What the heck is a VIS?

[Big Papa Husker]

I just saw one at a pawn shop with a box full of games. Are these things rare? Should I go pick it up?

[98PaceCar]

Not terribly rare or sought after, but it's a very unusual console. It was sold by RadioShack in the early 90's I believe. It's interesting place in history is that it was the first console to run a Microsoft operating system.

They can be bought fairly cheaply on ebay depending on how much of the edutainment software comes with it.

It's cool to own if it's cheap enough!

[Big Papa Husker]

Whats the most I should pay for it? I would say there are 20-30 "games" with it.

[98PaceCar]

Whats the most I should pay for it? I would say there are 20-30 "games" with it.

I got mine with about 25 games, a controller, and a memory card (I think it's called a SaveIt card) for right around $70 shipped from ebay. Most of the "games" I got were crap, but I think there was one or two that are really games.

It's really cool to have around, but other than testing it for a few minutes mine just collects dust. If you like the obscure and it's not too much, I'd say go for it!

[Raven1280]

Ive got a VIS...I actually feel really weird about owning one. I got my off ebay with 10 games for around 40 bucks.

Raven

[Jorpho]

My, but the Wikipedia article is brief.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_Visual_Information_System