Barry, I used a TRS-80 Model 4P (for portable) --> http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/trs80-4p/DSC06489.JPG. It had the TRS-DOS operating system, 64K RAM. Bought it in 1984 at a cost of $1,784 (hard to believe, but that was cheap for a computer then). I used it from 1984-1988. Its only use, really, was for word processing: it was basically a typewriter with memory, using the *original* floppy disks (5 1/4" vinyl). --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80#Model_IV Jim Porter
Jeremy DePauw says he is really interested in Journalists' use over time.
Am I the only one old enuf to remember the TRS-80 from Radio Shack, known as the Trash-80. It had a screen of only a few lines, but a full keyboard, and was small and lite to carry. Smaller than a current ultra-portable.
All 4 of my journalist friends of those days (mid-1990s?) carried them.
I'm sure a little surfing will find more.
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