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 ...

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] ...

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 ...

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 ...

[John W. Linville] wrote a digital video player for the Tandy Color Computer (aka TRS-80). The decades-old hardware performs quite well considering the limited resource he had to work with. This is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Way back when, I played around alot with the Tandy Coco3 my family owned. It was a wonderful toy and learning device when I was very young, and I did some ...

RadioShack may have lost ground in recent years to online retailers, but the company was once the go-to place for the hottest tech gadgets.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This portable computer, one of the ...