35 class ago today , at a press conference take hold inside New York City ’s Warwick Hotel , Radio Shack unveiled in TRS-80 personal estimator , Model I , arguably once of the most meaning gadgets to be carry in the latter one-half of the 20th century .
Coming with 4 KB of memory and a cassette - magnetic tape deck of cards with which to load program , the TRS-80 ran about $ 600 retail — that ’s including Radio Shack ’s 12″ black - and - white display , which did n’t come stock but was a necessary increase to the package for anyone interested in doing with the computing gadget affair postulate a monitor . ( Very necessary . )
Today , for the same amount of money , you could grease one’s palms yourself a very skillful iPad . I wonder where we ’ll be in another 35 year … [ Techland ]
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