comment: >
  
  My first computer at age 10 was a TRS-80, started programming in BASIC
context: What an exquisite find! Does it still work?
  My first computer was a CoCo (the grey one with the chicklet keyboard - this was so much better). >
  
  There was a mod available for the chiclet keyboard at the time. I remember buying a second hand TRS80 mechanical keyboard part for less than $20 (which I believe came from one of the monochrome computers).  I never managed to install it, since in my head, my soldering/electronic skills surpassed my real world skills... at the time. >
  
  Yeah, where I lived growing up, I would see ads for them, but couldn't actually buy them (Parents didn't have Credit Cards, and we didn't like the idea of sending cheques in the mail). >
  
  Love finding cool pieces like that! >
  
  My grandma had one of these. Spent many hours trying finish Dallas Quest >
  
  omg omg... trs-80!!
  check the collector value before you gut it... some models go for a lot
  Edit: My first computers were TRS-80s. I fully regret selling them at a garage sale