Radio Shack makes good computers, but who wants a $3,000 machine with the word ”Shack” on it? That`s why Radio Shack computers now have the name ”Tandy,” the parent company of Radio Shack. Tandy makes ...

August 3, 1977: The Tandy TRS-80 personal computer makes its debut. The first affordable, mass-market computer gives the Apple 1 some serious competition. The success of Tandy’s TRS-80 built on the ...

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Radio Shack had a long history of buying things overseas, having their name slapped on them, and selling them in the United States. That was the case with the Tandy Pocket Computers, which were in ...

Even back then, there were computers for people who couldn’t afford the more expensive stuff. Take this Tandy, which costs little more than a upgraded Netbook today. From Core Memory, photographed by ...

Tandy Corp., the electronics giant with the small reputation, is suffering a midlife crisis. Because of its profitable Radio Shack stores, it’s the world’s largest specialty retailer of consumer ...

The Tandy Color Computer came with analog joysticks, quite unlike most computers and consoles of the early 1980s. Many games of the era actually worked best with digital input, so [Gadget Reboot] ...

As one who joined the Tandy Computer engineering team in 1979 and worked for the next 17 years at Tandy Corporation, I had the privilege to work for John V. Roach and help carry forward his vision for ...

With RadioShack filing for bankruptcy and several stores in our area closing, it may be tough to remember the times when the business was booming. In our Video Vault, Jane Adonizio reports when the ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Apple Lisa, the IBM PCjr and the Tandy TRS-80 Model 100 laptop all were introduced during the same year, 1983 -- eons ago by computer standards. Eighteen years have come and gone; ...

It's now been decades since generations of Scousers headed to one well known shop to buy everything from their first computer to Pinball Wizards and remote control buggies. Back in the 70s, 80s and ...

He helped make the home computer ubiquitous by introducing the fully assembled Tandy TRS-80, which was so novel at the time that it became a museum piece. By Sam Roberts John Roach, a marketing ...