Re: Ten thousand TRS 80s...

GG Mark Scranton (Xtivia Inc.) wrote: > In an attempt to lighten up this thread, here's something near and > dear to me....I started my own "Computer Education Center" while a > college student at our local YMCA in about 1982. We used TRS-80's. > Found this post today....enjoy. > > ------------- > Ten thousand TRS 80s are sold one month after the computer's September > 1977 release, greatly exceeding all sales projections. The TRS 80, > affectionately called the "Trash 80", is designed by Radio Shack to > compete with the Apple II and Commodore PET. Priced at $599, the model > ships with 4K of RAM, a keyboard, a modified black and white > television display, and a cassette tape device. > ------------- I still have a TRS-80, complete with Radio-Shack cassette recorder. It's in a box somewhere in my loft[1] and hasn't been looked at in decades. Coincidentally my favourite pastime at present[2] is running Lode Runner in the AppleWin Apple IIe emulator. -- RGB [1] Roof void, not swanky apartment. [2] Reading c.d.i. bickering has begun to pall.

RedGrittyBrick wrote: > > GG Mark Scranton (Xtivia Inc.) wrote: >> In an attempt to lighten up this thread, here's something near and >> dear to me....I started my own "Computer Education Center" while a >> college student at our local YMCA in about 1982. We used TRS-80's. >> Found this post today....enjoy. >> >> ------------- >> Ten thousand TRS 80s are sold one month after the computer's September >> 1977 release, greatly exceeding all sales projections. The TRS 80, >> affectionately called the "Trash 80", is designed by Radio Shack to >> compete with the Apple II and Commodore PET. Priced at $599, the model >> ships with 4K of RAM, a keyboard, a modified black and white >> television display, and a cassette tape device. >> ------------- > > I still have a TRS-80, complete with Radio-Shack cassette recorder. It's > in a box somewhere in my loft[1] and hasn't been looked at in decades. > > Coincidentally my favourite pastime at present[2] is running Lode Runner > in the AppleWin Apple IIe emulator. > Geez... You guys are err... "experienced"... I don't even know what that one is... My first experience with computers were with a 128K (!) Spectrum... many years later... But I must say the nostalgia feels the same way... Unfortunately I don't have a loft, and I gave mine to a child... I don't regret it, since she was happy to use it, but I wish I still had it... 4K... I bet none of my desktop icons are that small ;) -- Fernando Nunes Portugal http://informix-technology.blogspot.com My email works... but I don't check it frequently...

Fernando Nunes wrote: > RedGrittyBrick wrote: >> >> GG Mark Scranton (Xtivia Inc.) wrote: >>> In an attempt to lighten up this thread, here's something near and >>> dear to me....I started my own "Computer Education Center" while a >>> college student at our local YMCA in about 1982. We used TRS-80's. >>> Found this post today....enjoy. >>> >>> ------------- >>> Ten thousand TRS 80s are sold one month after the computer's September >>> 1977 release, greatly exceeding all sales projections. The TRS 80, >>> affectionately called the "Trash 80", is designed by Radio Shack to >>> compete with the Apple II and Commodore PET. Priced at $599, the model >>> ships with 4K of RAM, a keyboard, a modified black and white >>> television display, and a cassette tape device. >>> ------------- >> >> I still have a TRS-80, complete with Radio-Shack cassette recorder. >> It's in a box somewhere in my loft[1] and hasn't been looked at in >> decades. >> >> Coincidentally my favourite pastime at present[2] is running Lode >> Runner in the AppleWin Apple IIe emulator. >> > > Geez... You guys are err... "experienced"... You mean "ancient crumbling relics who should be pushing up daisies!" I won't try to pretend I inherited my TRS-80 from my grandfather :-) > I don't even know what that one is... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lode_Runner > My first experience with computers > were with a 128K (!) Spectrum... many years later... Luxury! > But I must say the nostalgia feels the same way... Some of those early games had great gameplay. Which somewhat makes up for the crappy graphics and sound. > Unfortunately I don't > have a loft, and I gave mine to a child... I don't regret it, since she > was happy to use it, You gave your loft to a child? Is she still there? ;-) > but I wish I still had it... http://www.worldofspectrum.org/emulators.html http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003012 > 4K... I bet none of my desktop icons are that small ;) Yes, my brain is tired of being boggled by successive year's standard RAM for home computers. -- RGB Is nostalgia more boring than carping about IBM? Discuss.

RedGrittyBrick wrote: > > Fernando Nunes wrote: >> RedGrittyBrick wrote: >>> >>> GG Mark Scranton (Xtivia Inc.) wrote: >>>> In an attempt to lighten up this thread, here's something near and >>>> dear to me....I started my own "Computer Education Center" while a >>>> college student at our local YMCA in about 1982. We used TRS-80's. >>>> Found this post today....enjoy. >>>> >>>> ------------- >>>> Ten thousand TRS 80s are sold one month after the computer's September >>>> 1977 release, greatly exceeding all sales projections. The TRS 80, >>>> affectionately called the "Trash 80", is designed by Radio Shack to >>>> compete with the Apple II and Commodore PET. Priced at $599, the model >>>> ships with 4K of RAM, a keyboard, a modified black and white >>>> television display, and a cassette tape device. >>>> ------------- >>> >>> I still have a TRS-80, complete with Radio-Shack cassette recorder. >>> It's in a box somewhere in my loft[1] and hasn't been looked at in >>> decades. >>> >>> Coincidentally my favourite pastime at present[2] is running Lode >>> Runner in the AppleWin Apple IIe emulator. >>> >> >> Geez... You guys are err... "experienced"... > > You mean "ancient crumbling relics who should be pushing up daisies!" > I won't try to pretend I inherited my TRS-80 from my grandfather :-) > > >> I don't even know what that one is... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIe > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lode_Runner > > I know the game... There was a Spectrum "port". Very nice. >> My first experience with computers were with a 128K (!) Spectrum... >> many years later... > > Luxury! > > >> But I must say the nostalgia feels the same way... > > Some of those early games had great gameplay. Which somewhat makes up > for the crappy graphics and sound. > > >> Unfortunately I don't have a loft, and I gave mine to a child... I >> don't regret it, since she was happy to use it, > > You gave your loft to a child? Is she still there? ;-) I gave my Spectrum... I would never give a loft! But I guess you understood that... Unless you want to start a flame on lofts ;) -- Fernando Nunes Portugal http://informix-technology.blogspot.com My email works... but I don't check it frequently...