which month? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

8 Jul 1997

The name of the book was something like that, I'll have to dig it up..
-Mp
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  -----Original Message-----
 From:  Cord Coslor [SMTP:coslor@pscosf.peru.edu]
 Sent:  Saturday, June 28, 1997 10:11 AM
 To:    Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
 Subject:       RE: which month?
 What was the name of that book? Wasn't it something about a mouse?
 Like,
 To Catch a Mouse, Make a Noise Like A Cheese?
 Curious to know.
 Thanks,
 CORD
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 On Sat, 28 Jun 1997, Matt Pritchard wrote:
  I have a book about marketing, written by a Tandy
VP which has a  large
  chapter on the birh of the TRS-80.  He mentioned
the day of the  first
  produced unit, (sept 15th I think) and game
totals for the first  months
  or two (It seemed they only managed 3 computer a
day for the first  week
 > or two).
 > -Mp
 >
 >
 > > -----Original Message-----
 > > From:        bwit(a)pobox.com [SMTP:bwit@pobox.com]
 > > Sent:        Friday, June 27, 1997 11:51 AM
 > > To:  &#39;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&#39;
 > > Subject:     RE: which month?
 > >
 > >
 > > IIRC the TRS-80 was introduced in September 1977.
 > >
 > >      ----------
 > >      From:   e.tedeschi
 > >      Sent:   Friday, June 27, 1997 7:39 AM
 > >      To:     Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
 > >      Subject:        which month?
 > >
 > >      I wonder if anybody here has the *exact* months of introduction
 > > of the
 > >      three first *real* home computers introduced in 1977:
 > >
 > >      a) the Apple II
 > >      b) the Tandy TRS-80
 > >      c) the Commodore Pet
 > >
 > >      I need them for a book on collecting home computers I am
 > > researching
 > >      for.
 > >
 > >      Thank you
 > >
 > >      enrico
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