From: bv@wjv.com   
      
   In article <4784ab60$0$7194$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,   
   Tom Lake  wrote:   
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   >"x01001x"  wrote in message   
   >news:e826554f-32db-4fde-b4e4-6e7dd08a6c60@1g2000hsl.googlegroups.com...   
   >> What was the exact model number of the FIRST TRS-80 model that was   
   >> released to the public?   
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   >It was a 4K, Level I BASIC computer.  Part No. 26-1001   
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   >Tom Lake   
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   And I took delivery of my Model I on December 27, 1977.  I ordered   
   on August 4th or 5th and was told it would be 3 weeks.  But the   
   demand was unprecedended.  Serial number was in the low 10,000   
   range.   
      
   The local RS was selling these like mad and for the good customers   
   [I was one and they'd refer people to me for hel[] when it came   
   time for an upgrade they'd just swap them out instead of sending   
   them to a repair center to my first machine with the 10k range   
   serial number got replaced a few months later.   
      
   The store had one of the smalles physical locations but the manager   
   fell in love with the machines and actually hired an outside   
   saleman [probaby the only on in the US to do so] and started moving   
   a LOT of machines.   
      
   I was in his confidence and I saw his sales reports.  The   
   computer sales in July 1978 were equal to his full store   
   sales for July 1977.   
      
   He got so good and sold so many that other managers complained - so   
   RS - knowing how good he was - moved him to a regional managership   
   in a place he really wanted to go to - and they paid his way.   
   That was definate NOT typical of RS but the knew how to count   
   the dollars.   
      
   Bill   
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