sag@lemm.ee to CassetteFuturism@lemm.ee · edit-24 days agoThe SYSTEM32 with 32 KByte RAM and it cost about $3,300.lemmy.likes.catimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up185arrow-down1imageThe SYSTEM32 with 32 KByte RAM and it cost about $3,300.lemmy.likes.catsag@lemm.ee to CassetteFuturism@lemm.ee · edit-24 days agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareperishthethought@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoMy TRS-80 Model 3 had a similar 80 characters x 16 lines display but monochrome in 1980, with 4kb of ram and cost $1000 USD. So this might be from just a few years later. I bet the screen shown in this ad was enhanced.
minus-squareHikermick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoThe TRS-80 COCO came out in 1980 and had 16 colors I believe. Mine had 16K, a tape drive, and no monitor (hooked mine up to my grandparents B&W TV).
minus-squareperishthethought@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoThanks, I figured someone would remember better than me. I forgot all about the CoCo.
My TRS-80 Model 3 had a similar 80 characters x 16 lines display but monochrome in 1980, with 4kb of ram and cost $1000 USD. So this might be from just a few years later. I bet the screen shown in this ad was enhanced.
The TRS-80 COCO came out in 1980 and had 16 colors I believe. Mine had 16K, a tape drive, and no monitor (hooked mine up to my grandparents B&W TV).
Thanks, I figured someone would remember better than me. I forgot all about the CoCo.