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Tandy TRS-80: The Budget Computer

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waderx
07/19/09

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I presume, its nearest competitor was Commodore. I verier my experience with this one.
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TheFu
07/20/09

@waderx: Not exactly. Commodores weren't available at this time. Sinclair became available around the time the TRS-80 model IV was - around '82. Apple IIs were around, but we only used them in Physics class for trajectory games.
Macintosh became available the spring of '84 for reference. Only the local Apple dealer actually had one that spring.

I recall my high school computer department having 4 TRS-80 M IIIs while the "business" department had 20+ IBM PCs to teach typing on.
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NicleT
07/18/09

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Ho! boy, feels like a rebirth! My mother had a model III (1980, I think), it was a lot of 5-1/4" floppy handling.
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Kevin Stephenson
07/18/09

@NicleT:
Great shot!! Haven't seen that screen in a long time! This is what I started on!! Well, it was a Model IV.
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TheFu
07/20/09

@Kevin Stephenson: Same here. Compiling Fortran66 on that baby took 45 min for "hello world."
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strider_mt2k
07/18/09

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Oh the Model 100...
If I only could have had one for BBSing...
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bobdobbs
07/18/09

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We used to call them Trash-80.
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jb3330333
07/18/09

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I wonder if in 30 years we'll be looking back on the computers we're using and thinking the same thing... with our jiggabytes and mind reading devices
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TheFu
07/20/09

@jb3330333: By that time, I hope my PC is on my wrist and securely connects to any local KVM as I walk up and tether them together. 2Gbps wireless should be $2/month by then too, so being "disconnected" never enters anyone's mind.
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Terabiter
07/18/09

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I take it "King's Quest" wasn't available quite yet. They were still working the bugs out of the golden acorn used to appease the bridge troll.
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mikeness
07/18/09

@Terabiter: Yeah, 256 colors was still on the horizon.
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cletar
07/18/09

@mikeness: 256 colors! That's crazy talk, What an extravagance. Who would need so many colors?
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North Star
07/18/09

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As a gamer, I have to ask this: Can it run Pong without crashing?
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cletar
07/18/09

@North Star: No.
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