Ira Goldklang's TRS-80 Revived Site: News

November 3, 2011 - VDK-80 v0.1 DSK/DMK Utility
Added Migue Dutra's TRS-80 Virtual Disk Kit v0.1 utility to the DSK and DMK Image Utilities page. The VDK-80 is a command line utility which allows one to perform a series of operations (read, write, rename, delete etc.) on files stored in a TRS-80 virtual disk image.

November 2, 2011 - TRS-80 in Flash
VE2OUY has put up a web page which emulates most of a Model I in Flash (no source was found). You can find that page here.

November 1, 2011 - TRS-80.org.uk

I stumbled upon a new TRS-80 site, trs-80.org.uk. They have a few links, and some downloads, but most notedly, a currently published TRS-80 newsletter, called TRS8BIT, available for download.

I have put together a TRS8BIT cover page here, but like all the other pages, there are no downloads. There is a link on the page to trs-80.org.uk, should you wish to download.

Always good to see new TRS-80 sites ... wishing them well!

October 30, 2011 - Working CoCo2 For Sale

A site visitor has a the following for sale:

		CoCo 2 (which he has verified as working)
		Some games
		Some program paks
		Some cassette tapes
		Some manuals
		Joystick (which he has verified as working)
		Hookup connections for a cassette player/recorder data storage
		Cassette player (won't turn the cassettes anymore; it needs new belts).
		"Using Basic" (textbook) Book
		"TRS-80 Color Computer Assembly Language Programming" Book
		"Getting started with Extended Color Basic" Book (missing back cover)
		"TRS-80 Color Computer Programs" Book

He is asking $40 plus actual shipping costs (from Raleigh, North Carolina, USA) on a first come first served basis. The lot weighs around 15 pounds, divided pretty equally between the books and the other stuff. He can be reached at jdstout at gmail dot com.

Pictures can be found here

October 25, 2011 - eBay Auctions to Support the Site
Since the site needs support, I have more TRS-80 items on eBay. All auctions end on October 25, 2011 at approximately 9:25AM PDT Your bids are appreciated!

TRS-80 - Radio Shack Unformatted Minidisks - 1 Still Sealed/1 Looks Resealed	TRS-80 - Pathways through the ROM - Original Book	Intel 80/85 Family Users Manual, Preliminary Edition - Original Book

Devil's DP Dictionary - Original Book	TRS-80 - TRS-80 Assembly Language Programming, 1st Ed. - Original Book	TRS-80 - 57 Practical Programs & Games in BASIC, 1st Edition - Original Book

TRS-80 - AukCFS and AukSORT - Original Manuals/Copies of Disks	TRS-80 - Microcomputer Newsletters - Original/Assorted	TRS-80 - Reference Cards - Originals

TRS-80 - Cybermate Software Pack - Original Program ListingsX	TRS-80 - Assorted Floppy Drive and Printer Service Manuals	TRS-80 - Basic Faster and Better and Other Mysteries, 1st Edition/1st Printing

October 16, 2011 - eBay Auctions to Support the Site
Since the site needs support, I have more TRS-80 items on eBay. All auctions end on October 23, 2011 at approximately 9:00PM PDT Your bids are appreciated!

TRS-80 - Video Display Worksheets / Basic Coding Sheets - MANY	TRS-80 - PowerDraw v1.5 by Breeze - Original Disk/Manual/Inserts	TRS-80 - DOS Upgrade Manuals / Sheets - Originals

TRS-80 - Super Utility Plus Special Edition - Original Binder/Manuals	Visicalc - Original Binder/Disk/Manual	TRS-80 - Master Mechanic Set for LDOS - Original Manual/Plastic Baggie

The 80 Notebook Magazine by Cybermate - Complete Run	TRS-80 - TRS-80 Printer Dust Cover (16x3x14)	TRS-80 - TRS-80 Line Printer 8 Dust Cover

TRS-80 - Disk Scripsit by Radio Shack - Original Binder/Tapes/Disk/Manual	Mostek Z80 Microcomputer System Micro-Reference Manual	Archer Project Board: Universal Display Board - Still Sealed

Litronix DL-1416 Four Digit Display Stick with Built In CMOS - Sealed	TRS-80 - LABLMAKR and CASSLABL - Original Manual

October 9, 2011 - eBay Auctions to Support the Site
Since the site needs support, I have more TRS-80 items on eBay. All auctions end on October 16, 2011 at approximately 2:10PM PDT Your bids are appreciated!

TRS-80 - Misosys Notes Vol 1-4 and 2 Catalogs - Originals!	TRS-80 - Z80 Instruction Handbook - Original Book	TRS-80 - Visicalc for your TRS-80 - Original Book

TRS-80 - 3 80-US Magazines and 2 Computer User Magazines - Originals!	TRS-80 - 10 Miscellaneous Catalogs and Press Releases - Originals!

October 6, 2011 - Model 4P For Cost of Pack/Ship
Visit the TRS-80's for Free page

October 5, 2011 - eBay Auctions to Support the Site
Since the site needs support, I have more TRS-80 items on eBay. All auctions end on October 10, 2011 at approximately 6:23PM PDT Your bids are appreciated!

TRS-80 - LZAP/CMD Disk Modification Utility for LDOS - Original Manual	TRS-80 - LSDOS 6.3 Update for TRSDOS 6.2.X - Original Manual	TRS-80 - Model III ROM Commented - Original Book

TRS-80 - TRS-80 ROM Routines Documented - Original Book	TRS-80 - Super Utility Plus Tech Manual - Original Book	TRS-80 - Super Utility Plus 3.0 Technical Manual - Original Insert

TRS-80 - LDOS 5.3 Update, 1st Printing - Original Manual

October 4, 2011 - New Book Cover Scan
	Title: Introduction to Profile III Plus for the TRS-80 Year: 1982 Publisher: Tandy Pages: 72

September 26, 2011 - eBay Auctions to Support the Site
Since the site needs support, I have more TRS-80 items on eBay. All auctions end on October 2, 2011 at approximately 8:15PM PDT Your bids are appreciated!

TRS-80 - PowerDraw v1.3 by PowerSoft - Original Manual / Copy of Disk	TRS-80 - Model 3/4/4P Diagnostics Manual - Original Manual	TRS-80 - Tiny Pascal v1.0 by SuperSoft - Original Manual/Tape/Catalogs

TRS-80 - Keyboard Debounce / Real Time Clock by Radio Shack - Original Manual/Tape	TRS-80 - Inside Super Utility Plus, 1st Printing - Original Book	TRS-80 - PowerMail by PowerSoft - Original Manual/Disk

TRS-80 - Basic Faster and Better & Other Mysteries, 1st Edition - Original Book	TRS-80 - Introduction to Profile III Plus - Original Workbook	TRS-80 - Super Utility Plus 3.0 Technical Manual - Original Insert

TRS-80 - Color Computer 2 Dust Cover	TRS-80 - TRS-80 Microcomputer Newsletter Reprints for 1980 - Original Book	TRS-80 - TRS-80 Microcomputer Newsletter Reprints for 1981 - Original Book

TRS-80 - TRS-80 Microcomputer Newsletter Reprints for 1982 - Original Book	TRS-80 - Dow Jones Information Service by Tandy - Original Manual/Copy of Disk	TRS-80 - Master Mechanic Set for LDOS by PowerSoft - Original Manual/Copy of Disk

TRS-80 - Cyborg by Computer Shack - Original Manual/Copy of Disk	TRS-80 - Caterpillar by Soft Sector Marketing - Original Manual/Copy of Disk	TRS-80 - CompuServe Information Service by Radio Shack - Original Manual/Copy of Disk

TRS-80 - Bounceoids by Cornsoft Group - Original Manual/Copy of Disk	TRS-80 - 9 Softside Magazines - Issues 24, 28-35	TRS-80 - 13 Softside Magazines - 1978/1979/1980

TRS-80 - Montezuma CP/M - Original Binder/Manual/Disks/Books/etc	TRS-80 - Deskmate - Original Binder & Manuals/Copy of Disks	TRS-80 - Dig Out by Computer Shack - Original Manual/Copy of Disk

September 12, 2011 - eBay Auctions to Support the Site
Since the site needs support, I have listed another 2 TRS-80 items on eBay with more to come over the weekend. All auctions end on Sep 19, 2011 at approximately 08:11AM PDT Your bids are appreciated!

