TRS-80 Portable Computer Model 100 with matching cassette recorder for data/program storage, 32K RAM, Multiplan (Spreadsheet) ROM installed, with manual, faux leatherette case and Bluetooth ...

The Tandy TRS-80 Pocket Computer was nicknamed the 'Trash-80.' ... Leonard’s, and Radio Shack in 1962. It was the purchase of Radio Shack that propelled Charles Tandy into the tech industry.

Back in March, the 35th anniversary of a groundbreaking computer came and went with, as far as I know, zero fanfare. That machine is RadioShack’s TRS-80 Model 100, the first popular laptop computer.

Grab your rose-tinted glasses and get your data cassettes ready as CNET Australia's Seamus Byrne unboxes the not-so-classic 1980s home computer, the Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer 2.

RadioShack introduced the TRS-80 Model 100 portable computer in 1983. The 8-kilobyte version was $599, and the 32-kilobyte went for $1,134 back in the day, according to oldcomputers.net.