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July 31, 1980: TRS-80 Model III, TRS-80 Pocket Released


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<img width="391" height="168" data-tf-not-load src="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/trs-801.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="TRS-80 pocket" decoding="async" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/trs-801.jpg 391w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/trs-801-300x128.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px" />

<img decoding="async" width="300" height="128" data-tf-not-load src="http://vid.geekazine.com/dith/uploads/2013/07/trs-801-300x128.jpg" alt="TRS-80 pocket" class="wp-image-21970" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/trs-801-300x128.jpg 300w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/trs-801.jpg 391w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />July 31, 1980: TRS-80 pocket was released

Radio Shack released a few new TRS-80 line computers in 1980. One was the introduction of Model III. It contained a Zilog Z80 processor and 4 kb of RAM> The price was only $699.Then again, you could get the TRS-80 for $399 with the Motorola 6809E CPU, or the TRS-80 Pocket computer for $230

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