No, I thought it odd too – until I caught this old advert of a Tandy 1000, with Bill Bixby himself touting the advantages of a Tandy over a PC! Of course Bill didn’t know how well the PC was going to do, so we can’t really blame him. In fact we should really make sure we don’t make him angry over this. You wouldn’t like it when he’s angry..
Service and support – clearly superior. The thing I remember about Tandy was that they were dodgy electrical shops in the UK where I could buy ends for my audio cables – and at the same time walk around looking at the mountains of tat on offer. I’m pretty sure they’re the same company as Radio Shack in the US.