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Radio Shack Announced TRS-80 Computer

Radio Shack Announced TRS-80 Computer

1977

Radio Shack announces its TRS-80 Model I, the company's first personal computer. Equipped with 4KB of RAM, cassette-tape storage, and a built-in BASIC interpreter, the TRS-80 was one of the first mass-marketed personal computers (along with the Commodore PET and Apple II). At a time when most microcomputers came in kit form and appealed to hobbyists, these three computers addressed the average person and were very popular in schools.

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Mozilla Corporation was founded

Mozilla Corporation was founded

2005

Mozilla Corporation, the owner of Mozilla Firefox, was founded in Mountain View, California.

Christopher Columbus set sail

Christopher Columbus set sail

1492

Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on his first voyage to the Americas.

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