NAME  

Color Computer

MANUFACTURER  

Tandy Radio Shack

TYPE  

Home Computer

ORIGIN  

U.S.A.

YEAR  

1980

KEYBOARD  

QWERTY, calculator type keyboard

CPU  

Motorola 6809E

SPEED  

0.89 MHz (1,8 MHz by programming the clock generator)

RAM  

4 KB expandable up to 64 kB

ROM  

8KB

TEXT MODES 

16 x 8, 16 x 32

GRAPHIC MODES 

Several graphic modes, max : 256 x 192 (with 2 colors)

COLORS  

9

SOUND  

1 voice

SIZE / WEIGHT 

36.9 (W) x 34.4 (D) x 9.4 (H) cm

I/O PORTS 

Tape, RGB, Joystick (2), Monitor, Cardridge, Serial RS232

OS  

OS9 Level 1

POWER SUPPLY 

PSU built-in

PRICE  

$400

 

Tandy Color Computer

Color Computer

The Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer was known to be called "coco" (Color Computer) by its users. It uses its own version of BASIC, "Tandy Color BASIC" instead of the world famous Microsoft BASIC.

It was followed by the TRS-80 Color Computer II in 1982 and Color Computer 3 in 1986.

Dragon 32 was one of its many clones...