The TRS-80 Pocket Computer
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The TRS-80 Pocket Computer
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#2I had one.
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#3I had one.
Me too! In fact, it was the first computer I managed to destroy in the course of trying to learn its secrets.
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#4I have some here, my favorite pocket computer by the look is a FX-730P. It looks so classic 80s.
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#5Several years ago Robert Baruch[0] did a video series[1] on having replacement LCDs manufactured for this line of computers. He sells LCDs for this model[2] and several models of Casio/TRS-80 pocket computers on his Tindie store. I found the discussion about reverse-engineering and having new LCDs manufactured delightful. It's amazing to live in a time when an individual can get small lots of a part like this manufactured economically.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/@RobertBaruch
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8-HfGTCcCk
[2] https://www.tindie.com/products/halfbakedmaker/lcd-replaceme...
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#6Words cannot even describe how much I loved my TRS-80 pocket computers. As far as having something in your pocket which you can program on, even today there's nothing quite like it.
Even touchscreen phones are not a replacement. The TRS-80 pocket computers had actual keyboards, which were small enough to make a portable form-factor, but large enough that you could thumb-touch type on them.
Alas, we've gone from being pocket programmers to doom-scrollers.
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#8Literally the first computer I ever saw. My dad had one and used it for engineering calculations. When it too proved inadequate he went out and bought a full-on desktop TRS-80 (the Model 16).
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#9Literally the first computer I ever saw. My dad had one and used it for engineering calculations. When it too proved inadequate he went out and bought a full-on desktop TRS-80 (the Model 16).
> TRS-80 (the Model 16).
That was a seriously cool computer back then.
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#10Words cannot even describe how much I loved my TRS-80 pocket computers. As far as having something in your pocket which you can program on, even today there's nothing quite like it. Even touchscreen phones are not a replacement. The TRS-80 pocket computers had actual keyboards, which were small enough to make a portable form-factor, but large enough that you could thumb-touch type on them. Alas, we've gone from being…
My favorite is the much larger CASIO PB-700. I went to college with a almost-programmable Texas TI-55 but got the CASIO in the middle of my first year. It was a mind-blowing experience. I felt so sorry for the other people having to program their HP's while I could just do a quick BASIC program to solve the problem.