PC Magazine

Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (1980)

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 ...
Time

Please Don’t Call It Trash-80: A 35th Anniversary Salute to Radio Shack’s TRS-80

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 ...
PC Magazine

Radio Shack TRS-80 Micro Color Computer MC-10 (1983)

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 ...
CNN

A 35th-anniversary salute to Radio Shack’s TRS-80

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 ...
Hackaday

Behind RadioShack’s Cheapest Computer

In the 1980s, there was a truly staggering amount of choice for a consumer looking to purchase a home computer. On the high end, something like an Apple Lisa, a business-class IBM PC, or a workstation ...