Tandy--The Company That Almost Seized The 20th Century PC Market for Good : E2/R11
Review of the Tandy / Radio Shack TRS-80; Commodore, Apple, and IBM as competitors; Charles Tandy, personal computers, and early software and gaming.
But for a quirk of fate, Tandy Corporation might have been the market setter and leader in personal computers instead of IBM. The TRS-80 was the leading choice for businesses and consumers in the 1970’s—more than a match for the Apple II and the Commodore PET—selling hundreds of thousands of units every year. Eventually, Steve Wozniak’s commitment to open source, IBM’s expedient choice of the same, and Commodore’s entry into low-end consumer computers would doom the hobby and electronics giant.
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SUGGESTED READING:
Company-Histories.com—RadioShack Corporation: https://www.company-histories.com/RadioShack-Corporation-Company-History.html
Aimee Picchi (CBS)—Five Mistakes That Doomed Radio Shack: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/5-mistakes-that-doomed-radioshack/
Joshua Brustein (Bloomberg Businessweek)—Inside RadioShack’s Slow-Motion Collapse: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-02-02/inside-radioshack-s-slow-motion-collapse
SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL VIEWING:
The Apple II will be covered in Episode 4, soon to be released on YouTube.
The TRS-80 Model 2000 and the TRS-80 Color Computer are currently in the episode schedule for this channel and will be covered sometime in the future.
Computerphile—Radio Shack’s TRS80: https://youtu.be/mobkoq8Ol4M
EEVblog #1240—Tandy in the 1980’s: https://youtu.be/CWxTCQf5gOU
DanVanDam—The Computer Chronicles: Tandy / Radio Shack Computers: https://youtu.be/IJikrCktIkg
Company Man—The Decline of RadioShack…What Happened?: https://youtu.be/JFivtOmXPPM
MUSIC CREDIT:
Song: Jungle Punks – Good Starts
Sourced from the YouTube Audio Library
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But for a quirk of fate, Tandy Corporation might have been the market setter and leader in personal computers instead of IBM. The TRS-80 was the leading choice for businesses and consumers in the 1970’s—more than a match for the Apple II and the Commodore PET—selling hundreds of thousands of units every year. Eventually, Steve Wozniak’s commitment to open source, IBM’s expedient choice of the same, and Commodore’s entry into low-end consumer computers would doom the hobby and electronics giant.
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CHANNEL RELATED LINKS:
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CONTACT:
[Questions? Comments? Business inquiries? Suggested materials?]
Email me at belatedtech@freestate.biz
Or send mail to: PO Box 34726, Bethesda, MD 20827
SUGGESTED READING:
Company-Histories.com—RadioShack Corporation: https://www.company-histories.com/RadioShack-Corporation-Company-History.html
Aimee Picchi (CBS)—Five Mistakes That Doomed Radio Shack: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/5-mistakes-that-doomed-radioshack/
Joshua Brustein (Bloomberg Businessweek)—Inside RadioShack’s Slow-Motion Collapse: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-02-02/inside-radioshack-s-slow-motion-collapse
SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL VIEWING:
The Apple II will be covered in Episode 4, soon to be released on YouTube.
The TRS-80 Model 2000 and the TRS-80 Color Computer are currently in the episode schedule for this channel and will be covered sometime in the future.
Computerphile—Radio Shack’s TRS80: https://youtu.be/mobkoq8Ol4M
EEVblog #1240—Tandy in the 1980’s: https://youtu.be/CWxTCQf5gOU
DanVanDam—The Computer Chronicles: Tandy / Radio Shack Computers: https://youtu.be/IJikrCktIkg
Company Man—The Decline of RadioShack…What Happened?: https://youtu.be/JFivtOmXPPM
MUSIC CREDIT:
Song: Jungle Punks – Good Starts
Sourced from the YouTube Audio Library
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