Episode 1

These are the show notes for Episode 1 of TRS-80 Trash Talk

Direct Episode Link: https://traffic.libsyn.com/0039a239-f654-4839-9e99-4bbcaed9abb3/30080.mp3

Trash Talkers

• Peter Cetinski
• Randy Kindig
• Ian Mavric

News

• VCFE 11 - Vintage Computer Festival East XI
• http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/
• April 15-17 at the InfoAge Science Center in Wall, NJ
• Peter C. will be exhibiting "TRS-80s on the 'Net" which will show how to run Internet enabled applications on the TRS-80.  He will demo TRSWiki, a Wikipedia browser for the TRS-80, on a Model 4 with a M3SE and TRS-Box, a Dropbox client for the TRS-80, on a Model I with a MISE.
• TRS-Box: http://pski.net/trs-box/
• TRSWiki: http://pski.net/trswiki/
• VCFSE - Vintage Computer Festival South East
• http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-southeast-4-0/
• April 2 & 3 in Roswell, GA
• Randy will be attending and possibly exhibiting his Model I with the MISE
• MAPPA-1
• Ian Mavric's newest project is a remake of the Omikron Mapper which allows CP/M to run on a Model I
• http://ianmav.customer.netspace.net.au/cpm/
• TRS-80.com EBay Auction
• Ira from trs-80.com held an eBay auction of various TRS-80 related items to support the popular trs-80.com website.
• http://www.trs-80.com
• M3SE - Model III System Expander
• Peter Bartlett is back with an incredible follow-up to the highly successful MISE
• http://bartlettlabs.com/M3SE/index.html

Main Topic

TRS-80 History

Peter, Randy and Ian discussed the history of the TRS-80 Model I, III and 4.  This is intended to be a grounding for the listeners so that everyone has a foundation for future discussions.

• Model I: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80
• Model III: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80#modeliii
• Model 4: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80#model4

eBay Shopping

The Trash Talkers shopped eBay for several interesting TRS-80 related items.

• TRS-80 Screen Printer: http://www.ebay.com/itm/201518606940
• TRS-80 Model I with custom expansion cabinet: http://www.ebay.com/itm/291677610231
• TRS-80 Debug: http://www.ebay.com/itm/172089956448
• TRS-80 PILOT: http://www.ebay.com/itm/172089967843