Tandy TRS-80 Word Processing System

There was a phase for a few years where the idea of microcomputers being general-purpose machines still hadn't caught in with some sectors of the market, and so these general-purpose machines would still sometimes be pitched as one-trick ponies.

And so it was with this - Tandy/Radio Shack's stab at the word processor market, when the price of such hardware was very often justified by the number of full-time typists it could theoretically replace.

The trend started in the early 80s, when some word processors were apparently available for at least £10,000, and <a href="adve_029">Commodore's PET-based system</a> was for sale for £3,500 in 1981. That's about [[3500|1981]] in [[now]].

The TRS-80 system, which came with a daisy-wheel printer and the Super Scripsit word-processing package, was at least a little cheaper, retailing for £2,841. That's still around [[2481|1981]] in [[now]].