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Tandy Corporation, once a dominant force in personal computing with the iconic TRS-80 and Color Computer, embarked on a decade-long decline marked by strategic missteps, technological stagnation, and a failure to adapt. This deep dive explores how reliance on proprietary standards like DeskMate, late adoption of industry shifts like VGA and 16-bit architecture, and a fractured retail strategy led to its downfall despite brief glimmers of innovation like the Sensation.

Apple's Lisa computer pioneered the graphical user interface and powerful hardware in 1983, yet met a shocking end: 2,700 units crushed in a landfill. Its tale reveals a perfect storm of exorbitant pricing, internal competition from the Macintosh, and brutal business realities that doomed a technical marvel. This is the inside story of ambition, failure, and the landfill that became a tech tomb.