Tandy/Radio Shack Advert - May 1982

Here's another advert from Tandy/Radio Shack for the Model III variant of its TRS-80, or Trash-80 - the original version of which had been launched back in 1977.

It was not uncommon for companies to sell their systems as solution to a particular individual task. Bespoke Word Processing systems were popular - which Tandy itself did a few months later - and the price often reflected a belief that one micro could replace one or more actual typists.

Here, Tandy is offering its Model III as an accounting system, with a bundled copy of Check Writer-80 - which replaces a peg-board system, whatever that was - a printer and easy-to-follow instructions.

The system retailed for $3,433, or about £10,500 in 2024.