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[ Radio Shack Tandy TRS-80 Model I System TRS-80 was Tandy Corporation’s first microcomputer model, with Zilog’s Z80 8-bit CPU. TRS-80 was sold through Tandy’s Radio Shack stores in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Layout of Characters and Pixels#

Layout of characters and pixels on the TRS-80 display [1]

Chess Programs#

MicroChess, by Peter Jennings, was the first commercially-available microcomputer-based chess program running on a TRS-80, soon followed by Sargon, written by Dan and Kathe Spracklen.

Microchess 1.5 on TRS-80 [2]

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Publications#

• Norman D. Whaland (1981). TRS-80 - Konane. SoftSide Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 03 / Issue 24, December, 1981 [3]

External Links#

• TRS-80 from Wikipedia
• List of TRS-80 and Tandy-branded computers from Wikipedia
• Ira Goldklang’s TRS-80 Revived Site
• Tim Mann’s TRS-80 Pages

References#

1. ↑ TRS-80 from Wikipedia
2. ↑ Microchess running on Radio Shack TRS-80 microcomputer, 1976, Courtesy of Peter Jennings and Digibarn, The Computer History Museum
3. ↑ Konane from Wikipedia

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