- Name
- Memorex MD 2500 VIS
- Abbreviation
- VIS
- Release Date
- 1992
- Manufacturer
- Tandy Corporation (Company)
- Launch price
- $699.99
- Install base
- 11,000
- Online service
- No
- Aliases
- Tandy VIS
Memorex MD 2500 VIS
The Memorex MD 2500, also known as the Tandy VIS, was released in 1992. It ran a version of Windows that can be described as a precursor to WinCE and primarily focused on educational games.
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Overview
The Memorex/Tandy VIS was a "Visual Information System" that also doubled as a gaming machine. The machine was only sold at Radio Shack, and the games released for the system were mostly educational. The system is notable for it's operating system, Modular Windows. A special embedded version of Windows 3.1, it acts as a precursor to the modern Windows CE. While there were plans to use Modular Windows in other devices like televisions, it appears that the VIS was the only released platform to actually use it.
System Specs
- CPU: Intel 286, manufactured by AMD
- Video System: Cirrus Logic
- Sound System: Yamaha
- Chipset: NCR Corporation
- CD-ROM: x2 IDE by Mitsumi
- OS: Microsoft Modular Windows
- ROM: 1mb, containing minimal MS-DOS 3.x, a few drivers, and Modular Windows.
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- Just Grandma and Me (Game)
- Links: The Challenge of Golf (Game)
- Playing With Language: Games in English (Game)
- Rick Ribbit: Adventures in Early Learning (Game)
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Volume II (Game)
- Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective (Game)
- The Awesome Adventures of Victor Vector & Yondo: The Vampire's Coffin (Game)
- The Manhole (Game)
- The Secrets of Hosea Freeman (Game)