Saturday, October 15, 2016

Episode 10

These are the show notes for Episode 10 of TRS-80 Trash Talk

Direct Episode Link: https://traffic.libsyn.com/0039a239-f654-4839-9e99-4bbcaed9abb3/30951.mp3

Show Title
  • Episode 10 - VCFMW 2016 and Lance Micklus

Trash Talkers
  • Peter Cetinski
  • Ian Mavric
  • Peter Bartlett
  • Randy Kindig

Feedback

Pete C. reads a few emails from listeners of the show

News

Pete C. released TRS-Box for the Model II.
TRS-Box
http://pski.net/trs-box/

Pete B. has released DYI kits for the MISE and M3SE.
http://bartlettlabs.com/MISE/doc/kit.html

Mav has released a new Model I RS-232 cable and a Model I double density adapter.
http://ianmav.customer.netspace.net.au/trs80/newstuff

Pete C. purchased a bunch of Model II equipment during a road trip to Virginia.
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?53955-Model-12-and-multiple-drive-units

Randy completed his collection of the TRS-80 Mysteries series.
https://archive.org/details/TRS-80_Disk_and_Other_Mysteries_1980_Harvard_C._Pennington

Main Topic

Pete B. and Randy discuss their experiences at VCFMW 2016
http://vcfmw.org

Interview

Pete C. interviews TRS-80 programmer Lance Micklus.  Lance tells us some stories about his role in the history of the TRS-80 including writing several notable games and running a small software company in the heyday of the TRS-80.

Lance Micklus Inc.
http://j4tb.com/sharedir/fotoalbm/lmi1980/