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Tandy sold off its computer business to AST in 1991 (when I was working there). AST did nothing with the IP, went broke, and was bought at a discount by Samsung.
TLDR - Samsung now owns TRS-80. I presume they'll be relaunching the line soon.
Mr. Big John :vepi:
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2026-07-29 16:11:19 UTC
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