1 May
2018
1 May
'18
3:10 a.m.
Hi folks - hope there's a history buff out there that can help me please.
Google has not been my friend or I'm just searching wrong.
I am trying to ascertain what the last computer released by Tandy/Radio Shack was that had
the TRS-80 name on it (as opposed to
later machines that used the name Tandy).
I think it was the CoCo 3 in 1986 but I'm trying to nail down the (official) day and
month of release (assuming that I'm right and
it was the CoCo 3).
Thank you!!
Kevin Parker
1 May
1 May
4:11 a.m.
I am trying to ascertain what the last computer
released by Tandy/Radio Shack was that had the TRS-80 name on it
I think it was the CoCo 3 in 1986
Kevin Parker
The CoCo 3 was Tandy badged and never had TRS-80 nomenclature. I believe the honor of
last TRS-80 labeled computer falls on Tandy Radio Shack?s first PC clone attempt, the
TRS-80 Model 2000 released in 1983, shortly after the Z80 based Model 4 and MC68000 based
16B in the same year.
5:46 a.m.
On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 6:11 AM, Peter Cetinski via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
The TRS-80 Model 100 was also in 1983.
I am trying to ascertain what the last computer
released by Tandy/Radio
Shack was that had the TRS-80 name on it
I think it was the CoCo 3 in 1986
Kevin Parker
The CoCo 3 was Tandy badged and never had TRS-80 nomenclature. I believe
the honor of last TRS-80 labeled computer falls on Tandy Radio Shack?s
first PC clone attempt, the TRS-80 Model 2000 released in 1983, shortly
after the Z80 based Model 4 and MC68000 based 16B in the same year. 
6:24 a.m.
The CoCo 3 was Tandy badged and never had TRS-80
nomenclature.
I believe the honor of last TRS-80 labeled computer falls on Tandy Radio
Shack's first PC clone attempt, the TRS-80 Model 2000 released in 1983,
shortly after the Z80 based Model 4 and MC68000 based 16B in the same year.
Might also be the Pocket Computer PC-3 (26-3590). This was also 1983. The
revamped 26-3589 with increased memory came out in 1984, and was simply badged
Tandy, so that appears to be the year the shift occurred. These were both
rebadged Sharp PC-125x series pocket computers, see
http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/tpm/138.html
for pictures and history.
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6:30 a.m.
The CoCo 3 was
Tandy badged and never had TRS-80 nomenclature.
I believe the honor of last TRS-80 labeled computer falls on Tandy Radio
Shack's first PC clone attempt, the TRS-80 Model 2000 released in 1983,
shortly after the Z80 based Model 4 and MC68000 based 16B in the same year.
Might also be the Pocket Computer PC-3 (26-3590). This was also 1983. The
revamped 26-3589 with increased memory came out in 1984, and was simply badged
Tandy, so that appears to be the year the shift occurred. These were both
rebadged Sharp PC-125x series pocket computers, see
http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/tpm/138.html
for pictures and history. 
9:51 a.m.
And, in the other direction, I'm not aware of any of their non-TRS80
computers prior to the Tandy 10 (before the TRS80 Model 2?)
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