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[[FILE:Radio Shack Tandy TRS-80 Model I System.JPG|border|right|thumb|Radio Shack Tandy TRS-80 Model I System]]
'''TRS-80''' was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_Corporation Tandy Corporation's] first [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcomputer microcomputer] model, with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog Zilog's] [[Z80]] 8-bit CPU. TRS-80 was sold through Tandy's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Shack Radio Shack] stores in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
=Display=
==Layout of Characters and Pixels==
[[FILE:TRS-80-graphics.svg|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80]]
Layout of characters and pixels on the TRS-80 display <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80 TRS-80 from Wikipedia]</ref>
==Chess Program Screens==
[[MicroChess]], by [[Peter Jennings]], was the first commercially-available microcomputer-based chess program running on a TRS-80, soon followed by [[Sargon]], written by [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]].
[[FILE:4-1.microchess_screenshot.L062302022.JENNINGS.lg.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-431e1a0807480]]
Microchess 1.5 on [[TRS-80]] <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-431e1a0807480 Microchess running on Radio Shack TRS-80 microcomputer], 1976, Courtesy of [[Peter Jennings]] and [http://www.digibarn.com/ Digibarn], [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>
=Publications=
* [[Norman Whaland|Norman D. Whaland]] ('''1981'''). ''TRS-80 - Konane''. [http://www.trs-80.com/trs80-mag-softside-v5n3.htm SoftSide Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 03 / Issue 24], December, 1981 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konane Konane from Wikipedia]</ref>
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80 TRS-80 from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TRS-80_and_Tandy-branded_computers List of TRS-80 and Tandy-branded computers from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.trs-80.com/wordpress/ Ira Goldklang’s TRS-80 Revived Site]
* [[Tim Mann|Tim Mann's]] [http://www.tim-mann.org/trs80.html TRS-80 Pages]
=References=
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[[FILE:Radio Shack Tandy TRS-80 Model I System.JPG|border|right|thumb|Radio Shack Tandy TRS-80 Model I System]]
'''TRS-80''' was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_Corporation Tandy Corporation's] first [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcomputer microcomputer] model, with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog Zilog's] [[Z80]] 8-bit CPU. TRS-80 was sold through Tandy's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Shack Radio Shack] stores in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
=Display=
==Layout of Characters and Pixels==
[[FILE:TRS-80-graphics.svg|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80]]
Layout of characters and pixels on the TRS-80 display <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80 TRS-80 from Wikipedia]</ref>
==Chess Program Screens==
[[MicroChess]], by [[Peter Jennings]], was the first commercially-available microcomputer-based chess program running on a TRS-80, soon followed by [[Sargon]], written by [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]].
[[FILE:4-1.microchess_screenshot.L062302022.JENNINGS.lg.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-431e1a0807480]]
Microchess 1.5 on [[TRS-80]] <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-431e1a0807480 Microchess running on Radio Shack TRS-80 microcomputer], 1976, Courtesy of [[Peter Jennings]] and [http://www.digibarn.com/ Digibarn], [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>
=Publications=
* [[Norman Whaland|Norman D. Whaland]] ('''1981'''). ''TRS-80 - Konane''. [http://www.trs-80.com/trs80-mag-softside-v5n3.htm SoftSide Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 03 / Issue 24], December, 1981 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konane Konane from Wikipedia]</ref>
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80 TRS-80 from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TRS-80_and_Tandy-branded_computers List of TRS-80 and Tandy-branded computers from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.trs-80.com/wordpress/ Ira Goldklang’s TRS-80 Revived Site]
* [[Tim Mann|Tim Mann's]] [http://www.tim-mann.org/trs80.html TRS-80 Pages]
=References=
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