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   From: ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com   
      
   In article <1134092278.871828.253320@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, "Bill H"   
    wrote:   
   >2nd computer I owned was a TRS-80 PC4, then I got a Model 1 and   
   >expansion unit at a garage sale. Kept looking around and eventually I   
   >had a Model 1 with 48k, serial card, 3 TRS80 drives, Monitor, Expansion   
   >Interface, Original DMP Line printer they made for it, TRS80 tape deck   
   >and the amplifier to hear sound, Tons of software (tape, disk) The   
   >complete PD library from the San Diego Users group when they disbanded.   
   >Loved the system. In 86 my ex was working for a moving company and they   
   >needed to setup a database for telemarketing and all they had was Mac's   
   >and noone knew how to do it, so I set it up on the Model 1 and they   
   >used it for about a year.   
      
   When the TRS-80 appeared on the scene, a mob in the tourist ghetto of   
   Cairns in north Queensland, Australia, set up a very good business   
   flogging systems to other local businesses. [I should mention that   
   Cairns had real people in those days and was only on the verge of   
   becoming a tourist ghetto.]   
      
   They had a very successful "school" where they taught customers who   
   bought systems to use the things (ISTR they moved on to the Model II   
   fairly early) and won several awards for innovative marketing of Tandy   
   products in Oz.   
      
   When the new PCs hit the streets, they started to lose share.  The   
   owner once remarked to me that if only there was a CTRL O to sort   
   stuff in the new systems they would be great to use!  (I may have that   
   screwed, but I'm pretty sure it was CTRL O they were on about -- it   
   wasn't something I had used in Tandy BASIC, so I could be wrong.)   
      
   >If only I still had it I would make a mint on eBay, as it was I sold   
   >the complete system for $250 in 87.   
      
   Cheers, Phred.   
      
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