#trs-80

She’s got love in her heart and TRS-80 in her eyes.

“Low resolution” is pretty much a part of my mental image of the TRS-80, picked up from games and “CLOAD Magazine cover programs” loaded off tape. What Tandy didn’t build in to begin with, though, was added first through hardware hacking and then through more respectable add-ons. Modern TRS-80 emulators include the once-optional “high resolution boards,” and even if that optional status meant there wasn’t a lot of software for them some programs did turn up late in the system’s original evolution...

The TRS-80 Micro Computer System – Peter Cetinski, Alex Cetinski

"The TRS-80 Micro Computer System: Where the Personal Computer Revolution Began

The TRS-80 Micro Computer System by Tandy Radio Shack was one of three pioneering microcomputer systems introduced in 1977. Along with the Apple II and the Commodore PET, these computers were the first consumer friendly computers that created the genre known as Personal Computers or PCs. What made the TRS-80 special is that it was the only one of these original PCs available on display and accessible in most people’s hometown Radio Shack stores.

This exhibit showcases the original TRS-80 which was later named the Model I as it was sold back in the late 1970s. It is surrounded by the ecosystem of peripherals and accessories that transformed it from a simple computer into a complete business or personal productivity system. This display is a snapshot of the moment when computers began their journey from corporate mainframes to kitchen tables.