From: rswenson484@yahoo.com   
      
   "Mark McDougall"  wrote in message   
   news:4a87cef8$0$22838$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...   
   > Also, I estimate the Apple enthusiast scene to be at least 10 times the   
   > size of the TRS-80 scene, if not considerably more...   
      
   There's a good reason for that. They had a better computer.   
      
   I had a TRS-80 model I. It was my first computer and my introduction to   
   programming. I'm glad Radio Shack sold it. But if I had the money, I would   
   have gone with the Apple II instead.   
      
   Why?   
      
   1. It had slots - eight of them. I read somewhere the Model I was supposed   
   to have slots but that changed at the last minute.   
   2. Color - up to sixteen colors.   
   3. Sound - not much, but then again, the TRS-80 had none.   
   3. Optional 80 column capability.   
   4. You could open it up and add memory or other devices without voiding the   
   warranty.   
      
   But it was EXPENSIVE. It cost more than twice what I paid for my Model I.   
      
   The Model I did have the better Z80, but there were Z80 cards for the Apple   
   II as well....   
      
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