Tandy Corporation

The Tandy Corporation was the former name of the Radio Shack[?] Corporation a Fort Worth based corporation best known for its Radio Shack electronics stores. It was however founded in 1919 as a leather supply store. The name of the corporation was changed in 2000.

It was one of the companies (next to Commodore International and Apple ) that started the Home- Personal-Computer revolution with their TRS-80 and "COCO" (Color Computer) line of home computers. Later Tandy adopted the IBM PC architecture.

In the 1980s, Tandy was a leading producer of home computers sold by Radio Shack stores all around the United States.

Tandy computers were cheaper than the IBM PC and featured better sound and graphics. It was only when VGA graphics and Sound Blaster sound became common in the early 1990s that the Tandy's advanced features became obsolete.