Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Episode 27

These are the show notes for Episode 27 of TRS-80 Trash Talk

Direct Episode Link: https://traffic.libsyn.com/0039a239-f654-4839-9e99-4bbcaed9abb3/32907.mp3

Show Title

Episode 27 -  The First Tandy Computers


Description

In this episode, the Trash Talkers discuss a little known time in the history of Tandy Radio Shack computing.  There was a short period just before and after the release of the TRS-80 Model I in 1977 when Tandy sold many different microcomputers, from Altairs to Vectors, under the Tandy Computers brand.  Later in the episode, we interview one of the key players of the original Tandy Computers division, former Tandy Radio Shack senior manager, Joe Sigler.  

Trash Talkers
  • Peter Cetinski
  • Ian Mavric
  • Aaron Brockbank
  • Eric Dittman
    Commercials
    • Mike Rowen

    News and Current Events
    • Tandy Assembly 2018
    • This Week in TRS-80
    • Pete's Original TRS-80 Training Videos
    • Recent Acquisitions

    Tandy Computers
    • The Trash Talkers discuss the early Tandy Computers division of Tandy Corporation, including the super rare Tandy 10, Software Special and Tandy 150 computers.

    Interview with Joe Sigler
    • Peter Cetinski talks to former Tandy Radio Shack manager Joe Sigler.  Joe tells lots of interesting stories about the early days in Tandy Radio Shack computing history.

    Links


    Tandy Assembly
    http://www.tandyassembly.com

    Tandy Assembly Videos
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPyGtUzQU0Vf7CiSiJLySUg

    This Week in TRS-80
    https://www.youtube.com/user/RE1974

    Pete's TRS-80 Videos
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcMt6yNrSh_iIlTUJLYbrEQ

    TimTams
    https://www.arnotts.com.au/products/tim-tam/

    Radio Shack Books
    https://archive.org/details/tandy_books?&sort=-downloads&page=2

    Forrest Mims Engineer's Notebooks
    https://hackaday.com/2017/01/18/forrest-mims-radio-shack-and-the-notebooks-that-launched-a-thousand-careers/

    Tandy Computers Catalog
    http://net.pski.retro.s3.amazonaws.com/TRS80TrashTalk/Episode27/1978%20Tandy%20Computers%20Catalog.pdf

    Tandy 10
    http://net.pski.retro.s3.amazonaws.com/TRS80TrashTalk/Episode27/ADDS-70-Tandy-10.jpg
    http://net.pski.retro.s3.amazonaws.com/TRS80TrashTalk/Episode27/Tandy10.pdf

    Software Special
    http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?66928-Tandy-Computers-quot-Software-Special-quot
    http://net.pski.retro.s3.amazonaws.com/TRS80TrashTalk/Episode27/SWS%20System%20Picture.jpg

    Tandy 150
    http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?66885-The-Rarest-Tandy-Computer-of-them-All-The-Tandy-150
    http://net.pski.retro.s3.amazonaws.com/TRS80TrashTalk/Episode27/Tandy150.pdf