• @[email protected]
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      715 days ago

      My TRS-80 Model 3 had a similar 80 characters x 16 lines display but monochrome in 1980, with 4kb of ram and cost $1000 USD. So this might be from just a few years later. I bet the screen shown in this ad was enhanced.

      • @Hikermick
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        The TRS-80 COCO came out in 1980 and had 16 colors I believe. Mine had 16K, a tape drive, and no monitor (hooked mine up to my grandparents B&W TV).

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      15 days ago

      Yea, I’m calling BS.

      Though I’ll say maybe… But I’m real sceptical.

      Wow, did a quick search, they did have color at the time, wonder what tech they were using.

      • LucasWaffyWaf
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        The Xerox Alto was 1973 and had a color GUI interface more than a decade before Apple or Microsoft had for their OSs.

        Also it cost $32,000 in 1973 and was both computer, monitor, and desk all in one.