While unpacking some old boxes the other day, I ran across a computer I hadn’t seen in some time. It’s a tiny machine with an integrated chiclet keyboard in a cream-colored case about the size of two ...

初期バージョン（Model Iと改名されたのは後継機種の「TRS-80 Model II」が発表された1979年夏のこと）を開発したのは、Tandyの仕入れ担当だったDon French氏と、Homebrew Computer AssociationのリーダーSteve Leininger氏であった。 TRS-80という名称は、Tandyがこれ以降に販売する ...

Even back then, there were computers for people who couldn’t afford the more expensive stuff. Take this Tandy, which costs little more than a upgraded Netbook today. From Core Memory, photographed by ...

1977年、Tandy CorporationのRadioShack部門から販売される初のコンピュータを「TRS-80」と命名したのが、同部門のプレジデントであったLewis Kornfeld氏だった。TRS-80はZilogの「Z80」マイクロプロセッサを搭載したTandy RadioShackコンピュータである。 米国時間8月11日に ...

Quick – name the most important personal computer of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Those of you who mentioned the legendary Apple II – that’s fine. I respect your decision. Forced to think ...

Quick — name the most important personal computer of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Those of you who mentioned the legendary Apple II–that’s fine. I respect your decision. Forced to think objectively ...

Quick – name the most important personal computer of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Those of you who mentioned the legendary Apple II – that’s fine. I respect your decision. Forced to think ...

For over half a century, if you wanted to buy electronics parts and gadgets in the United States, one retail chain loomed large above all others: RadioShack. Its combination of distinctive, often ...

The Motorola 6809, released in 1978, was the follow-up to their 6800 from four years earlier. It’s a powerful little chip with many 16-bit features, although it’s an 8-bit micro at heart. Despite its ...

Repairing vintage computers is bread-and-butter for many of us around here. The machines themselves tend to be fairly fixable, assuming spare parts are available and there hasn’t been too much ...