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

http://www.tandyassembly.com

Mav had a guest appearance on The CocoCrew Podcast

http://cococrew.org/

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

https://github.com/misterblack1/trs80-diagnosticrom

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

 

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

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.

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

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

https://microcorelabs.wordpress.com/2022/05/11/mclz8-zilog-z80-emulator-in-trs-80-model-iii/

https://github.com/MicroCoreLabs/Projects/tree/master/MCLZ8

The original TRS-80 Tech Tips have been archived by Tarkie and Ira

https://www.trs-80.com/wordpress/service-manuals/#assorted

What’s new in trs80gp 2.4.8

http://48k.ca/trs80gp.html

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

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=5288466031192542&set=a.891564874216035

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

http://www.tandyassembly.com

Recent Acquisitions

Pete visited Mike Yetsko and returned with a load of items

Pete's LNW Expansion Interface Boards

http://www.trs-80.org/lnw-system-expansion/

Pete's Taranto and Associates Model II Software

https://books.google.com/books?id=yD0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT30&lpg=PT30&dq=trs-80+taranto&source=bl&ots=AYI5npVb6Y&sig=ACfU3U2HvoDRGAREk3nMDHa5JitCnmVXFA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQko-S6Lf4AhWIkIkEHT_BCjIQ6AF6BAgoEAM#v=onepage&q=trs-80%20taranto&f=false

Pete's MIRE

http://bartlettlabs.com/MIRE/index.html

Mav's Coco 1

Pete's Corvus HD

https://www.ebay.com/itm/195112780142

Eric's TRS-80 Model 16B Service Manual

https://www.ebay.com/itm/175316516359

Eric's CM-1 monitor (finally!)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/155026881841

Eric's Mod III ROM Commented

https://www.ebay.com/itm/203964377849

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

 

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

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

Episode 43

These are the show notes for Episode 43 of TRS-80 Trash Talk

Show Title

Episode 43 -  TRS-IO and PocketTRS with Arno Puder

Direct Episode Link

https://sites.libsyn.com/448440/episode-43-trs-io-and-pockettrs-with-arno-puder

Description

In this episode we update you with the latest news and current events in the world of the TRS-80, including the passing of the legendary John Roach.  We cover some recent acquisitions by the Trash Talkers.  We discuss some of the upcoming vintage computer shows happening later this year.  We review the book “To Catch a Mouse Make a Noise Like a Cheese” by Lew Korfeld.  We then discuss the March 1982 issue of "80 Micro" magazine.  Finally, we talk to Arno Puder about his latest projects, including TRS-IO and PocketTRS.

Trash Talkers

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

News and Current Events

Passing of John Roach
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article259598229.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/technology/personaltech/john-roach-dead.html

Join the Tandy Discord

Send us an email for an invite!

The TRS-80 role in WarGames

What’s new in trs80gp 2.4.7
http://48k.ca/trs80gp.html

trs8bit competition is underway
http://www.trs-80.org.uk/page5.html

Upcoming Events

VCF West - Aug 6-7

https://vcfed.org/wp/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/

Tandy Assembly 2022 - Sep30 - Oct 2
http://www.tandyassembly.com

Recent Acquisitions

Pete's One of a kind all-in-one TRS-80

https://discord.com/channels/458077089493680160/925451774062641192/948714942016667709

Pete's Video Genie with Expansion Interface

https://www.ebay.com/itm/254658755995

Ian visited Canada, picked up a Coco 2, visited e-waste site in St Catherines, ON and a deceased Estate clearance of vintage computer gear.

Eric's System-80 Mk II and expansion interface from Ian.

Eric's unused Model I/III anti-glare screen

https://www.ebay.com/itm/165380892244

Book Review

“To Catch a Mouse Make a Noise Like a Cheese”

https://archive.org/details/tocatchmousemake00korn

Magazine Review

80 Micro Magazine

#27 March 1982

https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Magazines/80%20Micro/1982/80%20Micro%20-%208203%20-%20March%201982.pdf

Main Topic: TRS-IO and PockeTRS with Arno Puder

Discussion with Arno about the history, current status and future directions of his projects.
These are the projects that were mentioned in the podcast:

TRS-80 Emulator for Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.puder.trs80 

The RetroStore
https://retrostore.org/

TRS-IO for the Model I/III
https://github.com/apuder/TRS-IO

PocketTRS
https://github.com/apuder/PocketTRS

TRS-LIB
https://github.com/apuder/TRS-LIB

TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #24 is Saturday, April 30th at 9pm Eastern

TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #24 will be taking place on Saturday, April 30th at 9pm 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 April 30th!

