This beauty was the first computer I ever got to ‘play’ with. It was nothing like an Atari console and nothing like the World Book Encyclopedia. It wasn’t as fun as either at the time but it was special. There was a whole room dedicated to them after all. Boys made 2D animations on them. I designed a space capsule that would fall through a few screens before a parachute would open. Primitive stuff. We saved our work on cassette tapes and would have to demagnetize them when they were full.
Radio Shack TRS-80
Here’s a link to the old catalog if you are interested in reading more.