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- OBJECT TYPE
- PERSONAL/INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
- DATE
- 1978
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0400.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Tandy Radio Shack
- MODEL
- TRS-80
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 116245
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Predominantly synthetic, with synthetic casing, keyboard keys and electronics. Attached ribbon cable is synthetic with metal contacts.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 42.4 cm
- Width
- 20.5 cm
- Height
- 9.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital computing devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Radio Shack
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1979-C.1986
- Canada
-
AMERICAN DESIGNED & MANUFACTURED MICROCOMPUTER USED IN CANADIAN HOME FOR RECREATIONAL & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. IT WAS RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE & EASY TO USE. RADIO SHACK'S LARGE NETWORK OF STORES IN CANADA, U.S. & ELSEWHERE FACILITATED DISTRIBUTION & IT APPEARED AT TIME WHEN THERE WAS NEW DEMAND FOR DESK-TOP COMPUTERS. - Function
-
SMALL COMPUTER CONTAINING MICROPROCESSOR, USED BY INDIVIDUAL FOR PERSONAL COMPUTER PURPOSES SUCH AS WORD PROCESSING, GAME-PLAYING, & PERSONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. ADDITION OF MODEM ENABLED THIS EXAMPLE TO BE USED AS REMOTE TERMINAL FOR MAIN FRAME COMPUTER AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE. - Technical
-
WITH COMMODORE PET & APPLE II, TRS-80 FORMED FIRST GENERATION OF PCS WHICH SUCCEEDED COMPUTER KITS LIKE ALTAIR & TOGETHER LAUNCHED PC INDUSTRY IN 1977. TRS-80 CONTAINED 2-80 MICROPROCESSOR, SIMILAR BUT SUPERIOR TO INTEL 8080 IN ALTAIR. UNLIKE ALTAIR, IT HAD KEYBOARD & MONITOR, IT WAS EXPANDABLE & CAPABLE OF LIMITED GRAPHICS. ORIGINAL STORAGE WAS CASSETTE TAPE UNIT, LATER REPLACED BY DISK DRIVE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK & GREY PLATE ON FRONT READS 'Radio Shack TRS-80 Microcomputer/ System'; overlapping bilingual labels on underside read 'TRS-80 MICROCOMPUTER SYSTEM/ SYSTEME MICROORDINATEUR TRS-80/ MFD. FOR/POUR RADIO SHACK, A DIV. OF TANDY/ ELECTRONICS LTD. BARRIE, ONTARIO L4M 4W5/ NO. CATALOGUE/ CATALOGUE NUMBER/ 26-1006/ NO. SERIE/ SERIAL NUMBER/ 116245' WITH PATENT INFO.
- Missing
- ORIGINAL TAPE DRIVE, WHICH FUNCTIONED INADEQUATELY, WAS REPLACED BY RADIO SHACK DISK DRIVE (910401)/ .1 WAS MODIFIED BY ADDITION OF BUTTON (BY DONOR'S BROTHER) TO PROVIDE LOCK FOR UPPER CASE TYPE.
- Finish
- GREY SYNTHETIC CASING/TEXTURED BLACK KEYBOARD WITH BLACK & WHITE KEYS; RED BUTTON & LAMP; GREY CORD WITH BLACK PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Tandy Radio Shack, Computer, 1978, Artifact no. 1991.0400, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1991.0400.001/
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