TRS-80 - NewScript by Prosoft - Original Manual/Ref Card	TRS-80 - Micro-Computer Technical Reference Handbook 1st Ed.	TRS-80 - Mister Ed Pro-Wam Editor by Misosys - Original Manual

TRS-80 - The Toolbox by Breeze/QSD - Original Manual/Disk	TRS-80 - Haunted House Adventure - Original Manual/Cassette	TRS-80 - Level I Games Pack - Binder/Manual/Tapes

TRS-80 - Mostly BASIC Applications for your TRS-80, 1st Ed. - Book	TRS-80 - BASIC Computer Games by Dave Ahl, 1st Printing - Book	TRS-80 - Mark * Collection by Misosys - Original Manual

TRS-80 - 3 Student Manual Workbooks	TRS-80 - HartForth by Molimerx - TWO Original Manuals	TRS-80 - Terminal Emulation System - Original Manual

TRS-80 Level II Course Parts I and II - Orig Binder/Tapes/Manuals	TRS-80 - Pyramid 2000 Adventure - Original Manual/Cassette	TRS-80 - MicroChess v1.5 - Original Manual/Cassette

TRS-80 - Budget Management by Radio Shack - Original Manual	TRS-80 - PowerDraw v1.3 by PowerSoft - Original Manual	TRS-80 - TRS-80 Pocket Handbook, 1st Edition - Book

TRS-80 - Lair of the Dragon MegAdventure by Misosys - Original Manual	TRS-80 - Programming Techniques for Level II BASIC - Book	TRS-80 - BASIC Computer Language: Easier Than You Think - Book

TRS-80 - Getting Started with TRS-80 BASIC - Book	TRS-80 - DSM4 by Logical Systems - Original Manual/Disk	TRS-80 - Alien Defense by SSM - Original Manual

TRS-80 - RPM by Prosoft - Original Manual

September 8, 2011 - eBay Auctions to Support the Site
Since the site needs support, I have listed another 2 TRS-80 items on eBay with more to come over the weekend. All auctions end on Sep 13, 2011 at approximately 09:07AM PDT Your bids are appreciated!

TRS-80 - Dnieper River Line Game (Avalon Hill)

TRS-80 - Guns of Fort Defiance Game (Avalon Hill)

August 24, 2011 - Roy T. Beck
Lance Wolstrup, editor in chief of TRSTIMES, has advised that Roy T. Beck passed away in March of 2011. Roy was a member of all the Greater Los Angeles TRS-80 user groups, and a regular contributor to TRSTimes, where he wrote about hardware, primarily Hard Drives. He was 80 years old and is survived by his wife, Barbara.

August 22, 2011 - eBay Auctions to Support the Site
I hate listing things on eBay plain and simple. Every time I do it, eBay has made selling experience even worse. Of course, the site needs support one way or the other, so I have listed another 14 TRS-80 items on eBay. All auctions end on August 29, 2011 at approximately 8:30AM PDT Your bids are appreciated!

TRS-80 - TBUG Z-80 Monitor and Debugging Aid - Original Manual and Tape	TRS-80 - Programmer's Guide to LDOS/TRSDOS Version 6 (Original Book)	TRS-80 - Hyperlight Patrol - Original Case/Manual/Disk/Software Reg Card

TRS-80 - Basic Faster and Better & Other Mysteries Book	TRS-80 - Machine Language Disk I/O & Other Mysteries	TRS-80 - The Alternate Source Magazine - Issues 1-18 Except 4

TRS-80 - Space Warp - Original Manual and Cassette	TRS-80 - Line Printer Service Manual (Book)	TRS-80 - PowerSoft Utility Disk 2 (Original Manual/Disk/Bag/Card)

TRS-80 - Model III Multi-Copy (40-Track) - Original Manual/Disk/Baggie	TRS-80 - Misosys DiskDisk - Original Manual / Copy of Disk	TRS-80 - NewBASIC v2.0 - Original Manual / Copy of Disk

TRS-80 - Misosys DSM4 - Original Manual / Copy of Disk	TRS-80 - BASIC/S v3.1 Compiler - Original Manual/Baggie/Cards/Copy of Disk	TRS-80 - Stopper - Original Manual/Copy of Disk

TRS-80 - Misosys Disasembler II - Original Manual / Copy of Disk

August 16, 2011 - Non-working Network 2 Switchbox

A site visitor is offering a non-working Radio Shack TRS-80 Network 2 switchbox (e.g., for parts or for tinkerers) for free for local pickup or the cost of shipping from Baltimore, Maryland

- model no. 26-1211, serial # 003505
- 16 channel mux, using rotary dial, leds indicating selection
- undamaged, dirty but it looks like it'll work
- no power supply or cables
- no disks or manuals
Owner originally bought it, but didn't really use it. Recently found cleaning out some old stuff.

As always, first come first served. If you want it, please Contact Me. The posting will be taken down once I pass on the first offer.

August 9, 2011 - eBay Auctions to Support the Site
I hate listing things on eBay plain and simple. Every time I do it, eBay has made selling experience even worse. Of course, the site needs support one way or the other, so I have listed another 14 TRS-80 items on eBay. All auctions end on Aug 10, 2011 at approximately 08:25:04AM PDT Your bids are appreciated!

		TRS-80 - Multiplan (Original Box/Disk/Manual/etc) / By: Microsoft/Tandy

		TRS-80 - TRS-80 Assembly Language Book (EX-LIBRARY BOOK)

		TRS-80 - Power Dot - Original Disk/Manual/Bag

		TRS-80 - Super Utility Plus v3.0 Technical Manual (Original)

		TRS-80 - QSD Utility for LDOS (Original/Autographed)

		TRS-80 - Special Purge Utility (Original)

		TRS-80 - Super Utility Plus - Original Disk/Manual

		TRS-80 - Super Utility Plus - Original Disk/Manual

		TRS-80 - File Transfer Utility - Original Disks/Manual/Baggie

		TRS-80 - Super Utility PC (Original/Sealed)

		TRS-80 - Space Rocks - Original MANUAL/Copy of Disk

		TRS-80 - Little Brother Database System - Original MANUAL/Copy of Disk

		TRS-80 - Strike Force - Original MANUAL/Copy of Disk

		TRS-80 - Microsoft BASIC Decoded & Other Mysteries (NO BINDING)

July 29, 2011 - Extracting Files from CP/M Images
Larry Kraemer has provided the disk definitions needed to use the 1994 program 22DISK to extract Montezuma Micro CP/M files to the PC. The definitions are found on the CP/M Conversion Utilities Page.

August 1, 2011 - eBay Auctions to Support the Site
I hate listing things on eBay plain and simple. Every time I do it, eBay has made selling experience even worse. Of course, the site needs support one way or the other, so I have listed another 14 TRS-80 items on eBay. All auctions end on Aug 07, 2011 at approximately 13:53:47 PDT) Your bids are appreciated!

		Quick-Fix (Original) / By: Breeze Computing

		Super Utility (Original) / By: Breeze Computing/QSD

		Super Utility Plus (Original) / By: Breeze Computing/QSD

		File Transfer Utility (Original) / By: Breeze Computing/QSD

		Multi-Copy (Original) / By: Breeze/QSD

		Super Utility Tech Manual (Original) / By: Breeze Computing/QSD

		DragonQuest Adventure / By: The Programmers Guild

		Power-Mail (Original) / By: Powersoft / Breeze/QSD

		Space Castle / By: Cornsoft Group

		Make-80 Utility (Original) / By: Breeze Computing/QSD from A.M. Electronics

		Special Disk Formatter Utility (Original) / By: Breeze

		TRSCROSS (Original/Sealed) / By: PowerSoft

		TRS-80 - Capture (Original/Sealed) / By: Adventure International

		Model 4D Disk Owners Manual / TRSDOS v6.0 (Original) / By: Tandy Radio Shack

July 29, 2011 - Extracting Files from CP/M Images
Larry Kraemer has provided the disk definitions needed to use the 1994 program 22DISK to extract Montezuma Micro CP/M files to the PC. The definitions are found on the CP/M Conversion Utilities Page.

July 24, 2011 - eBay Auctions to Support the Site
As much as I hate listing things on eBay, I am ramping back up again, starting off very light. All auctions end on Jul 29, 2011 at approximately 13:34:03 PDT) Your bids are appreciated!

		Inside Super Utility Plus - STILL SEALED

		Model III ROM Commented (Book)

July 23, 2011 - Guide to creating DSK and DMK images
For those of you new to emulation, Larry Kraemer has created a PDF guide on creating DMK and DSK images. It can be downloaded here.

