Indeed, today is the 46th anniversary of the TRS-80's official announcement on August 3, 1977. At the time of its announcement, Radio Shack was owned by the Tandy Corporation. According to the ...

resulting in "Tandy/RadioShack" or TRS. Logically, the machine gained its "80" nomenclature thanks to its Zilog Z-80 microprocessor. Over the next six years, RadioShack introduced over a dozen ...

The computer’s name sounded a bit retro even in the 1970s. The “TRS” stood for “Tandy Radio Shack” and the “80″ referenced the machine’s microprocessor, the Z-80. Radio Shack kept ...

The TRS-80 Computer is a microcomputer launched by Radio Shack in the summers of 1977. It is a notable invention in desktop ...

The 1970s saw a veritable goldrush to corner the home computer market, with Tandy’s Z80-powered TRS-80 probably one of the most (in)famous entries. Designed from the ground up to be as cheap as ...

Such is the story of Tandy and its TRS-80 Pocket Computer. Sold exclusively through Radio Shack, the TRS-80 was part of a a new generation of tiny, lightweight personal computers you could take on ...

TRS-80 Model 1 (and Model 100) Year created: 1977 Creator: Tandy Corporation Cost ... admission from the company that owned Radio Shack, famous at that time for selling electronics parts to ...

The Fort Worth-based Tandy Corp. has the broadest reach of any computer manufacturer through its 8,012 Radio Shack stores. The firm introduced its first small computer, the TRS–80, in 1977.

The computer’s name sounded a bit retro even in the 1970s. The “TRS” stood for “Tandy Radio Shack” and the “80″ referenced the machine’s microprocessor, the Z-80. Radio Shack kept ...

resulting in "Tandy/RadioShack" or TRS. Logically, the machine gained its "80" nomenclature thanks to its Zilog Z-80 microprocessor. Over the next six years, RadioShack introduced over a dozen ...