Friday, December 30, 2022

Episode 45

These are the show notes for Episode 45 of TRS-80 Trash Talk

Show Title

Episode 45 -  Make it a Tandy Holiday


Direct Episode Link

https://sites.libsyn.com/448440/episode-45-make-it-a-tandy-holiday

Description

In this episode the Trash Talkers discuss what they want for Christmas this year.  Then, we review the wildly successful Tandy Assembly 2022 event.  We then review the book "Teach Your TRS-80 to Program Itself."  Finally, we do in an depth review of the first ever issue of 80 Micro magazine from January 1980.  Join us on yet another trip through Tandy Radio Shack computing history!


Trash Talkers

  • Peter Cetinski
  • Ian Mavric
  • Eric Dittman
  • Aaron Brockbank
  • George Phillips 


News and Current Events

What do you want for Tandy Christmas?  The Trash Talkers describe their perfect gift.

Tandy Assembly 2022 Recap

Mav had a guest appearance on The CocoCrew Podcast

The TRS8BIT competition for 2022 has ended!

What’s new in trs80gp 2.4.9

Model 1, 2 and 3 diagnostics ROMs commissioned by Adrian Black

Cyberears is shutting down

Upcoming Events

VCF East, April 14-16 2023

https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/

Tandy Assembly, Tentative, September 29 - October 1, 2023

http://www.tandyassembly.com/

31st Last Chicago CocoFest, April 22-23, 2023

https://www.glensideccc.com/

West Coast Tandy Event


Recent Acquisitions

  • Pete picked up a RCA 12” B&W TV used for the MI Video Display
  • Pete picked up a Tandy 4 at TA
  • Mav picked up H&E Computronics Versa  accounting software at TA 
  • 512K Model II RAM board
  • Aaron's Discs and GESTOCK Manual from Kevin Parker’s Belgium Model II for archiving. 
  • Tandy Electronics Computer Catalog RSC-4
  • George's Line Printer VI


Book Review

Teach Your TRS-80™ To Program Itself!

https://archive.org/details/Teach_Your_TRS-80_To_Program_Itself_1984_Tab_Books/mode/2up

Magazine Review

80 Micro #1

https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Magazines/80%20Micro/1980/80%20Micro%20-%208001%20-%20January%201980.pdf



 

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #29 will be taking place on Saturday, December 17th at 5pm Eastern

TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #29 will be taking place on Saturday, December 17th at 5pm Eastern.  This will be our last show of the year so everyone should plan to share their TRS-80 Christmas shopping list and their TRS-80 New Year resolutions!  Please get in touch to receive an invite to the interactive Zoom meeting if you'd like to actively participate. It's so much more fun to join via Zoom so please do ask for an invite via our email address or social media channels.  We will also be streaming the meeting on our YouTube channel for those that just would like to watch.  See you on December 17th!

https://youtube.com/c/TRS80TrashTalk

Thursday, November 17, 2022

We've Switched Podcast Feed Providers!

Unfortunately, our long time podcast feed service Cyberears is shutting down.  So, we've had to migrate to a new feed provider, Libsyn.  We don't anticipate any interruptions to your podcast feeds but please do let us know if you run into any difficulties, like missing or incorrect episodes matching to the descriptions.  We want to thank the team at Cyberears for many years of uninterrupted podcast hosting service.  

The new feed is https://feeds.libsyn.com/448440/rss.

Friday, October 21, 2022

TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #28 will be taking place on Saturday, October 29th at 5pm Eastern.

TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #28 will be taking place on Saturday, October 29th at 5pm Eastern.  Back after missing a month for Tandy Assembly, we'll be covering all the news and current events happening in the TRS-80 vintage computer community.  Please get in touch to receive an invite to the interactive Zoom meeting if you'd like to actively participate. It's so much more fun to join via Zoom so please do ask for an invite via our email address or social media channels.  We will also be streaming the meeting on our YouTube channel for those that just would like to watch.  See you on October 29th!

https://youtube.com/c/TRS80TrashTalk

Monday, September 5, 2022

Episode 44

These are the show notes for Episode 44 of TRS-80 Trash Talk

Show Title

Episode 44 -  Tandy Assembly 2022 and the Floppy-80


Direct Episode Link

https://sites.libsyn.com/448440/episode-44-tandy-assembly-2022-and-the-floppy-80

Description

In this episode, as usual, we update you with the latest news and current events in the world of the TRS-80.  George tells us how trs80gp now emulates the MC-10.  We have a preview of the exhibits appearing at the upcoming 2022 Tandy Assembly.  We then cover a bunch of interesting recent TRS-80 related acquisitions, including items from the collection of Mike Yetsko.  Finally, in our main segment, we introduce the Floppy-80, a new floppy emulation product.  We talk to its main promoter Patrick Bureau and its creator Michael McCarrick to get all the details of this exciting new product.


Trash Talkers

  • Peter Cetinski
  • Ian Mavric
  • Eric Dittman
  • Aaron Brockbank
  • George Phillips 
  • Patrick Bureau
  • Michael McCarrick 


News and Current Events

We’ve recently passed 250,000 downloads!  Yay!

MCLZ8 – A Zilog Z80 Emulator for the TRS-80 Model III

The original TRS-80 Tech Tips have been archived by Tarkie and Ira

What’s new in trs80gp 2.4.8

Call for operating systems for the Japanese Model I with Kana keyboard

Jay Newirth is producing a new complete plug-n-play FreHD solution for the M3/4

The June 2022 edition of TRS8BIT is now available from the downloads page at www.trs-80.org.uk.  Competition update.


Upcoming Events

Tandy Assembly 2022 - Sep30 - Oct 2

Recent Acquisitions


Main Topic: Floppy-80

Patrick Bureau and Michael McCarrick talk about the newest TRS-80 floppy emulator, the Floppy-80.

https://texastandyrestorations.org

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMM_EvJSvXQ

 

Friday, August 19, 2022

TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #27 will be taking place on Saturday, August 27th at 9pm Eastern.

TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #27 will be taking place on Saturday, August 27th at 9pm Eastern.  Back after a nice summer break, we'll be covering all the news and current events happening in the TRS-80 vintage computer community.  Please get in touch to receive an invite to the interactive Zoom meeting if you'd like to actively participate. It's so much more fun to join via Zoom so please do ask for an invite via our email address or social media channels.  We will also be streaming the meeting on our YouTube channel for those that just would like to watch.  See you on August 27th!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXkGugvdCkpkMDylVQb9gfg

Monday, June 13, 2022

TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #26 is happening on Saturday, July 2nd at 5pm Eastern

TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #26 will be taking place on Saturday, July 2nd at 5pm Eastern.  We'll be covering all the news and current events happening in the TRS-80 vintage computer community.  Please get in touch to receive an invite to the interactive Zoom meeting if you'd like to actively participate. It's so much more fun to join via Zoom so please do ask for an invite via our email address or social media channels.  We will also be streaming the meeting on our YouTube channel for those that just would like to watch.  See you on July 2nd!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXkGugvdCkpkMDylVQb9gfg