Subj : Today in History - 1977
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Dave Drum
Date : Fri Aug 04 2023 06:35 am

-=> Sean Dennis wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> 03 August 1977 - RADIO SHACK UNVEILS THE TRS-80 COMPUTER: Tandy
 DD> announces one of the first mass-market home computers, the TRS-80, to
 DD> be sold in its Radio Shack stores. It features 4K of RAM and sells
 DD> for $399 (or $599 with a monitor and tape recorder for storage).
 DD> Upgrades will keep various TRS-80 models on the market until 1991.

 SD> A TRS-80 CoCo 2 was my first "real" computer and what I taught myself
 SD> BASIC on.
 SD>  Still miss that computer (it was stolen decades ago).

My first "store-bought" confuser was the TraSh-80 Model I - with the level 2 
roms/basic. At the time Radio Shaft offered a 33% discount on purchases over 
U$100 if you were a shareholder. So, I trudged down to Shearson/ American 
Express and bought 10 shares of Tandy for under U$200. Saved more than that on 
my purchase and held onto the stock for about 15 years.

It never paid a dividend but would split (sometimes 3 for i) when a price hit a 
certain point. When I sold out I got U$3300 for my holdings. Bv)=

.... If fruit rots, it turns into wine, something Brussels sprouts never do

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