Behind RadioShacks Cheapest Computer
News Source : Hackaday
News Summary
- The TRS-80 MC-10 is largely a relic of the saturated 80s home computer market
- The price competition between other PC manufacturers at the time was part of the reason for the video game crash of the 1980s
- There is not a huge retro scene for these machines either, although there is at least one game developer you can see in the video below
In the 1980s, there was a truly staggering amount of choice for a consumer looking to purchase a home computer. On the high end, something like an Apple Lisa, a businessclass IBM PC, or a workstatio [+1729 chars]
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