From John C Abell … Aug. 3, 1977: The TRS-80 Is Bad, and That Ain't Trash Talk:
1977: In a New York City news conference Tandy Corp of Texas announces that it will manufacture the first mass-produced personal computer. The TRS-80 — lovingly called the “Trash 80” — would be an early rock star in the PC era and give the flagging Radio Shack franchise bragging rights as “biggest name in little computers.”
The TRS-80 was a desktop machine, woefully underpowered by today’s standards — 4 KB of RAM, (expandable to 16 KB!), a 12-inch monitor, a built-in cassette-based data recorder and BASIC interpreter. Oh, yes, it came with Blackjack and Backgammon.
But the Model I was a staggering success in its day, a time when your choice was either building your own computer from a kit or buying something for thousands of dollars.
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