July 15, 2011 - Model 4P and DMP 110 Free for Seattle Pickup.
Model 4P with a DMP 110 printer for free, local pickup in Seattle, Washington only. The owner hasn't used the printer since the 80s, but worked then. The owner booted up the 4P last year (with TRSDOS) and it booted great. If interested in picking these up in Seattle, please email me. Emails will be forwarded to the owner in the order received.

July 15, 2011 - Model 4P and DMP 110 Free for Seattle Pickup.
Model 4P with a DMP 110 printer for free, local pickup in Seattle, Washington only. The owner hasn't used the printer since the 80s, but worked then. The owner booted up the 4P last year (with TRSDOS) and it booted great. If interested in picking these up in Seattle, please email me. Emails will be forwarded to the owner in the order received.

July 13, 2011 - Emulator Updates

George Phillips has updated his GP2000 TRS-80 Model I/III/4 Emulator to v1.8. That emulator can be downloaded here or from George's Web Site. Changes include

		Works on displays whos width is not a multiple of 4.
		Recording in Flash video format (.flv).
		Supports Model 4 with hi-res graphics adapter.
		Debugger improved.
		Z-80 profiling has legend and branch taken percentages.
		HALT instruction now emulated properly.
		Model I double-wide video.
		Added "-time emulation" option to show CPU emulation time

Stephen James Hurd and Ken Pettit have updated their Model 100 emulator, Virtual T, to v1.5. The update can be downloaded either from their sourceforge page or via direct links on the emulator page.

David Keil's site appears to have gone down. Since that site was the only source of David's emulators (and also because David's emulators were entirely incompatible with Windows XP or LCD monitors since Dave chose to use direct hardware writes for screen updates) references to David's emulators on the emulator page have been removed.

July 10, 2011 - Installing a 3.5" Drive
Larry Kraemer has provided instructions on how to install a 3.5" standard ibm floppy drives in a TRS-80 Model III or 4. The file is on the Hardware Modifications page.

July 10, 2011 - Tutorials for Linux
Larry Kraemer has developed some step-by-step tutorials on how to run David Keil's DOS Emulators and Tim Mann's XTRS Emulator under Debian and Ubuntu. Check out the link page here.

June 30, 2011 - Update to TRS-80 in Java
Peter and George Phillips' TRS-80 Emulator in Java has been updated to v1.3. To use the emulator, click Here.

June 28, 2011 - Updates to Matthew Reed's DMK Utilities

Matthew Reed, author of the amazing TRS32 emulator, has updated his DMK and DSK Management Tools: TRSREAD / TRSWRITE (Command Line) to v1.29 and TRSTOOLS (GUI) to v1.06.
Changes:

			Fixed: Faulty format detection routine that was rejecting many NEWDOS/80 disks is now fixed
			Added: Read-only support for the most common Montezuma Micro and LNW80 CP/M formats
			Added: Read-only support for Color Computer RSDOS disks
			Changed: The file properties and disk properties dialog boxes now only show information pertaining to the file system

Links/Downloads:

Utility	Direct Download Link	Matthew Reed's Page	TRS-80.com Page
-------------------------	-----	-----	-----
TRSTOOLS v1.06	Here	Here	Here
-------------------------	-----	-----	-----
TRSREAD and TRSWRITE v4.29	Here	Here	Here

June 27, 2010 - Update to TRS32 Emulator

Matthew Reed has updated his wonderful TRS32 Emulator to v1.26. This update includes:

•	BUG FIX: On some Windows 7 systems, a synchronization conflict led to sluggish responses by the user interface. This problem has now been fixed.

•	BUG FIX: Keyboard handling is now improved to make certain SHIFT+CLEAR key combinations more consistent.

The updated emulator can be downloaded from Matthew Reed's Download Page, the TRS-80.com emulator page, or directly right here

June 20, 2011 - 13 eBay Auctions (Some pretty rare stuff)
I have just listed 13 auctions, summarized below. All auctions end at approximately 15:10:30 PDT on Jun 27, 2011 Your bids are appreciated!
		SUPER UTILITY PLUS - Still Sealed Disk/Manual

		TRSDOS v2.3 - Original Binder/Disk/Manual

		Space Warp - Original Manual/Tape

		Space Colony - Still Sealed

		Pyramid 2000 Adventure - Manual/Tape

		PowerTool - Binder/Disk/Manual

		PowerDriver - Orig Disk/Manual

		PowerDraw - Orig Disk/Manual

		MAKE-80 - Original Disk/Manual

		Model III/4 Operations Manual

		Level I Games Pack - Binder/Manual/Tapes

		Blackjack / Backgammon - Disk/Manual

		Disk System Owner's Manual Model 4 - Binder/Disk/Manual

June 27, 2010 - Update to TRS32 Emulator

Matthew Reed has updated his wonderful TRS32 Emulator to v1.26. This update includes:

•	BUG FIX: On some Windows 7 systems, a synchronization conflict led to sluggish responses by the user interface. This problem has now been fixed.

•	BUG FIX: Keyboard handling is now improved to make certain SHIFT+CLEAR key combinations more consistent.

The updated emulator can be downloaded from Matthew Reed's Download Page, the TRS-80.com emulator page, or directly right here

June 19, 2011 - ?? eBay Auctions (Some pretty rare stuff)
Once the current auctions have all been paid for, I will be listing the next set of original software/manuals.

June 13, 2011 - Matthew Reed's LDOS 2012+ Patches
Matthew Reed, author of the amazing TRS32 emulator, has published his patches to get LDOS to accept dates after 2012. His patches can be found here.

June 12, 2011 - 15 eBay Auctions (Some pretty rare stuff)
I have just listed 15 auctions, summarized below. Of note are: Kim Watt's copy of Super Utility (Serial # = Kim Watt), an original muMath with box, and the PRELIMINARY version of the Model III Disk System Manual (as released by Radio Shack). All auctions end at approximately Jun 19, 2011 at 11:42:51 PDT Your bids are appreciated!
		TRS-80 - 4/4P Disk Systems Owners Manual/TRSDOS v6.2 - Original

		TRS-80 - Model III Disk Systems Owners Manual (PRELIMINARY VERSION)

		TRS-80 - Scripsit Disk Word Processor Training

		TRS-80 - Haunted House Adventure - Original Tape/Manual

		TRS-80 - Double Precision Subroutines - Original Tape/Manual

		TRS-80 - 13 Ghosts Game - Original Disk/Manual

		TRS-80 - Penetrator Game - Original Disk/Manual

		TRS-80 - Model 4P TRSDOS Upgrade & MODELA/III - Original

		TRS-80 - Dnieper River Line Game - ORIGINAL

		TRS-80 - Guns of Fort Defiance Game - ORIGINAL

		TRS-80 - Microchess - ORIGINAL Manual/Tape

		TRS-80 - Super Utility Plus v3 KIM - Orig Binder/Disk/Manual

		TRS-80 - SuperCross/XT (III) - Orig Binder/Disk/Manual

		TRS-80 - muMath - Orig Binder/Disk/Manual/Box

		TRS-80 - Level II Course Parts I and II - Orig Binder/Tapes/Manuals

June 5, 2011 - TRS-80's in TV and Movies

David S. has pointed me toward a web site which catalogs computers in movies. Check out the:

		Model I page
		Model III page
		Model 4 page

June 2, 2011 - Any C++ Programmers Out There?

If you are good at C++ and good at modifying someone else's source code and knowledgable about the Catweasel, please read on ...

... as many of you know, TRS-80 disks were never meant to hold data for 30+ years, and one of the things I do for people is read their disks into DMK images. Much of the time, people are trying to get their old documents and records off the disks, so getting the best possible read off the disks can mean the difference between a corrupt file or a good one.

To do the disk reading I have a dedicated system set up with a Catweasel, a floppy drive, DOS boot, and Tim Mann's wonderful Catweasel utilities.

As any of you who have a Catweasel may know, Tim's utilities allow for a command line option to give a specific number of retries for any track which reads with errors BUT it outputs the track as read on the LAST read rather than the track as read on the BEST read. You could have 19 reads of "9 good sectors, 1 bad sector" but if the 20th retry is "6 good sectors, 4 bad sectors" that is what you get, and 3 otherwise good sectors are lost (you can restart the process again, but it is all going to be a roulette game). Those sectors being good could easily mean the difference between a good file and a corrupted one.

The reason for this, however (and as Tim has previously told me), is that the Catweasel works only on a Track level, which is the rub.

