Come and join us for our monthly gathering of TRS-80 enthusiasts from all over the planet Earth. TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #18 will be taking place on Saturday, September 18th at 7pm Eastern. This is the last show before Tandy Assembly 2021 so let's talk about your plans for the show. 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!
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Friday, July 16, 2021
TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #17 is Saturday, July 31st at 9pm Eastern
Make plans to join us for our monthly gathering of TRS-80 enthusiasts from around the world. TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #17 will be taking place on Saturday, July 31st at 9pm Eastern. Please get in touch to receive an invite to the interactive Zoom meeting where you can discuss your TRS-80 projects and interact with other likeminded TRS-80 aficionados. We will also be streaming the meeting on our YouTube channel and on our Facebook Page. We hope to see you then!
Monday, March 22, 2021
TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #13 is Saturday, March 27 at 5pm Eastern
Come join us on March 27th for the next TRS-80 Trash Talk Live! You can watch on our YouTube channel or get in touch for an invitation to our interactive Zoom session.
Monday, February 8, 2021
Episode 39
These are the show notes for Episode 39 of TRS-80 Trash Talk
Direct Episode Link: https://traffic.libsyn.com/0039a239-f654-4839-9e99-4bbcaed9abb3/34421.mp3
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
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
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
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
Book Review
TRS-80 More Than Basic by John Paul Froehlich
Main Topic
"TRS-80 Newsletters"
The Trash Talkers discuss the history and current day collecting of TRS-80 newsletters.
- TRS8BIT
- TRS-80 Microcomputer News
- 80 US Journal (80 Northwest)
- 80 Micro
- Micro 80
- two/sixteen
- Radio Shack Dealer Franchise Updates
- Byte Bandits of America
- Computer News 80
- DOSPLUS Newsletter
- Fayetteville TRS-80 User’s Group Newsletter
- King’s Byte - Kings County TRS-80 Users Group
- Maxi Series Newsletter
- Northern Bytes
- South Bay TRS-80 Users Group Newsletter
- Tidewater TRS-80 User’s Group Newsletter
- H&E Computronics TRS-80 Monthly
- TRSTimes
- TRS-80 Computing
- LDOS Quarterly and Misosys Quarterly
- Sydney TRS-80 Users Group - Sydtrug
- The S-Eighty
- S-80 Bulletin
- Stringy Floppy Newsletter
- Nibbles and Scribbles
- The Alternate Source
- TRSLINK
- Bits and Bytes
- Eastern Suburbs 80 Users Group Newsletter
- Computronics Model II Newsletter
- National 2 -> 6000 Forum Newsletters
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Episode 38
These are the show notes for Episode 38 of TRS-80 Trash Talk
Direct Episode Link: https://traffic.libsyn.com/0039a239-f654-4839-9e99-4bbcaed9abb3/34315.mp3
Show Title
Episode 38 - To Paint Or Not To Paint Your TRS-80 and Tim Mann
Description
In this episode we're joined by guest host Patrick Bureau from Texas Tandy Restorations. Patrick leads us through the controversial topic of whether or not to repaint your TRS-80. We also discuss lots of TRS-80 news and several interesting acquisitions, including a TRS-80 voice control device known as the Scott Instruments VET-2. Finally, in our interview segment, Pete interviews the well known TRS-80 hacker Tim Mann.
Trash Talkers
- Peter Cetinski
- Ian Mavric
- Eric Dittman
- Aaron Brockbank
- Patrick Bureau
News
- Trash Talk live has moved to a monthly format!
- Alpha Thing joystick interface for the Model I (Model III version to follow in 2021)
- RFI noise shield for the 4cellerator available now from Mav
- Double-Do competition
- The CoCo Crew Podcast passed 150,000 downloads recently. Congrats!
Recent Acquisitions
Scott Instruments VET-2
The Precedent Timekeeping Portfolio
Cheap Model 1
PMC-80:
Teleterm-EM, Westico ASCOM, XMODEM for LS-DOS 6.2, others in an 8in disk box.
Computers and Programming - Minefield game using a 76477 attached to a Model 1.
Pete sits down with Tim Mann for an interview.
Saturday, October 17, 2020
TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #8 is Happening October 24th at 9PM EDT
Due to popular demand, we will now be having monthly live shows! Woo hoo!
Join us for the next show on October 24th, 2020 at 9PM EDT. We are not publishing the Zoom link going forward for reasons well known if you attended the last show. :) Watchers can join the YouTube stream. If you'd like to join the interactive Zoom meeting, which is much more fun honestly, please get in touch privately.
This time around, we're going to have a presentation by Michael Wessel. Michael is the creator of the super-cool new TRS-80 accessory, the Talker/80. The title of the presentation is "The INPs and OUTs of Talker/80, a modern Voice Synthesizer for the TRS-80"
So be sure to join us and find out what it took to create a new TRS-80 accessory. Maybe it will inspire you to create one of your own!
Sunday, August 30, 2020
TRS-80 Trash Talk Live #7 is Coming on September 26th at 5pm Eastern
Join us on Zoom on September 26th at 5pm Eastern for another live show!
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86907465958?pwd=a1lLQzFKaGN0dzludU9MWUs2TDhsUT09
In addition to the usual revelry and camaraderie of our typical live show, we'll be having a few special presentations to make up for the lack of Tandy Assembly this year. :(
Arno Puder and Andrew Quinn will be giving a presentation and demonstration of two exciting new TRS-80 projects, TRS-IO-M1 and PocketTRS. Here are some of the highlights:
TRS-IO-M1:
- TRS-IO port to the M1
- Supports all features of TRS-IO (FreHD, RetroStore, trs-nic, etc)
- Same code base as the TRS-IO MIII
- Has a 32kB SRAM chip included
- Auto-boot feature
- Fully Open Source
PocketTRS:
- Hardware emulation of a MIII
- Display via VGA. Color can be set to green, white, or amber
- Keyboard via PS/2
- Audio interface can be used for game sound as well as cassette input (500 Baud only)
- I/O expansion bus emulation: one can connect external cards such as FreHD
- Has TRS-IO embedded
- Fully Open Source
Then, Tim Halloran will give us a short demo and progress report on hacking the CHOMRAtrs.
Despite glacial postal service between the US and Australia and chip shortages, a few of the new CHROMAtrs boards from Ian Mavric are working (based on work by Pascal Holdry). You may not know that Robert S French released much of the software (Ira's site) and it is possible to obtain the code and work on it. That's what Tim Halloran has been up to (with help from George Phillips) -- in particular making it easier for cassette-based systems to use the board.
So mark the date and time and come join us on Zoom. Everyone is welcome, even fans of other vintage computer platforms. See you on Zoom!
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