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!
Sunday, April 24, 2022
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
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!
Sunday, March 6, 2022
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
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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up863eQKGUI
There was a sequel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUCyvw4w_yk
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
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)
(the interpreter is II.0 so it cannot be a custom version of PCD’s IV.0)
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/
https://vcfed.org/wp/vcf-swap-meet/
Trash Talk Live #22
End of Feb
Tandy Assembly 2022 - Sep30 - Oct 2
http://www.tandyassembly.com
http://www.tandyassembly.com
Recent Acquisitions
Eric’s Japanese Model I
https://www.ebay.com/itm/373835068656
https://www.ebay.com/itm/373835068656
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)
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"
Main Topic: Muscle Micros
http://www.trs-80.org/muscle-micros/
Monday, February 14, 2022
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!
Sunday, January 2, 2022
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!
Sunday, December 19, 2021
Episode 41
These are the show notes for Episode 41 of TRS-80 Trash Talk
Show Title
Episode 41 - TRS-80 Hard Drives
Direct Episode Link
https://sites.libsyn.com/448440/episode-41-trs-80-hard-drives
Description
In this episode we start with the usual news and current events in the world of the TRS-80. After that, we discuss a bunch of recent acquisitions. We also review the book "Learning Level II" by David A. Lien. Then, we review the June 1980 issue of "80 Microcomputing". Finally, we discuss the history of hard drive solutions for the TRS-80 and offer recommendations to enthusiasts looking to use a hard drive on their TRS-80s today.
Trash Talkers
- Peter Cetinski
- Ian Mavric
- Eric Dittman
- Aaron Brockbank
- George Phillips
News and Current Events
John Mauchly, co-inventor of the digital computer, was finally happy when he got a TRS-80 as he had it all to himself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcWsNdyl264&t=149s
And the winner is: Kyle Wadsten, again. The only entrant in this year's TRS8Bit programming competition.
https://www.plaidvest.com/nightdriver/index.html
What’s new in trs80gp 2.4.5
Recent Acquisitions
Mav's White 64K Coco 1 at Pete’s house
Softerm 2000 comms package for the Tandy 2000
Ugly yellowed Dick Smith System 80 Mk II (PMC-81)
Eric's upgraded CoCo3 from Mark Marlette at Cloud-9
Another Amdek 300A
Retrotink 5X
https://www.retrotink.com/product-page/5x-pro
Book Review
"Learning Level II" by David A. Lien
https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/system-80/books/books-Learning-Level-II-(1979).pdf
Generate ?ST error in Level II BASIC:
10 A$="1"+("2"+("3"+("4"+("5"+("6"+("7"+("8"+("9"+("a"+"b")))))))))
Magazine Review
George Phillips leads us through “June 1980, 80 Microcomputing”
Main Topic: TRS-80 Hard Drives
The trash talkers discuss the history of Hard Drives for the TRS-80, from original RS units to modern solid state replacements.
Original Radio Shack HD Units - 8MB, 5MB, 12MB, 15MB, 35MB & 70MB
Original Third Party HD Units
FreHD
LoTech / DOM
https://www.lo-tech.co.uk/trs-80-ide-hard-drive-interface/
MISE/M3SE
TRS-IO/TRS-IO-M1
https://github.com/apuder/TRS-IO
DREM
MFM Reader
https://www.pdp8online.com/mfm/
Thursday, December 2, 2021
TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #20 is Saturday, December 11th at 9pm EST
TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #20 will be taking place on Saturday, December 11th at 9pm Eastern. 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 Saturday evening!
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