It’s no secret that Stephen King is a huge fan of technology. In fact, he even wrote a book about it, called On Writing. But one piece of technology that stands out to him above all else is the TRS-80 Model III. It’s a computer that was released in 1980, and it made a huge impact on the world of computing at the time.
In his book, he talks about how the TRS-80 Model III was one of the first computers to offer a color screen and a built-in power supply. It also had a built-in floppy disk drive, which was a huge advantage over other computers of the time. The Model III was also one of the first computers to offer a BASIC programming language for beginners. This made it a great choice for budding computer programmers.
The TRS-80 Model III was also the first computer to offer a speech synthesis system. This allowed users to create their own text-to-speech software. This feature was later used by Stephen King to create a talking computer for his novel, The Tommyknockers.
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