TRS-80 Model 4 Microcomputer
TRS-80 Model 4 Microcomputer
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- Description
- The Radio Shack division of Tandy Corporation began selling microcomputers in 1977 with its TRS-80 (later dubbed the TRS-80 Model 1). The success of the product led to several improvements. In 1983, Tandy introduced its TRS-80 Model 4. The following year, it introduced the TRS-80 Model 4P. The primary feature distinguishing it from the Model 4 is that it was more easily transported - the keyboard slid under the monitor and there apparently was a plastic carrying case. Although museum records list this object as a TRS-80 Model 4P, the keyboard is fixed, there is presently no carrying case, and the model number listed on the object is Model 4.
- Compare 1993.0471.01.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Microcomputer
- Date made
- 1984
- date made
- 1983-1984
- maker
- Tandy Corporation
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18 1/2 in x 13 in x 20 1/2 in; 46.99 cm x 33.02 cm x 52.07 cm
- ID Number
- 2006.0132.33
- catalog number
- 2006.0132.33
- accession number
- 2006.0132
- Credit Line
- Jon Eklund
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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