The first computer I ever had was a Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer 2. Along with a crummy little joystick and a cassette tape drive, this little machine introduced me to computers. I would sit and code BASIC programs for hours, and then I would try not to shut off the computer because I had no way to save them! I think the most complex thing I ever coded was a graphics piece that made a blocky train move across blocky tracks.
Anyway, for a lot of people the TRS-80 was their first machine, so I thought this was a cool picture set. It has about 10 images of the machine cracked wide open. It looks so simple compared to today's home computers! More after the jump, and all of them are here.
Pete said:
That is truly pimp. The Trash 80? - Sweet! My Jr. High had Commodore PETs, remember those? I learned how to code on the PET, then moved to Apple IIs. But the PETs let you store your programs on tape cassette. I felt LARGE rollin to class with my BASIC program on a tape cassette in my back pocket. If you want a blast from the plast, check out the Computer History Museum next time you find yourself in the Bay Area: http://www.computerhistory.org/. That place rocks!
Göran said:
God, the Trs-80 was my first computer..! I made a BASIC video-game where one pixel (like 0.5" wide) fired shots on another pixel. Used my sisters cassette recorder to save it - things have truly changed...
Cyberviking said:
Ahhrgh. TheTRS was for rich kids without real talent. We, the others, had to make do with things like CDP1802, programming in assembler.