I am wondering if anyone out there has the C++ know how to modify Tim's CW2DMK.c program so that when a track is read (as currently written in the program), an array is populated with the actual sectors (which I guess might be one entry for any DMK header, and the remaining array equal to the track length divided by the sector size; but what do I know), and then if a successive retry produces a good sector where there was previously a bad one, the (bad) sector in the array is replaced with the newly successfully read one; and once the retry count is done, the array is assembled into a track; at which point the track is written out (as currently written in the program).

Tim has been busy with other projects (he has been well aware of the request for quite some time), and the track vs. sector nature of the Catweasel probably makes this a project he does not wish to tackle, but a recent set of disks where the person was desperate for their data has just triggered me to see if anyone out there can do it. Modifying the source code appears, on my quick read, to be permitted under the license under which it was issued, provided certain obligations are met.

However, it is Tim's project, Tim's source, and whether this is actually made public should be entirely up to Tim in my book. Certainly anyone who writes in the functionality is encouraged to send it to Tim; perhaps he will integrate it.
Links:

		Tim's Catweasel Page (with links to v4.4; source code is included)
		The DMK format is explained .
		The FREE MSDOS C++ compiler which is used to compile the Catweasel utilities is the DJGPP Compiler. Tim's makefile is makefile.dj for that reason.

Update: One person has graciously already offered to take a look at the source code.

June 1, 2011 - Updates to Matthew Reed's DMK Utilities

For those of you tired of seeing endless numbers of scans, here is some big news.

As enthusiasts may know, Matthew Reed, author of the amazing TRS32 emulator, has been working on patching LDOS so that it can accept dates after 2012. A description of the problem and the technical solutions can be found at:

     Part 1 - LDOS and LS-DOS: 2012 and Beyond
     Part 2 - LDOS and LS-DOS: 2012 and Beyond - Technical Info
     Part 3 - LDOS and LS-DOS: 2012 and Beyond - A Solution

Matthew has just released the new version of TRSTools, which includes the feature to automatically patch LS-DOS/LDOS boot disks to extend their file dating capability to 2079. No separate date conversion step is necessary. Just load the (non-write-protected) LDOS 5.3.1 or LS-DOS 6.3.1 boot disk into TRSTools and allow it to patch the disk when it asks. The LDOS patches don't take up any additional disk space and didn't require getting rid of any file passwords. The new TRSTOOLS also [1] improves recognition of all three MULTIDOS date formats, [2] fixes a problem with reading from a heavily fragmented Model III TRSDOS dsk, and [3] added an option in the file viewer to switch to a hexadecimal view.

Matthew has also released updated versions of TRSREAD and TRSWRITE that can handle the new extended dating format.

Links/Downloads:

Utility	Direct Download Link	Matthew Reed's Page	TRS-80.com Page
TRSTOOLS v1.05	Here	Here	Here
TRSREAD and TRSWRITE v4.28	Here	Here	Here

May 31, 2011 - New Covers Thanks To Ian Mavric
	Tandy Printers TOSEC: Tandy Electronics Printers (19xx)(Tandy Electronics)
	Color Computer [Australia] TOSEC: Color Computer [Australia] (19xx)(Tandy Electronics)
	Model II Multi-Purpose Workstation [Australia] TOSEC: Model II Multi-Purpose Workstation [Australia] (19xx)(Tandy Electronics)
	Model II We Mean Business [Australia] TOSEC: Model II We Mean Business [Australia] (19xx)(Tandy Electronics)
	Pocket Computer [Power That Fits] [Australia] TOSEC: Pocket Computer [Power That Fits] [Australia] (19xx)(Tandy Electronics)
	MHD-T34 Hard Drive Kit v1.0 Pages: 24 Year: 1989 TOSEC: MHD-T34 Hard Drive Kit v1.0 (1989)(Misosys) Publisher: Misosys
	Plotter Printer Supplemental Service Manual Pages: 49 Year: Unknown TOSEC: Plotter Printer Supplemental Service Manual (19xx)(Radio Shack) Publisher: Radio Shack
	Accounts Receivable Year: 19xx Publisher: Taranto and Associates TOSEC: Accounts Receivable (19xx)(Taranto and Associates).zip
	Instant Assembler Year: 19xxPublisher: John Blattner-Mumford Micro TOSEC: Instant Assembler (19xx)(John Blattner-Mumford Micro).zip
	Maxi Cras [Maxi Check Register Accounting System] Year: 1982Publisher: Exador-Adventure International TOSEC: Maxi Cras [Maxi Check Register Accounting System] (1982)(Exador-Adventure International).zip
	MSCSI Software Interface Utility Package v1.0 Year: 1989Publisher: Misosys TOSEC: MSCSI Software Interface Utility Package v1.0 (1989)(Misosys).zip

May 31, 2011 - New Covers Thanks To Ian Mavric
Group: Fayetteville TRS-80 Users Group Newsletter Issue: Volume 01 Number 01
Group: Fayetteville TRS-80 Users Group Newsletter Issue: Volume 01 Number 02
Group: Fayetteville TRS-80 Users Group Newsletter Issue: Volume 01 Number 03
Group: Fayetteville TRS-80 Users Group Newsletter Issue: Volume 01 Number 04
Group: Fayetteville TRS-80 Users Group Newsletter Issue: Volume 01 Number 05
Group: Fayetteville TRS-80 Users Group Newsletter Issue: Volume 01 Number 06
Title: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: October 1979 Page Size: 5.5 x 7.5 Pages: 24 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1979-12 (1979)(Octug)
Title: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: January 1980 Page Size: 5.5 x 7.5 Pages: 24 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1980-01 (1980)(Octug)
Title: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: February 1980 Page Size: 5.5 x 7.5 Pages: 32 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1980-02 (1980)(Octug)
Title: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: June 1980 Page Size: 5.5 x 7.5 Pages: 20 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1980-06 (1980)(Octug)
Title: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: August 1980 Page Size: 5.5 x 7.5 Pages: 20 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1980-08 (1980)(Octug)
Title: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: October 1980 Page Size: 5.5 x 7.5 Pages: 24 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1980-10 (1980)(Octug)
Title: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: December 1980 Page Size: 5.5 x 7.5 Pages: 24 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1980-12 (1980)(Octug)

May 25, 2011 - New Covers
		Title: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: July 1979 Page Size: 5.5 x 7.0 Pages: 28 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1979-07 (1979)(Octug) Thanks to Ian Mavric

		Tandon TM848-1 and TM848-2 Eight Inch Drive Specs Pages: 16 Year: 1982 TOSEC: Tandon TM848-1 and TM848-2 Eight Inch Drive Specs (1982)(Tandon) Publisher: Tandon Thanks to David Cooper

May 24, 2011 - New Newsletters (Covers) Thanks to Ian Mavric
		Title: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: May 1979 Page Size: 5.5 x 7.5 Pages: 24 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1979-05 (1979)(Octug)

		Title: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: June 1979 Page Size: 5.5 x 7.0 Pages: 24 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1979-06 (1979)(Octug)

May 23, 2011 - New Manuals and Newsletters (Covers)
		Title: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: January 1979 Page Size: 5.5 x 7.5 Pages: 20 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1979-01 (1979)(Octug) Thanks to: Ian Mavric

		Title: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: February 1979 Page Size: 5.5 x 7.5 Pages: 24 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1979-02 (1979)(Octug) Thanks to: Ian Mavric

		Title: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: March 1979 Page Size: 5.5 x 7.5 Pages: 20 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1979-03 (1979)(Octug) Thanks to: Ian Mavric

		Title: Quick Printer Pages: 26 Year: 1978 TOSEC: Quick Printer (1978)(Radio Shack) Thanks to: David Cooper

		Title: LNW Research Graphics Software Pages: 10 Year: 1981 TOSEC: LNW Research Graphics Software (1981)(LNW Research) Thanks to: David Cooper

May 20, 2011 - New Newsletters (Covers) from Ian Mavric
		Title: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: April 1979 Page Size: 5.5 x 7.0 Pages: 24 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1979-04 (1979)(Octug)

		Title: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: August 1979 Page Size: 5.5 x 7.0 Pages: 28 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1979-08 (1979)(Octug)

May 19, 2011 - New Scans (covers)
		Misosys Catalog Year: 11/1983 TOSEC: Misosys Software Catalog 1983-2 (1983)(Misosys) Archived File Size: 6.8MB Pages: 40 thanks to Ian Mavric

		Modem I Service Manual Pages: 12 Year: Unknown TOSEC: Modem I Service Manual (19xx)(Radio Shack) Cat: 26-1172 Publisher: Tandy thanks to David Cooper

