April Launches Fuel Tech Industry
News UK Web-hosting firm Xtraordinary Hosting went retro on Tuesday with the launch of its TRS-80 Model 4 platform hosting solution. The fact that the TRS-80 originally came out in 1983 adds to the nostalgic nature of the service, the company said.
[April 1, 2003, 14:09]
We're Fifty Years Into The Future
Talkback I remember reading about a comparison between Eniac and a TRS-80 computer running a Sieve of Eratosthenes back some years ago. Not only did the TRS-80 run the algorithm faster, it cost less to buy it than it cost to pay for the electricity the...
[October 20, 2004, 16:09]
Hacker's Auctions Stir Up Controversy
News His TRS-80 computer sold for $510 on another eBay auction. Although Mitnick has already sold a mobile phone and a TRS-80 pocket computer through eBay, the leading auction site canceled his auction of the ID card, Mitnick said Thursday.
[December 1, 2000, 16:22]
The Week In Review: Fooling The Tech Industry
News But on the other hand there was the TRS-80 Web server, the 1,000GB MP3 player and the mobile phone that stops you from making those drunken calls. April Fool's Day fell on this week, a very confusing time for many IT journalists -- particularly the...
[April 4, 2003, 16:52]
Most Influential
Talkback I was looking for things that were already in place before M$ was started, like the TRS-80, Commodore, Apple, CPM, IBM, etc. My thoughts were not directed at the writing, David. I broke my teeth on the Commodore computers, they were for the masses.
[August 1, 2007, 21:24]
Laptops Still Locked In The Cells
Leader In some ways, we've gone backwards: a 1985 TRS-80 Model 100 could run for 20 hours on one charge. As Intel launches its Sonoma chip set today, the processor vendor could be forgiven for feeling a little forlorn.
[January 19, 2005, 12:30]
The PC's Alternative Universe
Leader Other companies were also on their way out — Xerox with its slow 820, Tandy with its ageing TRS-80 range, Lucas with its end-of-an-era NASCOM-3 — while others were setting up for bursts of success of varying lengths.
[August 14, 2006, 17:40]
Early Computers
Talkback Fascinating. I am in process of resurrecting two Transtec Krypton Computors which ran on CPM.To start you loaded the OS from a 5inch floppy and stored data on other floppies. It was designed I guess in about 1985.
[February 8, 2008, 10:43]
1985?
Talkback Hey, I was designing computers (well, bits of them) in 1985! It's not so long ago.oh, hold on, it is. Not quite ready to be shipped to Bletchley, though.
[February 22, 2008, 14:44]
