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- Cracking open the Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)
- The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer was one of the first personal computers to have wide acceptance. In this TechRepublic Cracking Open Gallery we take a look at what is inside this personal computer dinosaur. by Mark Kaelin
- Tags: TRS-80, radio shack, cracking open, off topic, geekend, TechRepublic Inc., Computer, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware, Mark Kaelin
- Image galleries 2008-01-31
- Kenbak-1 (Inside the first personal computer: Kenbak-1)
- Earlier computerI have two OSI computers which probably predate the Kenbak-1. They use 1/4" tape storage, have no internal memory. Programs had to be written in basic on tape. If anyone has info on this computer please share it with me. I've had it so long I have forgotten the...
- Tags: Kenbak-1, primitive computer, tape memory, osi, basic, computer, markan.ent@..., hardware, PC
- Discussion threads 2006-07-29
- Dinosaur Sightings 2
- Thank you!Thank you for the Honeywell images.I am an old time geek who used these, as well as DEC-10's, PDP-11's, etc in the 70's and maybe into the early 80's. I still get asked to do some AS-400 once in a while.I still love these old dinasaurs, although I'm not...
- Tags: disc
- Discussion threads 2005-10-13
Additional Resources
- Brush up on your TRS-80 Basic skills
- The Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I was one of the first popular home computers. Here's a Web site with a Java-based emulator of the TRS-80 Model I's BASIC. by John Sheesley
- Tags: Emulator, Fun, Radio Shack, Basic, Productivity, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, John Sheesley
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)
- Before Microsoft and Bill Gates took control of the personal computer market, personal computers such as the Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer aka CoCo were all the rage. The Model 3134 TRS-80, shown in this TechRepublic Photo Gallery, ships with a whopping 16K of RAM memory. Our TRS-80 CoCo is...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Computer, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware, Mark Kaelin, geekeTRS-80, radio shack, dinosaur sightings, off topic, geekend
- Image galleries 2008-01-29
- Dinosaur sightings: The Osborne 1 and the TRS-80 huggable luggables
- While we have spent a good bit of time discussing the pros and cons of the Apple MacBook Air, there are other portable computers we could be talking about, namely, the Osborne 1 and the TRS-80 Model 4P. by Mark Kaelin
- Tags: Dinosaur sightings, off topic, geekend, Osborne, trs80, portable computers
- Image galleries 2008-03-13
- The cracked open TRS-80 Model 4P has its day in the sun
- Last week I published a TechRepublic Cracking Open Photo Gallery of the Osborne 1 personal computer. This week, the Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 4P gets the cracking open treatment. The TRS-80 Model 4P was the next generation of the luggable computer. The Model 4P is better constructed...
- Tags: Computer, Model 4P, Productivity, Mark Kaelin
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Cracking Open the Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 4P
- While the Osborne 1 claims to be the word's first self-contained portable personal computer, the Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 4P can lay claim to being one of the next generation of portable computers. Eerily similar to the Osborne 1, the Model 4P made major strides in construction and usability. This...
- Tags: Cracking open, trs-80 model 4p, personal computers, off topic, geekend
- Image galleries 2008-03-25
- The Osborne 1 is now in a Cracked Open Photo Gallery
- Recently, I published an entry in the TechRepublic Classics Rock blog on the Dinosaur Sightings Photo Galleries of the Osborne 1 and the TRS-80 Model 4P personal computers. Well, now I have taken the next step -- I have just published a Cracking Open Photo Gallery of the Osborne 1....
- Tags: Power Management, PC, Photograph, Chip, Osborne 1, TRS-80 Model 4P, Desktops, Productivity, Semiconductors, Hardware, Mark Kaelin
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- What to do with old CPUs
- My first computer was a TRS-80 Tandy Radio Shack in 1985. Currently, I even have an old 286 Compaq "portable" hardly a laptop paperweight that still works well that I used in college in the 90s. The AC adapter, alone, weights about two pounds!A
- Tags: donating, cpus, recycling, Goodwill Industries, gln265@..., CPU, old CPU, off-topic, old, hardware, donation, computer
- Discussion threads 2006-10-15
- The Osborne 1 and the TRS-80 Model 4P exposed
- Sure there has been lots of discussion of the Apple MacBook Air and its so-called innovations, but the real computer innovation occurred almost 30 years ago with the Osborne 1 personal computer. When it hit the market in 1981, the Osborne 1 started a revolution that the...