May 16, 2011 - New Ebay Auction [NOTE: NEWER NEWS IS BELOW]

Item: TRS-80 - TK!Solver - ORIGINAL EVERYTHING
Loose Description: Original Everything: TK!Solver Program Disk for Model 4, Box + Box Cover/Overwrap, Binder, Software Registration Card (Radio Shack) - 1 Pages, Change of Address Cards - 2 Pages, Complete Manual (Introduction, Instruction Manual, Reference Manual), TK!Solver Introductory Guide, TK!Solver Foldout Reference Card, TK!Solver Built In Functions Wall Chart, Software Registration Card (Software Arts).
Auction Ends: May 23, 2011 11:18:38 PDT

May 16, 2011 - New Scans (covers) thanks to Tom Bourke

Issue: 03
Date: July 1984
Pages: 60
TOSEC: Notes from Misosys Issue 3 (1984)(Misosys)

Table of Contents:

Article	Page Number
THE BLURB	2
CMD-FILE/PRO-CESS version 2	9
CON80Z/PRO-CON80Z	9
CONVCPM/PRO-CURE	9
DSMSLR/PRO-DUCE	12
EDAS/PRO-CREATE	13
GRASP	20
HELP/PRO-HELP	20
LC/PRO-LC	21
MACH2/PRO-MACH2	35
PaDS/PRO-PaDS	35
THE PROGRAMMER'S GUIDE	45
SOLE	45
ZCAT/PRO-ZCAT	48
ZGRAPH/PRO-ZGRAPH	49
ZSHELL	50
CONTRIBUTIONS	51

Title: Machine Language Programming from the Ground Up, 1st Ed.
Year: 1980
Author: Hubert S Howe Jr
Pages: 160

May 14, 2011 - New Misosys Notes (covers) thanks to Tom Bourke
Instead of posting 3 pictures of a red cover - Let this just be an announcement that I have started to scan the Misosys Notes magazine, and have created a new magazine page for them here.

May 13, 2011 - New Scans (covers) thanks to David Cooper
		Line Printer VII Service Manual Pages: 52 Year: Unknown TOSEC: Line Printer VII Service Manual (19xx)(Radio Shack) Publisher: Radio Shack

		Percom Vectorgram Data Separator No 2 Company: Percom Year: Unknown TOSEC: Percom Vectorgram Data Separator No 2 (19xx)(Percom) Size: 888KB

May 13, 2011 - New Micro-80 Scans (covers) thanks to Terry Stewart and Ian Mavric
		Title: Micro-80 Magazine Issue: 04 Date: March 1980 Pages: 44

		Title: Micro-80 Magazine Issue: 05 Date: April 1980 Pages: 40

		Title: Micro-80 Magazine Issue: 06 Date: May 1980 Pages: 48

		Title: Micro-80 Magazine Issue: 07 Date: June 1980 Pages: 48

		Title: Micro-80 Magazine Issue: 08 Date: July 1980 Pages: 48

		Title: Micro-80 Magazine Issue: 09 Date: August 1980 Pages: 44

		Title: Micro-80 Magazine Issue: 10 Date: August 1980 Pages: 48

		Title: Micro-80 Magazine Issue: 12 Date: November 1980 Pages: 40

		Title:Micro-80 Magazine Issue: 13 Date: December 1980 Pages: 40

May 12, 2011 - New Manuals/Books/Catalogs (covers) thanks to Tom Bourke
		ROM Routines Documented Year: 1983

		Orchestra-90 Year: 1983

		Title: DoubleDuty Year: 1984 Publisher: Software Concepts Inc

		Title: LDOS Update From 6.3.0-H to 6.3.0-I Year: 1987 Publisher: Misosys Inc

		Title: LDOS Update From 6.3.0-H to 6.3.0-J Recut Year: 1987 Publisher: Misosys Inc

May 11, 2011 - New Catalogs (covers) thanks to Tom Bourke
		LSI Catalog [1983-01-01] Year: 1983 TOSEC: LSI Catalog [1983-01-01] (1983)(Logical Systems) Archived File Size: 14.8MB Pages: 54

		LSI Catalog [1983-07-01] Year: 1983 TOSEC: LSI Catalog [1983-07-01] (1983)(Logical Systems) Archived File Size: 17.0MB Pages: 68

May 10, 2011 - New Manuals/Books (covers) thanks to Tom Bourke
		Title: Molimerx Catalog Year: 1984 TOSEC: Molimerx Catalog (1984)(Molimerx)

		Title: 13 Ghosts Year: 1983 Publisher: Tandy)[a]

		Title: Bounceoids Year: 1982 Publisher: Cornsoft

		Title: Caterpillar Year: 1982 Publisher: Soft Sector Marketing

		Title: Cyborg Year: 1982 Publisher: Bill Dunlevy and Douglas Frayer

		Title: Dig Out Year: 19xx Publisher: Computer Shack

May 9, 2011 - New Manuals/Books (covers) thanks to Tom Bourke
		Title: DiskDisk Year: 1983 Publisher: Misosys

		Title: DSM4 Operator Manual Year: 1984 Publisher: Misosys

		Title: Gobbling Box Year: 1986 Author: Anthony Cosentino Publisher: Misosys

		Title: Lair of the Dragon Year: 1987 Author: David Goben Publisher: Misosys

		Title: LDOS 5.3 Upgrade Kit Year: 1987 Publisher: Misosys

		Title: LDOS 6.3 Update for TRSDOS 6.2.X Year: 19xx Publisher: Misosys

		Title: DiskDISK Product Flyer Year: 19xx Publisher: Misosys

		Title: Host-Terminal Package Product Flyer Year: 1983 Publisher: Logical Systems

		Title: Misosys Catalog 87-1 Year: 1987 Publisher: Misosys

		Title: Misosys Catalog 91-06 Year: 1991 Publisher: Misosys

		Title: WordStar Package Product Flyer Year: 19xx Publisher: Logical Systems

May 8, 2011 - Wordpress Trouble and New Page

Now that I moved the NEWDOS/80 Manual to be on a non-Wordpress page (like I had to do with the individual magazine pages), I can add pages again. I guess I am hitting some kind of memory/size limit on WordPress.
Anyway, I thought it would be useful to put all the "TRS-80 For Free" listings on their own page, and so I did.

Also, David Cooper has been kind enough to convert the Disk Request Page to be usable for systems without a mailto: configuration. Thanks David!

May 6, 2011 - New Ebay Auction [NOTE: NEWER NEWS IS BELOW]
Item: TRS-80 Model III Hard Disk Operating System - ORIGINAL Binder/Manual/Disks Loose Description: Original Hard Disk System Startup Manual (76 pages), Original Hard Disk Operating System Reference Manual (a few hundred pages), Original "Converting Radio Shack Software for Use on the Hard Disk" publication (54 pages), Original LDOS 5.1.4 Update Addendum (14 pages), and two original disks (Hard Disk Operating System v5.1.4 and Hard Disk Operating System Initialization v5.1.4). This manual is HUGE and Heavy. Auction Ends: May 12, 2011 07:32:38 PDT

Future Auctions Item: TKSOLVER - All original ... manuals/disks/inserts/foldouts/box, etc.

May 6, 2011 - New Manuals/Books (covers) thanks to Tom Bourke
		Title: Microsoft BASIC Decoded & Other Mysteries Year: 1981 Author: James Farvour

		Title: Molymerx Mysterious Adventure Catalog Year: 1982 TOSEC: Mysterious Adventure Catalog (1982)(Molimerx Ltd)

		Title: Using Cassette Tapes with the TRS-80 and Video Genie Pages: 8 Year: 1981 TOSEC: Using Cassette Tapes with the TRS-80 and Video Genie (1981)(Molimerx) Publisher: Molimerx

		Title: Alien Defense Year: 1981 Publisher: Soft Sector Marketing

		Title: CP-M for the Model 4 Year: 1984 Publisher: Montezuma Micro

		Title: Defense Command Year: 1982 Publisher: Big Five

		Title: Dragonquest Year: 19xx Publisher: The Programmers Guild

		Title: Little Brother Data Management Installation Manual Year: 1985 Publisher: Misosys

		Title: Mister ED Year: 1986 Publisher: Misosys Inc

		Title: Penetrator Year: 1982 Publisher: Beam Software

		Title: Space Castle Year: 19xx Publisher: Cornsoft Group

		Title: Space Rocks Year: 1981 Publisher: Steven Kearns-Acorn

		Title: Stellar Escort Year: 1982 Publisher: Jeff Zin-Big 5

		Title: Strike Force Year: 1982 Publisher: Beam Software

		Title: System Programmer's Guide for Model 4 CPM 2.2 Year: 1985 Publisher: Montezuma Micro

