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Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)

by Mark Kaelin | 01-29-08

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A closer look at the ports

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A closer look at the ports
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Besides the standard power and reset buttons, the TRS-80 had ports for a cassette tape player, serial interface, two joysticks, RCA video, and a switch to designate which channel your television should be set to -- that's right, no monitor shipped with the CoCo.
               

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Not just another pretty face Eynog | 01/29/08
I had one too lrg@... | 01/30/08
Fun with TRaSh 80's geo@... | 01/30/08
So true! blindsight@... | 02/05/08
Before Microsoft? computers@... | 01/30/08
Before Microsoft? casyms@... | 01/30/08
Definitely right.. 172pilot@... | 02/13/08
Not "Before Microsoft" seanferd | 01/31/08
"Trash 80" a personal insult Namaggio@... | 02/04/08
Always GoodOh | 02/05/08
An ointment for the pain Namaggio@... | 02/05/08
TRS-80 those were the days radarak47@... | 02/15/08
Rainbow was the name of the most popular magazine myztry | 05/10/08
COCO - those are the days mstrako@... | 05/13/08
good-natured usually, what else ya gonna come up w from T.R.S. davidg@... | 02/05/08
Or not... patti.pender@... | 05/20/08
One never said... davidg@... | 05/21/08
Some of us do take the term "Trash-80" personally wdg3rd@... | 05/24/08
Trash 80 Moniker thomas@... | 02/05/08
RFI and Bill Gates Namaggio@... | 02/06/08
It is... patti.pender@... | 05/20/08
Not the same thing tronman@... | 02/09/08
PET wasn't the first Microsoft BASIC wdg3rd@... | 02/10/08
BASIC rblevitt1 | 02/10/08
Bill Gates (and Paul Allen) actually got their start at MITS bobkircher@... | 02/11/08
Bill Gates (and Paul Allen) actually got their start at MITS bobkircher@... | 02/11/08
Bill Gates and Paul Allen got their start at... bobkircher@... | 02/11/08
Microsoft didn't get their name of C64 basic... myztry | 05/10/08
Ah memories jimmy-jam | 01/30/08
Wish I still had it..... billyo92833@... | 01/30/08
I wish I still had mine too... PCTechMan | 02/02/08
I still DO have mine happy GudHart | 02/05/08
TRS-DOS BASIC my first programming language GudHart | 02/05/08
I still DO have mine happy GudHart | 02/05/08
usfull as a thin client served by your newer computer lawrephord10@... | 01/31/08
Shades of Yesteryear! bjhyde@... | 02/01/08
Still have two in the Garage! dclarkusa | 02/01/08
Thanks for the memories... steinej@... | 02/05/08
Re: "Not just another pretty face" rblevitt1 | 02/08/08
Reminiscing dlrooky | 03/26/08
Dungeons of Daggorath psecu1@... | 04/24/08
Dungeons of Daggorath: Check This Out jarrod@... | 04/24/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)) Eynog | 01/29/08
Oh yeah! I had one too! nv2342@... | 01/30/08
Me Too!! bigduck | 01/30/08
I bought one of the first CoCo 1's... rscarazzo@... | 01/30/08
MULTIPLAN - SOMEONE ELSE REMEMBERS!!! lovemuch@... | 06/24/08
I had one Too but The First Color Model TOMXPS | 01/30/08
Yep, me too jwinget | 01/30/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)) mjd420nova | 01/29/08
delete rcunningham@... | 01/30/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)) veronika@... | 01/30/08
Great introduction to computers davidtexas@... | 01/30/08
80Micro tim@... | 01/30/08
80Micro rules! rscarazzo@... | 01/30/08
80Micro tim@... | 01/30/08
X-men Ian Thurston | 01/30/08
It amazes me. tim@... | 01/30/08
Machine Code C-3PO | 02/01/08
Hardware Hacking, Too carl.gaede@... | 02/01/08
Slight history error ther tronman@... | 02/09/08
Tight-lipped Tandy Namaggio@... | 02/10/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)) poppajohn | 01/30/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)) j.courtot@... | 01/30/08
Lest we forget... lconsidine@... | 01/30/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)) joe@... | 01/30/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)) mikebon088@... | 01/30/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Compute ajrjjr@... | 02/01/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)) michaelrhansen@... | 01/30/08
Sweet dreams are made of this... Sereniti | 01/30/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)) edeleon@... | 01/30/08
Fond memories service@... | 01/30/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)) basilmac@... | 01/30/08
CoCO Tape Decks paulp575#dog-walker | 02/01/08
What about the Altair (Bill Gates first) bobkircher@... | 01/30/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)) jed.gart@... | 01/30/08
In the UK, Radio Shack is know as TANDY... Old Mycroft | 01/30/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)) tainos_cs@... | 01/30/08
Oric 80 jontout@... | 01/31/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)) michael.muir@... | 01/31/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)) smorg27@... | 01/31/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)) ZTedster | 01/31/08
Me Too jocol | 02/01/08
Die, Blob, Die!!!! philrunninger@... | 02/01/08
You wimps were lucky! memphis10ec | 02/01/08
Bwwahahahahaha!!!!!! OregonLighthouse | 02/01/08
Faulty (carbon-based) memories wdg3rd@... | 02/01/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)) rbernhardt@... | 02/03/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Compute dfrank_robinson@... | 02/05/08
This a Dinosaur? Zenith545 | 02/06/08
"The True Dinosaur" C-3PO | 02/08/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)) ggarcia1942@... | 03/22/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Compute nightandday4@... | 03/26/08
Ahhh...the memory(s) lancent@... | 03/27/08
RE: Broken button (Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)) Leticia M. | 04/23/08
Color Computer 3 Universal Indie Records | 04/23/08
Come on Come .. THE BIG NEWS is... rojee@... | 04/23/08
never got a harddrive kwacka | 05/02/08
writing crap BASIC programs all day such as: riquilee@... | 04/29/08

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