[Air-l] timeline: TRS 80

[Jim Porter]

Barry,

I used a TRS-80 Model 4P (for portable) -->
http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/trs80-4p/DSC06489.JPG. It had
the TRS-DOS operating system, 64K RAM. Bought it in 1984 at a cost of $1,784
(hard to believe, but that was cheap for a computer then). I used it from
1984-1988. Its only use, really, was for word processing: it was basically a
typewriter with memory, using the *original* floppy disks (5 1/4" vinyl).
--> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80#Model_IV

Jim Porter 



> Jeremy DePauw says he is really interested in Journalists' use over time.
> 
> Am I the only one old enuf to remember the TRS-80 from Radio Shack, known
> as the Trash-80. It had a screen of only a few lines, but a full keyboard,
> and was small and lite to carry. Smaller than a current ultra-portable.
> 
> All 4 of my journalist friends of those days (mid-1990s?) carried them.
> 
> I'm sure a little surfing will find more.
> 
>  Barry Wellman
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