		Title: NEWBASIC 2.0 Users Manual Year: 1983 Publisher: Modular Software Associates

		Title: NEWBASIC 2.0 Command Summary Year: 1983 Publisher: Modular Software Associates

Mark III-IV Collection
Year: 19xx
Publisher: Misosys Inc

May 5, 2011 - New Manuals/Books (covers) thanks to Tom Bourke
		Model III ROM Commented 2nd Printing Year: 1981 Publisher: Soft Sector Marketing

		Logical Systems Price List Number 2 Year: 1983 Publisher: Logical Systems Inc

		Back-Track Year: 1983 Publisher: Ridge-Tec Inc

		Computer Graphics Operation Manual [BASICG] Year: 1983 Publisher: Tandy

		HyperZap! v3.2 Year: 1985 Publisher: Hypersoft Raleigh

		Instant Sort-Search Database Year: 1981 Publisher: G Hatton-Molimerx



		Mysterious Adventure No 1 The Golden Baton Hint Sheet Year: 1981 Publisher: Brian Howarth-Molimerx

		Terminal Emulation System Year: 1986 Publisher: The Alternate Source

May 4, 2011 - TRS-80 Model III and 4 for FREE (Local Pickup Only)

A site visitor has a Model III and a Model 4 available (+ dust covers) for free for local pickup only in Natick, Massachusetts. When last used in July of 2009, the Model III worked perfectly, and the Model 4 worked other than drive :1 (although the individual did not attempt to determine why).

To avoid the standard problem of people emailing the individual to ask if they will ship, you are asked to contact me. I will pass on offers to pick up the computers. First come first served.

May 4, 2011 - New Manuals/Books (covers) thanks to Tom Bourke
		Hartforth 79 Forth Compiler Pages: 52 Year: 1983 TOSEC: Hartforth 79 Forth Compiler (1983)(A M Graham-Molimerx) Publisher: A M Graham/Molimerx

		Hartforth 79 Forth Compiler v4.0 Pages: 50 Year: 1983 TOSEC: Hartforth 79 Forth Compiler v4.0 (1983)(A M Graham-Molimerx) Publisher: A M Graham/Molimerx

		Title: Super Utility Plus Special Edition - Part 1 Year: 1983 Author: Kim Watt Publisher: Powersoft/Breeze QSD Pages: 650

		Title: Super Utility Plus Special Edition - Part 2 Year: 1983 Author: Kim Watt Publisher: Powersoft/Breeze QSD Pages: 244

		Title: Programmer's Guide to LDOS-TRSDOS Version 6 1st Ed Year: 1983 Author: Roy Soltoff Publisher: Misosys Pages: 218 TOSEC: Programmer's Guide to LDOS-TRSDOS Version 6 1st Ed (1983)(Misosys)

May 2, 2011 - Voice Synthesizer Manual (cover) has been found, thanks to James Waggoner
		Voice Synthesizer Pages: 16 Year: 1978 TOSEC: Voice Synthesizer (1978)(Radio Shack) Publisher: Radio Shack

May 1, 2011 - Color Computer for Free [UPD: GONE!]

Steve Halber has a long list of Color Computer hardware and software (which has been boxed up for the better part of 20 years) which he would like to give away in exchange for shipping costs.

The list is:

Actual system and peripherals:
� TRS-80 Color Computer (I), originally 16K, upgraded to 64K (26-3002)
� CGP-115 4-Color Graphic Printer (26-1192)
� Box with extra graphic printer paper rolls (26-1428)
� DMP-110 Dot Matrix Printer (26-1271)
� Extra ribbon for dot matrix printer (26-1283)
� Cassette Player for TRS-80 (26-1206)
� Disk Drive FD 301 (26-3131)
� Original Joystick (26-3008)
� Deluxe Joystick, 2x (26-3012B)
� Mouse (26-3025)
� Multi-Pak (26-3024)

Program Pak � File, and game cartridges:
� Bridge Tutor 26-3158
� Bustout 26-3056
� Canyon Climber 26-3089
� Checker 26-3055
� Chess 26-3050
� Color Baseball 26-3095
� Crosswords 26-3082
� Color Scripsit 26-3105
� Football 26-3053(? � I used this one a lot, number faded)
� Graphic Pak 26-3157
� Math Bingo 26-3150
� Mega-Bug 26-3076
� Monster Maze 26-3081
� Music 26-3151
� Polaris 26-3065
� Skiing 26-3058
� Space Assault 26-3060
� Typing Tutor 26-3152

Software on 5 �� disks:
� Trivia Fever (26-3295)
� Coco Max (with Program Pak)
� One on One
� Flight Sim
� Telewriter-64
� Various saved data/program files on disk

Software on cassette:
� Zaxxon 26-3062
� Madness and the Minotaur 26-3313
� Hi Res Screen Print Utilities 26-3121
� Dungeons of Death (Aardvark Software)
� Various saved data/program files on cassette

