August 3, 1977: The Tandy TRS-80 personal computer makes its debut. The first affordable, mass-market computer gives the Apple 1 some serious competition. The success of Tandy’s TRS-80 built on the ...

初期バージョン（Model Iと改名されたのは後継機種の「TRS-80 Model II」が発表された1979年夏のこと）を開発したのは、Tandyの仕入れ担当だったDon French氏と、Homebrew Computer AssociationのリーダーSteve Leininger氏であった。 TRS-80という名称は、Tandyがこれ以降に販売する ...

It may be hard to believe now, but back in 1977, the company that owned the Radio Shack retail store business helped begin the personal computer revolution. Along with the Apple II, which we talked ...

電波干渉の問題があり（TRS-80 Model Iは近くの電子機器への干渉が大きかった）、Model Iは1981年1月に製造停止となる。 Model Iは、製造が停止されるまでに25万台以上を売り上げた。これはTandyが当初予定していた製造台数を19万7000台も上回るものだった。 TRS-80の ...

For over half a century, if you wanted to buy electronics parts and gadgets in the United States, one retail chain loomed large above all others: RadioShack. Its combination of distinctive, often ...

会場となったマウンテンビューのComputer History Museum Vintage Computer Festival(以下VCF)は、古いコンピュータをテーマにしたイベントである。このイベントでいうVintageとは、およそ10年以上前の「Obsolete」(時代遅れ)なコンピュータを対象とし、一般的なx86の ...

For over half a century, if you wanted to buy electronics parts and gadgets in the United States, one retail chain loomed large above all others: RadioShack. Its combination of distinctive, often ...

For over half a century, if you wanted to buy electronics parts and gadgets in the United States, one retail chain loomed large above all others: RadioShack. Its combination of distinctive, often ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the early 1970s, most personal ...

He helped make the home computer ubiquitous by introducing the fully assembled Tandy TRS-80, which was so novel at the time that it became a museum piece. By Sam Roberts John Roach, a marketing ...

John Roach — the former chief of RadioShack parent company Tandy who later became one of the lead proponents of the personal computer — has died at 83, reported The New York Times. The Fort Worth ...