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TIL that when Radio Shack in 1977 planned its first personal computer, the $599 TRS-80, it built 3,500 units. The company had never sold that many of anything at that price, and planned to use the... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TMWNN on 2025-02-05 10:42:01.

Original Title: TIL that when Radio Shack in 1977 planned its first personal computer, the $599 TRS-80, it built 3,500 units. The company had never sold that many of anything at that price, and planned to use the computer for inventory in its 3,500 stores if it failed. More than 200,000 were sold by 1980.

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