Books:
� Getting Started with Color BASIC
� Going Ahead with Extended Color BASIC
� TRS-80 Color Computer Quick Reference Guide (26-3194)
� Clark: 101 Color Computer Programming Tips and Tricks
� Barden: TRS-80 Color Computer Assembly Language Programming (62-2077)
� Rainbow Book of Simulations (with programs on cassette)
� Student Manual � Part 1: Introduction to BASIC (26-2151)
� Student Manual � Part 2: BASIC Programming (26-2153)
� Manuals for all software

~~~~I suspect it is first come first served. Steve can be reached at [deleted]~~.~~

April 26, 2011 - Revlon Run/Walk
For those of you who like boobs and/or hate cancer, but DEFINITELY like U.S. tax deductions, then you will be pleased to learn that it is time for the Revlon Run/Walk for Cancer! This page will take you to my wife's sponsored page for the 5K Run/Walk on May 7th.

April 24, 2011 - New Newsletters, Hardware Manuals, etc (Covers) from Ian Mavric
		Upgrading the Model I to 64K of DRAMs Pages: 2 Year: Unknown TOSEC: Upgrading the Model I to 64K of DRAMs Publisher: Errol Rosser

		Pro-Draw Hi-Res Drawing Program v1.0 Pages: 28 Year: 1987 TOSEC: Pro-Draw Hi-Res Drawing Program v1.0 (1987)(Ted Carter-Micro-Labs Inc) Publisher: Ted Carter/Micro-Labs Inc

		Speed Up Modification for Model I Pages: 1 Year: UNKNOWN TOSEC: Speed Up Modification for Model I (19xx)(Author Unknown)

		Title: Hacker's Handbook for NEWDOS-80 Year: 1983 Publisher: Kevin O'Hare Pages: 154

		Tandon TM50-1 ThinLine Flexible Disk Drive User's Manual Pages: 23 Year: 1983 TOSEC: TM50-1 ThinLine Flexible Disk Drive User's Manual (1983)(Tandon Corp) Publisher: Tandon

		Setting Tandy 15MB Hard Drive to run with NEWDOS-80 v2.5 Pages: 4 Year: Unknown TOSEC: Setting Tandy 15MB Hard Drive to run with NEWDOS-80 v2.5 (19xx)(Unknown)

		Model I SD-DD 5-8 Adapter Pages: 17 Year: 1986 TOSEC: Model I SD-DD 5-8 Adapter (1986)(Maurice Abbott) By: Maurice Abbott

		Radio Shack Service Information Bulletin 1130 [XRX-III Cassette] Pages: 5 Year: Unknown TOSEC: (19xx)(Radio Shack) Publisher: Radio Shack

		Radio Shack Service Information Bulletin 1131 [Buffered Cable] Pages: 6 Year: 1978 TOSEC: Radio Shack Service Information Bulletin 1131 [Buffered Cable] (1978)(Radio Shack) Publisher: Radio Shack

April 24, 2011 - New Newsletters, Hardware Manuals, etc (Covers) from Ian Mavric
		Tandy Catalog B15 Pages: 4 TOSEC: Tandy Catalog B15 (19xx)(Tandy Electronics)

		Tandy Catalog B5 Pages: 2 TOSEC: Tandy Catalog B5 (19xx)(Tandy Electronics)

		Sound Off! Year: 1980 Publisher: Dick Smith Electronics) TOSEC: Sound Off! (1980)(Dick Smith Electronics)

		Draw (Hi-Res Drawing Program) v1.3 Year: 1983 Publisher: Micro-Labs Inc. Pages: 18 TOSEC: Draw Hi-Res Drawing Program v1.3 (1982)(Micro-Labs Inc)

		Surface Plot Year: 1985 Publisher: Rapidynamic Software/Micro-Labs Inc. Pages: 28 TOSEC: Surface Plot (1985)(Rapidynamic Software-Micro-Labs Inc)

		PC-Set (IBM Character Set on Model III) Pages: 2 Year: 19xx TOSEC: PC-Set (1988)(Anitek) Publisher: Anitek

		Memory Upgrade Installations for Model 4 and 4P Pages: 4 Year: Unknown TOSEC: Memory Upgrade Installations for Model 4 and 4P (19xx)(David Dalager) Publisher: David Dalager

April 23, 2011 - New Newsletters, Hardware Manuals, etc (Covers) from Ian Mavric
		Tandy Catalog B19 Pages: 6

		Tandy Catalog B25 Pages: 2

		Tandy Catalog B16A Pages: 4

		Title: Australian TRS-80 Microcomputer Newsletter Issue: Volume 1, Issue 01 Year: 1978 Publisher: Tandy Electronics

		Title: Australian TRS-80 Microcomputer Newsletter Issue: Volume 1, Issue 02 Year: 1979 Publisher: Tandy Electronics

		Title: Australian TRS-80 Microcomputer Newsletter Issue: Volume 1, Issue 03 Year: 1979 Publisher: Tandy Electronics

		Title: Australian TRS-80 Microcomputer Newsletter Issue: Volume 1, Issue 04 Year: 1979 Publisher: Tandy Electronics

		Title: Australian TRS-80 Microcomputer Newsletter Issue: Volume 1, Issue 05 Year: 1979 Publisher: Tandy Electronics

		Title: Australian TRS-80 Microcomputer Newsletter Issue: Volume 1, Issue 06 Year: 1979 Publisher: Tandy Electronics

		Title: Australian TRS-80 Microcomputer Newsletter Issue: Volume 1, Issue 07 Year: 1980 Publisher: Tandy Electronics

		Title: Australian TRS-80 Microcomputer Newsletter Issue: Volume 1, Issue 08 Year: 1980 Publisher: Tandy Electronics

		Title: Australian TRS-80 Microcomputer Newsletter Issue: Volume 1, Issue 09 Year: 1980 Publisher: Tandy Electronics

		Title: Australian TRS-80 Microcomputer Newsletter Issue: Volume 1, Issue 10 Year: 1980 Publisher: Tandy Electronics

		Title: Australian TRS-80 Microcomputer Newsletter Issue: Volume 1, Issue 11 Year: 1980 Publisher: Tandy Electronics

		Title: Australian TRS-80 Microcomputer Newsletter Issue: Volume 1, Issue 01 Year: 1981 Publisher: Tandy Electronics

		Title: Australian TRS-80 Microcomputer Newsletter Issue: Volume 1, Issue 02 Year: 1981 Publisher: Tandy Electronics

		Title: Australian TRS-80 Microcomputer Newsletter Issue: Volume 1, Issue 03 Year: 1981 Publisher: Tandy Electronics

		Radio Shack Extended Service Plan Pages: 8

April 22, 2011 - New Newsletters, Hardware Manuals, etc (Covers) from Ian Mavric
		Group: Bits and Bytes Index Issue: 1-060 Year:Year: 19xx Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 12

		Group: Bits and Bytes Index Issue: 1-100 Year:Year: 19xx Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 24

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 001 Year:Year: 19xx Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 4

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 002 Year:Year: 19xx Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 2

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 003 Year:Year: 19xx Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 8

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 004 Year:Year: 19xx Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 4

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 005 Year:Year: 19xx Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 4

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 006 Year:Year: 19xx Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 6

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 007 Year:Year: 19xx Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 4

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 008 Year:Year: 19xx Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 2

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 009 Year:Year: 19xx Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 4

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 010 Year:Year: 19xx Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 6

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 092 Year:Year: 10/1990 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 14

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 094 Year:Year: 11/1990 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 18

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 094 Year:Year: 01/1991 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 18

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 095 Year:Year: 02/1991 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 14

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 096 Year:Year: 03/1991 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 16

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 097 Year:Year: 04/1991 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 14

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 098 Year:Year: 05/1991 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 14

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 099 Year:Year: 06/1991 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 20

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 100 Year:Year: 07/1991 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 16

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 101 Year:Year: 08/1991 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 12

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 102 Year:Year: 09/1991 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 16

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 103 Year:Year: 10/1991 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 22

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 104 Year:Year: 11/1991 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 14

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 105 Year:Year: 01/1992 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 16

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 106 Year:Year: 02/1992 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 14

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 107 Year:Year: 03/1992 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 14

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 108 Year:Year: 04/1992 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 14

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 109 Year:Year: 05/1992 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 14

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 110 Year:Year: 06/1992 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 12

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 111 Year:Year: 07/1992 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 10

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 112 Year:Year: 08/1992 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 10

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 113 Year:Year: 09/1992 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 10

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 114 Year:Year: 10/1992 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 6

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 115 Year:Year: 11/1992 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 12

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 116 Year:Year: 01/1993 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 12

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 117 Year:Year: 02/1993 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 10

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 118 Year:Year: 03/1993 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 8

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 119 Year:Year: 04/1993 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 14

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 120 Year:Year: 05/1993 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 12

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 121 Year:Year: 06/1993 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 8

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 122 Year:Year: 07/1993 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 8

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 123 Year:Year: 08/1993 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 8

		Group: Bits and Bytes Issue: 125 Year:Year: 10/1993 Group: Bits and Bytes Pages: 8
		Anitek Model 4 Speed-Up Kit Instructions Pages: 6 Year: 1988 TOSEC: Anitek Model 4 Speed-Up Kit Instructions (1988)(Anitek) Publisher: Anitek

		HyperDrive Installation Instructions Pages: 6 Year: 1990 TOSEC: HyperDrive Installation Instructions (1990)(Anitek) Publisher: Anitek

		HyperMem Installation Instructions Pages: 6 Year: Unknown TOSEC: HyperMem Installation Instructions (19xx)(Anitek) Publisher: Anitek

		SuperMEM Installation Manual Pages: 16 Year: 1987 TOSEC: SuperMEM Installation Manual (1987)(Alpha Technology) Publisher: Alpha Technology

		MEMTEST v1.3 Pages: 4 Year: Unknown TOSEC: MEMTEST v1.3 (19xx)(Shane Dawalt) Publisher: Shane Dawalt

		Title: Nibbles and Scribbles Newsletter Issue: Volume 1, Issue 2 Company: Anitek Date: 11/1983 Pages: 4

		Title: Nibbles and Scribbles Newsletter Issue: 8 Company: Anitek Date: Fall 1989 Pages: 4

