TRS-80 Color Computer

Tandy TRS -80 Color Computer, also called CoCo, is a series of home computers, from the TRS -80 series of Tandy Radio Shack. The processor is a Motorola 6809 - E was used. Unlike his predecessors, he was able to represent color graphics.

Versions

Color Computer 1 (1980-1983)

The processor was clocked at 0,895 MHz 6809 and the computer had 4K of memory. He partially compatible with the Dragon-32/64-Serie.

The home computer is connected to a TV or monitor and can nine different colors at 64 × 32 pixels represent. The maximum resolution is 256x192, the representation is then reduced to monochrome. It cost initially $ 400. As a programming Color BASIC. For data storage was a Datasette or a 5.25 -inch floppy drive. Unlike the TRS 80 Model 1, there was also an expansion slot for game modules.

Color Computer 2 (1983-1986)

Technically, it is identical to the Model 1 The case is, however, smaller, modified the operating system and there was more expansion options, as well as 16-64 Kbytes of RAM.

The price was 240 U.S. Dollars and the Model 2 came with the multitasking operating system OS-9.

Color Computer 3 (1986-1991)

This is equipped with 128 KB of RAM (expandable to 512K ). The resolution is 640 × 225 pixels in 64 colors.

Success

With the TRS -80 Color Computer Tandy was competing first against Commodore VIC-20 and later the Commodore 64 and Atari 400 's success was moderate, especially the model 3 could not prevail against other 16 -bit computers such as the Amiga.

Despite the defeat there were about 1,000 programs ( both applications and games) for this computer.