- Tags: Innovation, TechRepublic Inc., PC, Computer, Productivity, Mark Kaelin
- Blog posts 2008-03-14
- Dinosaur sightings - old-school computer hardware
- From ENIAC to RadioShack's TRS-80, this gallery contains photos of the outdated computer hardware that fills museums, supply closets, storage lockers, and techie basements everywhere. by Bill Detwiler
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Computer Hardware, Computer, Productivity, Storage, Hardware, Bill Detwiler, dinosaur sightings, old computers, off topic, gallery, Floppy Disk, Apple Inc.
- Image galleries 2007-05-25
- Back to the Future?
- Going to lunch today, I passed one of those trendy little furniture stores in the shopping center where the restaurant was. In the display window, they had a very nice, and I presume very expensive, computer desk ensemble. You've seen the type - a corner unit complete with printer stand,...
- Tags: Printers, Cyberthreats, computer
- Blog posts 2005-07-13
- TR Out Loud - Feb. 22, 2008
- In an unseen turn of events, Beth Blakely was out this week with something incredibly nastier than a hangover. However, the show must go on! For this episode of TR Out Loud, I twisted the arm of a TR colleague to sub in for Beth (yes, you...
- Tags: TR, Podcasts, Linux, Web Browsers, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2008-02-22
- Using the "80-20 rule" to help set priorities
- I use the 80-20 rule all the timeI use the 80-20 rule extensively, and have done for years. The version of the rule that applies to us is that 80% of the result takes 20% of the effort. The final 20% of the result will require 80% of the effort.Following...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, williaa6@...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-25
- Photos: Dinosaur sightings - old-school computer hardware
- How I wanted one of these SinclairsMan I remember back in the day wishing I could afford one of these little Sinclairs. But that was before I heard how difficult typing on the touch-keypad was.Amazing how much more powerful a computer you can get these days for the money.I've...
- Tags: computer, computer hardware, dinosaur, hardware, photograph, RexWorld, sinclair, Sinclair Z80
- Discussion threads 2005-08-24
- Photos: Dinosaur sightings - old-school computer hardware
- Spectrum ZX +The Spectrum ZX Plus was the first home computer I purchased back in 1984,just before Christmas.This Sinclair brainchild was excellent in that it displayed in colour,came with a portable tape deck,and simply pluged into the television.The tape-disc games came by the bucket load,and usually took ages to install.Chuckie...
- Tags: computer, computer hardware, Dinosaur Sightings, hardware, Neil Higgins, photograph, SPECTRUM
- Discussion threads 2005-08-26
- Using the "80-20 rule" to help set priorities
- In a previous blog, Joe Rosberg discussed the "importance vs. urgency" matrix, as explained by Steven Covey. Another useful tool for setting priorities is the "80-20" rule. I first learned about it years ago, from a book entitled How to Get Control of Your Time and...
- Tags: Help Desk, Call Centers, It Operations, Calvin Sun
- Blog posts 2007-09-24
- TR membership
- Just curious, what is the current level?What do active members think of TRs changes so far?My input: I think they are doing a great job, battling all odds.TR has come a long wayHaving been in IT since the beginning (1979) when it was fina
- Tags: Semiconductors, Kiltie
- Discussion threads 2006-11-19
- Dinosaur sightings: Share your favorite photos of old-school computer hardware
- As giant lizards once roamed our planet, so did mammoth machines once balance our checkbooks. We've dedicated this photo gallery to the outdated computer hardware that fills museums, supply closets, storage lockers, and techie basements everywhere. Find out just how far back your computer experience goes as you browse photos...
- Tags: computer, photograph, Bill Detwiler, computer hardware
- Technical articles 2005-08-19
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