		Title: Nibbles and Scribbles Newsletter Issue: 9 Company: Anitek Date: Fall 1990 Pages: 8

		Title: Northern and Western Suburbs Computer Users Group Issue: Vol 1 Iss 1 Year: 02/1982 Publisher: NAWSCUG Pages: 13

		Title: Sydtrug News Constitution Year: 1980 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Constitution (1980)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 4 Iss 03 Date: 11/1983 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 4 Iss 03 [1983-11] (1983)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 5 Iss 02 Date: 10/1984 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 5 Iss 02 [1984-10] (1984)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 5 Iss 03 Date: 11/1984 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 5 Iss 03 [1984-11] (1984)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 5 Iss 05 Date: 01/1985 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 5 Iss 05 [1985-01] (1985)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 5 Iss 06 Date: 02/1985 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 5 Iss 06 [1985-02] (1985)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 5 Iss 07 Date: 03/1985 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 5 Iss 07 [1985-03] (1985)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 5 Iss 08 Date: 04/1985 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 5 Iss 08 [1985-04] (1985)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 5 Iss 09 Date: 05/1985 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 5 Iss 09 [1985-05] (1985)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 5 Iss 10 Date: 06/1985 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 5 Iss 10 [1985-06] (1985)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 5 Iss 11 Date: 07/1985 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 5 Iss 11 [1985-07] (1985)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 5 Iss 12 Date: 08/1985 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 5 Iss 12 [1985-08] (1985)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 6 Iss 01 Date: 09/1985 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 6 Iss 01 [1985-09] (1985)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 6 Iss 02 Date: 10/1985 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 6 Iss 02 [1985-10] (1985)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 6 Iss 03 Date: 11/1985 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 6 Iss 03 [1985-11] (1985)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 6 Iss 04 Date: 12/1985 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 6 Iss 04 [1985-12] (1985)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 6 Iss 05 Date: 01/1986 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 6 Iss 05 [1986-01] (1986)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 6 Iss 06 Date: 02/1986 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 6 Iss 06 [1986-02] (1986)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 6 Iss 07 Date: 03/1986 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 6 Iss 07 [1986-03] (1986)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 6 Iss 08 Date: 04/1986 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 6 Iss 08 [1986-04] (1986)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 6 Iss 09 Date: 05/1986 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 6 Iss 09 [1986-05] (1986)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 6 Iss 10 Date: 06/1986 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 6 Iss 10 [1986-06] (1986)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 6 Iss 11 Date: 07/1986 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 6 Iss 11 [1986-07] (1986)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 6 Iss 12 Date: 08/1986 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 6 Iss 12 [1986-08] (1986)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 7 Iss 01 Date: 09/1986 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 7 Iss 01 [1986-09] (1986)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 7 Iss 02 Date: 10/1986 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 7 Iss 02 [1986-10] (1986)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 7 Iss 03 Date: 11/1986 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 7 Iss 03 [1986-11] (1986)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 7 Iss 04 Date: 12/1986 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 7 Iss 04 [1986-12] (1986)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydney TRS-80 Users Group Newsletter Issue: January 1987 Volume/Issue: Vol 7, Iss 5 Pages: 14

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 7 Iss 06 Date: 02/1987 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 7 Iss 06 [1987-02] (1987)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 7 Iss 07 Date: 03/1987 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 7 Iss 07 [1987-03] (1987)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 7 Iss 08 Date: 04/1987 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 7 Iss 08 [1987-04] (1987)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 7 Iss 09 Date: 05/1987 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 7 Iss 09 [1987-05] (1987)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 7 Iss 10 Date: 06/1987 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 7 Iss 10 [1987-06] (1987)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 7 Iss 11 Date: 07/1987 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 7 Iss 11 [1987-07] (1987)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 7 Iss 12 Date: 08/1987 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 7 Iss 12 [1987-08] (1987)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 8 Iss 01 Date: 09/1987 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 8 Iss 01 [1987-09] (1987)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 8 Iss 02 Date: 10/1987 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 8 Iss 02 [1987-10] (1987)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 8 Iss 03 Date: 11/1987 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 8 Iss 03 [1987-11] (1987)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 8 Iss 04 Date: 12/1987 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 8 Iss 04 [1987-12] (1987)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 8 Iss 05 Date: 01/1988 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 8 Iss 05 [1988-01] (1988)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 8 Iss 06 Date: 02/1988 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 8 Iss 06 [1988-02] (1988)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 8 Iss 07 Date: 03/1988 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 8 Iss 07 [1988-03] (1988)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 8 Iss 08 Date: 04/1988 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 8 Iss 08 [1988-04] (1988)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 8 Iss 09 Date: 05/1988 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 8 Iss 09 [1988-05] (1988)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 8 Iss 10 Date: 06/1988 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 8 Iss 10 [1988-06] (1988)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 8 Iss 11 Date: 07/1988 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 8 Iss 11 [1988-07] (1988)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 8 Iss 12 Date: 08/1988 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 8 Iss 12 [1988-08] (1988)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 9 Iss 01 Date: 09/1988 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 9 Iss 01 [1988-09] (1988)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 9 Iss 02 Date: 10/1988 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 9 Iss 02 [1988-10] (1988)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 9 Iss 03 Date: 11/1988 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 9 Iss 03 [1988-11] (1988)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 9 Iss 04 Date: 12/1988 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 9 Iss 04 [1988-12] (1988)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 9 Iss 05 Date: 01/1989 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 9 Iss 05 [1989-01] (1989)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 9 Iss 06 Date: 02/1989 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 9 Iss 06 [1989-02] (1989)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 9 Iss 07 Date: 03/1989 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 9 Iss 07 [1989-03] (1989)(Sytrug)

		Title: Sydtrug News Issue: Vol 9 Iss 08 Date: 04/1989 Publisher: Sytrug TOSEC: Sydtrug News Vol 9 Iss 08 [1989-04] (1989)(Sytrug)

April 21, 2011 - New Newsletters, Hardware Manuals, etc (Covers) from Ian Mavric
		Internal Memory Upgrade Pages: 16 Year: 1981 TOSEC: Internal Memory Upgrade (1981)(Holmes Engineering) Publisher: Holmes Engineering

		Title: Stringy Floppy Newsletter Issue: Issue # 3 Company: ASP Microcomputers Year: 5/1983 Pages: 2 TOSEC: Stringy Floppy Newsletter Issue 3 (1983)(ASP Microcomputers)

		Title: Misosys Disassembler - Exatron v1.0 Company: Misosys Pages 8 TOSEC: Disassembler Exatron v1.0 (19xx)(Misosys)

		Title: Farm Management Programs Company: Tandy Pages 59 TOSEC: Farm Management Programs (19xx)(Onward Pty Ltd-Tandy)

		Group: Eastern Suburbs 80 Users Group Newsletter Date: January 1985 Pages: 4 Page Size: A4

		Group: Eastern Suburbs 80 Users Group Newsletter Date: February 1985 Pages: 6 Page Size: A4

		Group: Eastern Suburbs 80 Users Group Newsletter Date: July 1985 Pages: 4 Page Size: A4

		Group: Eastern Suburbs 80 Users Group Newsletter Date: August 1985 Pages: 4 Page Size: A4

		Group: Eastern Suburbs 80 Users Group Newsletter Date: September 1985 Pages: 8 Page Size: A4

		Group: Eastern Suburbs 80 Users Group Newsletter Date: February 1986 Pages: 4 Page Size: A4

		Group: Eastern Suburbs 80 Users Group Newsletter Date: March 1986 Pages: 8 Page Size: A4

		Group: Eastern Suburbs 80 Users Group Newsletter Date: April 1987 Pages: 10 Page Size: A4

		Group: Eastern Suburbs 80 Users Group Newsletter Date: October 1987 Pages: 8 Page Size: A4

April 18, 2011 - New DosPlus Newsletter (Cover) from Ian Mavric
		Title: DOSPlus News Information Center Issue: 01-02/1982 Company: Micro Systems Software Pages: 20

April 18, 2011 - New Ebay Auction [NOTE: NEWER NEWS IS BELOW]

April 13, 2011 - New Hardware Manuals (Cover) Thanks To John Kauble
			C.ITOH 8510A Dot Matrix Serial Printer Pages: 84 Year: 1983 TOSEC: C.ITOH 8510A Dot Matrix Serial Printer (1983)(C. Itoh and Co) Publisher: C. Itoh and Co.

			Tandon TM-100 Disk Drive Service Manual Pages: 33 Year: 1979 TOSEC: Tandon TM-100 Disk Drive Service Manual (1979)(Tandon Magnetics) Publisher: Tandon Magnetics

April 12, 2011 - New Eastern Suburbs 80 Users Group Newsletter (Cover) from Ian Mavric
		Group: Eastern Suburbs 80 Users Group Newsletter Date: February 1985 Pages: 6 Page Size: A4

April 12, 2011 - New Hardware Manuals (Cover) Thanks To John Kauble
			AXS Mini Floppy Disk Drive Pages: 16 Year: 19xx TOSEC: AXS Mini Floppy Disk Drive (19xx)(AXS) Publisher: AXS

			Canon MDD-210 Floppy Disk Technical Guide Pages: 45 Year: 1983 TOSEC: Canon MDD-210 Floppy Disk Technical Guide (1983)(Canon) Publisher: Canon

			Mitsubishi M2894-63 Flexible Disk Drive Pages: 52 Year: 1981 TOSEC: Mitsubishi M2894-63 Flexible Disk Drive (1981)(Mitsubishi) Publisher: Mitsubishi

			MPI Flexible Disk Drive Model 51-52 Manual Rev 3 Pages: 103 Year: 1980 TOSEC: MPI Flexible Disk Drive Model 51-52 Manual Rev 3 (1980)(MPI) Publisher: MPI

			MPI Flexible Disk Drive Interfacing Guide Pages: 16 Year: 1980 TOSEC: MPI Flexible Disk Drive Interfacing Guide (1980)(MPI) Publisher: MPI

			Centronics Microprinter-P1 Operators Manual (1978)(Centronics) