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Home / Publications - TRS-80 Color Computer Book
| TRS-80 Color Computer Book | |
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| Title | TRS-80 Color Computer Book |
| Author | Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken |
| Publisher | Betascript Publishing |
| Pub Date | 2010-06-11 |
| Pages | |
| ISBN | 6130339054 |
| ISBN-13 | 9786130339050 |
| Alibris | 9511648778 |
| Language | English |
| Format | {{{format}}} |
| Notes | {{{notes}}} |
| Info Source | {{{infosource}}} |
Please note that the content of this book primarily consistsofarticles available from Wikipedia or other free sourcesonline.High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Radio ShackTRS-80Color Computer was a home computer launched in 1980. Despitethename, the "Color Computer" was a radical departure fromearlierTRS-80 Models - in particular it had a Motorola 6809Eprocessor,rather than the TRS-80's Zilog Z80.The Motorola 6809E wasa veryadvanced processor, but was correspondingly more expensivethanother more popular microprocessors. Competing machines such astheCommodore VIC-20, the Commodore 64, the Atari 400, and theAtari800 were designed around a combination of the much cheaper6502,paired with dedicated sound and graphics chips and were muchmorecommercially successful in the 1980s home computer market.SteveWozniak once commented that the 6502 was 1/4 the price oftheMotorola 6800 when the original Apple was being developed inthelate 70s. By 1986 prices for 8 bit processors haddroppeddramatically from the late 70s, but the MC6809 was stilljust overtwice the price of a MOS6502.
