What is a TRS-80?
The TRS-80 is, to put it simply, a computer. In fact, it was one of the first computers on the market. Sold by the Tandy Corporation in the 1970’s and 80’s, the TRS-80 combined the motherboard and the keyboard into one unit with a separate monitor. Think Apple’s iMac — just less sleek and modern. These early computers used tape and floppy disks for data storage rather than a hard drive. The TRS-80 shipped with a 1.7x megahertz (MhZ) processor and in the early units, 4KB of RAM memory which was upped to 16KB later. The tape drive was a standard monaural unit, similar to the audio cassette decks of the day. Sensitive to audio level changes, this early storage mechanism served the TRS-80 for quite a while until more data centric floppy disks were introduced. One drawback, however, is that the TRS-80 tended to create interference with electronics operating nearby. Using this alternate media required the owner of the unit to purchase an expansion interface, which cost a bit of money. The fl
The TRS-80 is, to put it simply, a computer. In fact, it was one of the first computers on the market. Sold by the Tandy Corporation in the 1970’s and 80’s, the TRS-80 combined the motherboard and the keyboard into one unit with a separate monitor. Think Apple’s iMac — just less sleek and modern. These early computers used tape and floppy disks for data storage rather than a hard drive. The TRS-80 shipped with a 1.7x megahertz (MhZ) processor and in the early units, 4KB of RAM memory which was upped to 16KB later. The tape drive was a standard monaural unit, similar to the audio cassette decks of the day. Sensitive to audio level changes, this early storage mechanism served the TRS-80 for quite a while until more data centric floppy disks were introduced. One drawback, however, is that the TRS-80 tended to create interference with electronics operating nearby. Using this alternate media required the owner of the unit to purchase an expansion interface, which cost a bit of money. The fl
