Proper name for Tandy Color Computer?

[Dave Dunfield]

>What is the "proper" name for the Tandy Color Computer?  Is it that?  Or
>is it "Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer"?  Or is it "Radio Shack TRS-80 Color
>Computer"?
>
>I guess it also depends on what model we are talking about, so let's say
>the original and the CoCo2.  I know the CoCo3 was pretty much labeled
>Tandy by then.

One answer is "BOTH", because TRS actually means "Tandy Radio Shack".
However I assume you are asking about the labels on the machine and the
printing on the boxes.

The "Radio Shack TRS-80" was dropped/switched to "Tandy" on the labels
sometime during the CoCo 2.

I have a total of 8 Color Computers in my Collection:

#1
  Big box
  Large (deep) and silver in color
  "Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer"
  Separate square sticker reading "4K RAM"
  little square chicklet keys

#2
  Same box/size/color/labels except "32K RAM"
  Keyboard bas been upgraded, but I have the
  original which is the same as above.

#3
  Same box as above
  Same size, but white in color.
  "Radio Shack TRS-80 64k Color Computer"
  No memory size sticker (64k is on main label)
  Bigger/square keys, but still fairly flat.

#4
  Much Smaller box
  Smaller, not nearly as deep, white in color
  "Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer 2"
  No memory size sticker on top
  Same keys as #3

#5
  Don't have the box.
  Same size as #3, white in color
  "Tandy Color Computer 2"
  No memory size sticker on top
  Full sized keys (taller)

#6-#8 (all the same)
  Slightly smaller box than #3 (shorted lengthwise)
  Same size as #4, white in color
  "Tandy 128k Color Computer 3"
  No memory size sticker on top (128k on main label)
  Full sized keys similar to #5, although there are
  a couple of new ones in the lower right corner.

I've been meaning to post an inquiry about the various CoCo
models ... Aside from different memory sizes and standard/extended
BASIC, are there any physical variants other than I have described
above?

I thought that all CoCo1's were silver with the chicklet keys
until I just recently got #3 which was quite a suprise to me.
The (Canadian) Radio Shack catalogs go directly from #1/#2
in the 1983 issue to #4 in the 1984 issue. I do not recall
ever seeing a white CoCo1 with square keys before...

Regards,

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