Episode 39

 These are the show notes for Episode 39 of TRS-80 Trash Talk

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Show Title

Episode 39 -  TRS-80 Newsletters

Description

In this episode we discuss the usual news and current events in the world of the TRS-80.  We discuss a bunch of recent acquisitions.  We also review the book "TRS-80 More Than BASIC" and present a new segment "Call for Projects".  Then, we wrap up with a discussion of TRS-80 newsletters, which can be an interesting historical addition to your TRS-80 collecting hobby.

Trash Talkers

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

News

Tandy Assembly is scheduled for October 1-3 for 2021

http://www.tandyassembly.com

TRS-80 Trash Talk monthly Live shows are a success
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXkGugvdCkpkMDylVQb9gfg

A TRS-80 Model III/4 composite video adapter is now available

NewPrint/80 is a TRS-80 virtual printer in development by Plaid Vest Software

trs80gp emulator has an important bug fix
http://48k.ca/trs80gp.html

Get in touch to join the Tandy Discord at trs80trashtalk@gmail.com

Recent Acquisitions

Holmes VID-80 and Sprinter III
http://www.trs-80.org/holmes-vid80

“TRS-80 Means Business” Book and Accompanying Disk

26-2731 - School Administrative Software Products - Grade Reporting System

Montezuma Micro Wordstar ProPack for the Model 4
https://www.ebay.com/itm/174562287466

RM/COS and RM/COBOL

Model II TRS-DOS 1.1 Manual
https://www.ebay.com/itm/154286830130

Call for Projects 

The Trash Talkers discuss potential projects for TRS-80 enthusiasts to tackle.

1. LDOS Basic interpreter that runs on a modern platform 

2. Utility to mount a TRS-80 disk image onto a modern filesystem

http://www.trs-80emulators.com/trstools/

Book Review

TRS-80 More Than Basic by John Paul Froehlich

https://archive.org/details/TRS-80_More_Than_BASIC_1981_John_Froehlich

https://doc.lagout.org/science/0_Computer%20Science/0_Computer%20History/old-hardware/TRS-80/TRS-80%20More%20Than%20BASIC%20%281981%29%28John%20Froehlich%29%28pdf%29.pdf

Main Topic

"TRS-80 Newsletters"

The Trash Talkers discuss the history and current day collecting of TRS-80 newsletters.

Here is a list of known TRS-80 newsletters:

1. TRS8BIT
2. TRS-80 Microcomputer News
3. 80 US Journal (80 Northwest)
4. 80 Micro
5. Micro 80
6. two/sixteen
• https://github.com/pski/model2archive/tree/master/Documents/two-sixteen%20magazine
7. Radio Shack Dealer Franchise Updates
• https://github.com/pski/model2archive/tree/master/Documents/RS%20Dealer-Franchise%20Updates
8. Byte Bandits of America
9. Computer News 80
10. DOSPLUS Newsletter
11. Fayetteville TRS-80 User’s Group Newsletter
12. King’s Byte - Kings County TRS-80 Users Group
13. Maxi Series Newsletter
14. Northern Bytes
15. South Bay TRS-80 Users Group Newsletter
16. Tidewater TRS-80 User’s Group Newsletter
17. H&E Computronics TRS-80 Monthly
18. TRSTimes
19. TRS-80 Computing
20. LDOS Quarterly and Misosys Quarterly
21. Sydney TRS-80 Users Group - Sydtrug
22. The S-Eighty
23. S-80 Bulletin
24. Stringy Floppy Newsletter
25. Nibbles and Scribbles
26. The Alternate Source
27. TRSLINK
28. Bits and Bytes
29. Eastern Suburbs 80 Users Group Newsletter
30. Computronics Model II Newsletter
31. National 2 -> 6000 Forum Newsletters