Although these days we get to tap into many sources of entropy to give a pretty good illusion of randomness, home computers back in the 1980s weren’t so lucky. Despite this, their random number ...

初期バージョン（Model Iと改名されたのは後継機種の「TRS-80 Model II」が発表された1979年夏のこと）を開発したのは、Tandyの仕入れ担当だったDon French氏と、Homebrew Computer AssociationのリーダーSteve Leininger氏であった。 TRS-80という名称は、Tandyがこれ以降に販売する ...

1977年、Tandy CorporationのRadioShack部門から販売される初のコンピュータを「TRS-80」と命名したのが、同部門のプレジデントであったLewis Kornfeld氏だった。TRS-80はZilogの「Z80」マイクロプロセッサを搭載したTandy RadioShackコンピュータである。 米国時間8月11日に ...

For over half a century, if you wanted to buy electronics parts and gadgets in the United States, one retail chain loomed large above all others: RadioShack. Its combination of distinctive, often ...

For over half a century, if you wanted to buy electronics parts and gadgets in the United States, one retail chain loomed large above all others: RadioShack. Its combination of distinctive, often ...

For over half a century, if you wanted to buy electronics parts and gadgets in the United States, one retail chain loomed large above all others: RadioShack. Its combination of distinctive, often ...

The Motorola 6809, released in 1978, was the follow-up to their 6800 from four years earlier. It’s a powerful little chip with many 16-bit features, although it’s an 8-bit micro at heart. Despite its ...