In 1977, two several years following the MITS Altair 8800, Radio Shack introduced the TRS-80, one particular of the very first mass-created individual computers. By 1990/1991, Tandy was the world's most important manufacturer of individual computers its OEM manufacturing potential was building components for Digital Equipment Corporation, GRiD, Olivetti, AST Computer, Panasonic, and many others.