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

by Mark Kaelin | 01-29-08

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Plugs were big back in the 1980s

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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 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

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

Plugs were big back in the 1980s

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