Ross Branham wrote to Dave Drum <=-

I bought my first computer from Radio Shack. Tandy SX20 386 I believe
it was. Believe it or not we still use a TRS-80 model 4 where I
work. It runs an old engraving machine. Amazing that it is
still running after all these years.

My first was a TRS-80 Color Computer 2. :-) Fond memories...

I also remember the LAST Radio Shack I entered... Was at the
now mostly empty mall in town. Wasn't a big store, but I
loved browsing anyway!






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Candy Cane wrote to Dave Drum <=-

By: Dave Drum to Ross Branham on Sun Sep 10 2023 06:11 am

As I have said here before my 1st "store bought" confuser was a TRaSh-80

TRaSH? Was it that bad?

Just something people would call them. :-)

TRS-80 - trash eighty



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Doug Mccomber wrote to Candy Cane <=-

The original TRS-80 model I was eventually outclassed by Apple II's and Commodore 64's. But that was just one model of computer bearing the
TRS-80 moniker. There were the models II, III and 4 which were
marketed more towards small and medium businesses. Then there were the Coco's, 1, 2 and 3. The Coco 1, like the Model I, was outclassed by Apples and C64's, but the later CoCo 2 was similar in capability and
the CoCo3 surpassed them both, but came at a time when people were
moving away from 8-bit micros.

Probably more than you wanted to know lol.

LOL - I remember all of that too...

One of my teachers in junior high brought his Model III to school one
day (the same one that brought a HAM radio one day) - he had some
math things he had written in BASIC and he had a ton of floppies with
some Scott Adams adventure games! I was hooked! LOL

So while my friends had VIC-20's, I had a CoCo 2. :-) They upgraded to
C64's while I got a floppy drive. :-)







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Kurt Weiske wrote to Danny Bee <=-

I grew up in the late '70s and early '80s when Radio Shack was more
about electronics hobbies. I had a "Battery of the Month" club,
remember the excitement of being 11 or 12 and having a free
carbon-zinc
D cell or 9v battery to make things with. :)

I had forgotten that!!!

Over the years, the wall of electronic components gave way to cheap electronic crap, and later to cell phones and accessories before they closed.

Yeah - I used to pick up LED's to use in things. :-) I didn't do much
with breadboards but it was fun to look at that stuff!

I wasn't into HAM at the time, but would like to go back in time and
experience some of that as well.




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Dave Drum wrote to Danny Bee <=-

So many negative nicknames can be read here refering to RS.. seems that the brand disappointed heavily

Not that they're so bad. People like to come up with unique tags for things. Else, why would chipped beef on toast be known as S*** on a Single (or S.O.S.)? Or Macintosh as Mackintrash? Or McDonalds as Mickey D's?

Wally World for Wal-Mart



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Jimmy Anderson wrote to Dave Drum <=-

Dave Drum wrote to Danny Bee <=-

So many negative nicknames can be read here refering to RS.. seems that the brand disappointed heavily

Not that they're so bad. People like to come up with unique tags for things. Else, why would chipped beef on toast be known as S*** on a Single (or S.O.S.)? Or Macintosh as Mackintrash? Or McDonalds as Mickey D's?

Wally World for Wal-Mart

Or Walgreen's Drug Stores Bv)=

Also Burger Whop, Taco Sloppo, etc.

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