Talk:TRS-80/Archives/2017

Bogus Clone Claims-?

I removed this line:

"Tandy sold the LNW-80 computers with a Tandy Brand in Thailand"

The line was apparently defaced since it had said for months, if not a year+ that

"Tandy sold the LNW-80 computers with a Tandy Brand in Mexico."

If someone has first-hand knowledge or a reference that this is true--that it was a normal occurance for R.S. to sell LNW-80 in Mexico, then please go ahead and revert it back to MX.

Personally, I have a childhood memory of a Radio Shack store in the late 70's/1980's (in Big Bear, Calif. I believe) that also sold non-R.S. electronics. I don't know what the agreement was in place or possibly unenforced, so I suppose it is possible if this were true then Mexico store(s) could have sold LNW-80 gear. It really doesn't make sense from a supply-chain though.

The claim always has seemed dubious to me. What we need is some citations--a scan from a Mexico R.S. catalog would be incredible, if such a things exists. Perhaps a post to on comp.sys.tandy and a response from Frank Durda IV would clear this question up. Dcsutherland 09:32, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Radio Shack Stores had to sell only stuff from the catalog, at list price. Radio Shack Dealers existed in small towns and could sell any Radio Shack products that they choose to, along with third party products, at whatever price that they choose to. Thus a $1000 TRS-80 Model I could be purchased in a small town (or by mail-order) for around $700. Likewise, it is possible that some Radio Shack Dealers may have sold both TRS-80's and LNW-80's, but in those cases the non-RS products would not have appeared in any RS catalog. StevenAlls 21:54, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Picture suggestion

I'm not happy with the picture. The entry for TRS-80 should show *The* TRS-80 Microcomputer, later called Model I, the one the article starts by describing. I find it slightly awesome to make such a big change but I can provide a picture and do the change if nobody objects. The present picture can be moved to the coco description if it is ok that there can be more than one picture.

• Yep, a proper picture would be great. And don't forget wikipedia's Be Bold policy. Bushytails 01:44, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • I went ahead and got permission to use a proper picture. Not ideal, but better in my opinion. Gbeeker 02:19, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• I've asked for permission to use this picture. http://www.fieggen.com/ian/trs-80-1.jpg Gbeeker 20:41, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I agree that the best picture would be one of a Model I. The one at fieggen.com, however, doesn't seem very good to me, since it has fake lettering on the screen in yellow, which would give people the impression that the Model I had color graphics. I've asked my father if he has any old pics of his Model I.--Bcrowell 20:48, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I totally agree with the fake lettering. I could try to paint-shop it out, since I do have permission now. Rather than the hard way, how about this one instead? http://www.koehntopp.com/museum/bilder/trs80.jpg It's a Model I, and shows a clear screen shot. The blurryness is real, I used to have that same system :-)

MEM SIZE

R/S L2 BASIC.

READY

>_

One problem is the owner appears to speak french, and I only speak english. Gbeeker 02:02, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Looks much better, IMO. Regardless of which one you use, please put some info in the photo's description page explaining its legal status. Are you sure the owner only speaks French? The web site looks like a mixture of German and English. My wife speaks French, if that's really the language we need to use. My father says he doesn't have any pics, BTW.--Bcrowell 18:43, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• The current photo is a of non-U.S. Model 1 which is apparent by the larger, roundy-edged CRT enclosure. Can we confirm the source (U.K.?) and note the origin of that monitor in the caption, or perhaps get a photo of a U.S. system that is as good? Dcsutherland (talk) 06:29, 11 March 2017 (UTC)