparently bitter) | Image:Garbage_Tandy.PNG|Trashed (and apparently bitter) | ||
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Image:Really_Old_Tandy.PNG|Flashback | Image:Really_Old_Tandy.PNG|Flashback | ||
Image:Salvaged_Tandy.PNG|"How do you make this thing go?" | Image:Salvaged_Tandy.PNG|"How do you make this thing go?" | ||
+ | Image:Tandy logo.PNG|Logo | ||
Image:Tandy400explode.PNG|Tandsplosion 2.0 | Image:Tandy400explode.PNG|Tandsplosion 2.0 | ||
Image:BGG restored Tandy.png|Ghostly again, restored to its original glory | Image:BGG restored Tandy.png|Ghostly again, restored to its original glory | ||
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*Email [[personal favorites]] | *Email [[personal favorites]] | ||
*Email [[no loafing]] | *Email [[no loafing]] | ||
- | *[[King of | + | *[[King of Town Email]] |
*[[Main Page 22]] | *[[Main Page 22]] | ||
*Email [[rock opera]] | *Email [[rock opera]] | ||
- | *[[HomestarRunner.com | + | *[[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]] |
*Email [[do over]] | *Email [[do over]] | ||
*Email [[lady...ing]] | *Email [[lady...ing]] | ||
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{{strongbadcomputers}} | {{strongbadcomputers}} | ||
+ | [[Category:Computers]] | ||
[[Category:Pseudocharacters]] | [[Category:Pseudocharacters]] |