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

TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #23 will be taking place on Saturday, March 26th at 5pm Eastern

TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #23 will be taking place on Saturday, March 26th 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 March 26th!

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

Episode 42

These are the show notes for Episode 42 of TRS-80 Trash Talk

Show Title

Episode 42 -  The Ultimate Answer: TRS-80 Muscle Micros

Direct Episode Link

https://sites.libsyn.com/448440/episode-42-the-ultimate-answer-trs-80-muscle-micros

Description

In this episode, as usual, we discuss the latest news and current events in the world of the TRS-80.  We cover some recent acquisitions by the Trash Talkers.  We discuss some of the upcoming vintage computer shows happening this year.  We review the book “33 Adult Computer Games in BASIC” by David Chance.  We wrap up by perusing the April 1983 issue of "80 Micro" magazine, including a discussion of the article "The Muscle Micros" and the hot-rod Model IIIs described therein.

Trash Talkers

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

News and Current Events

Pawn Stars TRS-80
https://play.history.com/shows/pawn-stars/season-19/episode-9

Is the Line Printer I both a Centronics 779 and an Oki Microline 80?
https://www.oki.com/en/otr/2002/n190/pdf/otr-190-24.pdf

"Don’t Copy That Floppy"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up863eQKGUI
There was a sequel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUCyvw4w_yk

No More Planned Computer Auctions in CT
http://www.keystoneauctions.com

Modern TRS-80 Games
https://pski.net/modern-trs-80-games/

Multidos on FreHD

Michael Bernard has fuzix booting from hard drive on real Model 4's (4P and 4 w/XROM)
8 bit Unix-like OS for multiple platforms.  Alan Cox created it as a fusion of various Z-80 unix-y systems.
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvJ5W2XGHmILvBGdkyHk9EDgLjfO

Unraveling PFS:File for the Model III and connections to UCSD Pascal.
(the interpreter is II.0 so it cannot be a custom version of PCD’s IV.0)

Paper TRS-80s
http://rockybergen.com/whatsnew/2019/11/12/trs-80-model-iii-papercraft-design

Pete got a New York TRS 80 vanity license plate!

Tandy Discord

Upcoming Events

VCF Swap Meet - Feb 26
https://vcfed.org/wp/vcf-swap-meet/

Trash Talk Live #22
End of Feb

VCF East - April 22-24
https://vcfed.org/wp/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/

CoCoFest 2022 - May 14-15
The 30th Annual Last Chicago CocoFest
https://www.glensideccc.com

VCF West - Aug 6-7
https://vcfed.org/wp/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/

Tandy Assembly 2022 - Sep30 - Oct 2
http://www.tandyassembly.com

Recent Acquisitions

Eric’s Japanese Model I
https://www.ebay.com/itm/373835068656

Eric's LNW System Expansion II
https://www.ebay.com/itm/334293081388

Eric's RB-ELEKTRONIK Model I HRG board
https://www.ebay.com/itm/125091813847

Eric's Lobo Dual 8” drive
https://www.ebay.com/itm/275055893286
(also loosely related, an oddity, a TS1000 that was modified to use a TRS-80 Model I monitor)

Pete's TRS232
http://www.trs-80.org/electric-pencil/

Mav's Model I system with the original System Desk 

Mav's 1980 Coco 1 4K serial number 000890

Book Review

“33 Adult Computer Games in BASIC for the IBM PC, Apple II/IIe and TRS-80”

https://archive.org/details/33_Adult_Computer_Games_in_BASIC_1983_Tab_Books

Magazine Review

April 1983 "80 Micro"

https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Magazines/80%20Micro/1983/80%20Micro%20-%208304%20-%20April%201983.pdf

Main Topic: Muscle Micros

http://www.trs-80.org/muscle-micros/

TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #22 is happening Saturday, February 26th at 9pm Eastern

TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #22 will be taking place on Saturday, February 26th at 9pm 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 Feb 26th!

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

TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #21 is Saturday, January 29th at 5pm Eastern

TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #21 will be taking place on Saturday, January 29th at 5pm Eastern.  Come join us to welcome in a new year of TRS-80 collecting and enjoyment!  This time around is our European friendly timeslot so we hope to see all of our friends from that side of the pond.   We'll be covering all the news and current events 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. We will also be streaming the meeting on our YouTube channel and on our Facebook Page.  See you on Jan 29th!

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

https://www.facebook.com/trs80trashtalk