Display article   Subject:  The New Tandy 4866 LX/T Mid-Sized Tower
   04/30/97   18:24:20

NEW TANDY 4866 LX/T MID-SIZED TOWER

Intel 486 DX2 66 Microprocessor

Embarking on our 15th year in the personal computer business last
month, Radio Shack announced its most powerful PC-Compatible
ever, the new Tandy 4866 LX/T Mid-sized Tower computer.  In
conjunction with Intel's announcement of the new Intel486 DX2
66 MHz microprocessor, Radio Shack became one of the first
retailers in the industry to unveil a system designed around this
new chip technology.

This is the second time this year Tandy has been among the first
vendors to announce a new computer that supports Intel's
innovative chip technology.  Clearly, Tandy continues to
demonstrate the commitment and ability to be an industry leader
in a very fast-paced and progressive PC market.

The 4866 LX/T is a factory-integrated version of the already
popular Tandy 4833 LX/T, with the DX2 66 microprocessor
pre-installed to provide the "double-performance" processing
speed of 66 MHz.  The DX2 66 microprocessor features technology
that doubles the internal speed of the processor to 66 MHz,
boosting the 4866 LX/T's performance while maintaining
compatibility with existing software.

Manufactured by Tandy in Fort Worth, the 4866 LX/T has the power
and expandability to serve as an ideal file-server platform for
networked or multi-user environments.


Features

The 4866 LX/T floor-standing profile offers the following
standard features:

-- Guaranteed PC-Compatible Plus, as with all Tandy 486-based CPUs

-- 66 MHz Intel486 DX2 66 microprocessor with built-in math
   co-processer capability

--  8K of internal cache

-- 4 MB of memory, expandable to 64 MB on the main logic board

-- One 3 1/2" 1.44 MB floppy disk drive

-- One additional 3 1/2" and three 5 1/4" device slots

-- Seven 16-bit ISA expansion slots, six of which are open

-- 16-bit IDE connector which supports two different IDE devices

-- 16-bit non-interlaced Super VGA graphics adapter with 1 MB of
   Video RAM and Windows accelerator for up to 15 times the
   performance of most standard VGA adapters

-- Extremely durable and heavy-duty 101-key enhanced keyboard

-- Powerful 300-Watt power supply

-- Two serial ports -- one parallel port and one mouse port

-- MS-DOS 5.0 operating system included

-- Support for SCO UNIX/XENIX, OS/2, Windows and Novell

The new Tandy 4866 LX/T (Cat. No. 25-5144) will be available on
or around October 15th with a retail selling price of just
$3,799.
