CNET From Old School To Tech Cool Winner
Check out the top ten entries and the winner from the CNET Old School to Tech Cool Contest.
The winner! 1979 Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I
Congratulations to Garret W, whose photo of an old-school portable computer won the contest. TV reviewer David Katzmaier selected the winner from among the top ten vote-getting entries.
"There was a lot of great old tech among the final photos," said David, "but I liked the 'portable' TRS-80 computer from 1979 best. With a monochrome monitor, separate keyboard, archaic peripherals and even a three-ring binder, all encased in a massive wood trunk complete with handles, it shows just how far computing and portable tech have come."
Here's winner Garret W's own description of the photo:
"Inspired by the Osborne 1, this a 'portable' 1979 Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I with an Exatron Stringy Floppy mass storage device and a 5 megabyte RAM drive. It was about as portable as a sofa."
Thank you to everyone who participated and a special congratulations to the ten finalists with the most user votes. Check out their submissions in the following slides.