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TRS-80 Microcomputer System
( a.k.a. Model I )

Introduced:
CPU:
RAM:
ROM:
Disk Storage:
Operating System:
Language:

August 3, 1977
Zilog Z80
Originally 4k, expanded to 48k
Originally 4k, expanded to 16k
83k per side
TRS-DOS 2.0 to 2.3
Microsoft BASIC


Price from 1979 Radio Shack Catalogue (CDN$):

Level II, 16K
Expansion Kit
Disk 1
Disk 2
Serial Interface
Printer (1980)

Total:
1547.00
1327.00
829.00
799.00
159.95
349.00

$5010.95

Retailed through the 3000 Radio Shack stores, the TRS-80 Model I was the first mass-marketed computer. At the time of its introduction, only 25 units had been built. Nearly 55,000 were sold in the first year of production.