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Mar 26, 2022 · Mr Roach introduced the fully assembled Tandy TRS-80 for US$599.95 or less through RadioShack chain stores in 1977, making it the most popular computer on the market. He also recruited Bill Gates and Paul Allen to write software for the TRS-80 and helped revive Tandy and RadioShack.
John V. Roach (1938-2022) was an American executive who launched the Tandy TRS-80, one of the first personal computers. He also served as CEO and chairman of Tandy Corporation and Texas Christian University.
Mar 23, 2022 · John Roach, a marketing visionary who helped make the home computer ubiquitous in the late 1970s by introducing the fully assembled Tandy TRS-80 for $599.95 or less through RadioShack chain...
Mar 24, 2022 · John Roach — the former chief of RadioShack parent company Tandy who later became one of the lead proponents of the personal computer — has died at 83, reported The New York Times.
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Mar 25, 2022 · John Roach was a key figure in popularizing the home computer in the late 70s with the TRS-80, a pre-assembled machine sold through RadioShack. He became chairman and CEO of Tandy, which later changed its name to RadioShack, until 1999.
Mar 20, 2022 · Fort Worth business legend and TCU alumnus John Vinson Roach II died early Sunday. He was 83. After joining the Fort Worth-based Tandy Corp. in 1967, he rose through the ranks and helped turn...
John Roach, a marketing visionary who helped make the home computer ubiquitous in the late 1970s by introducing the fully assembled Tandy TRS-80 for $599.95 or less through RadioShack chain stores, died on Sunday in Fort Worth.
