The Lobo MAX‑80
The Lobo MAX-80 was a TRS-80 compatible computer sold by Lobo Systems (originally known as Lobo Drives International). Introduced at the 1982 National Computer Conference (where one could be reserved...
View ArticleThe Tandy 10
The Tandy 10 was the second computer introduced by Radio Shack, although it wasn’t part of the TRS-80 line. It was actually manufactured by Applied Digital Data Systems, also known as ADDS. ADDS (which...
View ArticleThe LNW80
The LNW80, sometimes referred to as the LNW80 Model 1, was the first in a line of TRS-80 compatible computers sold by LNW Research Corporation (later known as LNW Computers). It was probably the most...
View ArticleThe PMC MicroMate
The PMC MicroMate was a CP/M workstation introduced in April 1983 for the price of $1195.00, although that price was later reduced. It was sold by Personal Micro Computers, Inc, also known as PMC,...
View ArticleThe Adcock & Johnson Model 3000
Before laptop computers, there were transportable computers. Transportable computers (sometimes known as “portables” or “luggables”) were smaller than ordinary microcomputers and could be quickly moved...
View ArticleThe TRS‑80 Model 4P
The TRS-80 Model 4P (catalog number 26-1080) was a transportable version of the TRS-80 Model 4, released on November 15, 1983 for a starting price of $1799. This was $200 less than the price of a...
View ArticleThe LNW80 Model 2
The LNW80 Model 2, sometimes referred to as the LNW80/2, was a TRS-80 compatible computer sold by LNW Computers (formerly LNW Research Corporation). Introduced in late 1983 for a price of $2695, the...
View ArticleThe LNW Team
The LNW Team was an intriguing idea for a computer to bridge the TRS-80 and MS-DOS worlds. It was sold by LNW Computers, the company responsible for the LNW System Expansion, the LNW80, and the LNW80...
View ArticleThe TRS‑80 Model 4D
The TRS-80 Model 4D (catalog number 26-1070) was Radio Shack's final entry in the line of TRS-80 computers that began in 1977 with the Model I. Many people (myself included) consider it to be the best...
View ArticleThe TRS‑80 Model 4
The TRS-80 Model 4, introduced on April 26, 1983, was the continuation of the TRS-80 computer line that had begun with the Model I in 1977. The Model 4 was officially launched for the press on April 27...
View ArticleThe TRS-80 Model II
The TRS-80 Model II was the first in the line of Radio Shack business computers that eventually included the Model 16, Model 12, and Tandy 6000. It was introduced at the June 1979 National Computer...
View ArticleThe TRS-80 Color Computer
The TRS-80 Color Computer, commonly nicknamed the CoCo, was the first in Radio Shack's line of inexpensive home computers. Introduced on July 31, 1980 (the same day as the TRS-80 Model III and the...
View ArticleThe TRS-80 Model I
The Radio Shack TRS-80 Microcomputing System (catalog number 26-1001), later known as the TRS-80 Model I, was introduced by Radio Shack on August 3, 1977. It made computer history as one of the first...
View ArticleThe TRS-80 Pocket Computer
The TRS-80 Pocket Computer (catalog number 26-3501) was the first in Radio Shack's line of pocket computers. It cost $249.00 when it was introduced on July 31, 1980, the same day as the TRS-80 Model...
View ArticleThe TRS-80 Pocket Computer 2
The TRS-80 Pocket Computer 2 (catalog number 26-3601), better known as the PC-2 (and even the Pocket Computer II in some early articles), was the most powerful member of Radio Shack's family of Pocket...
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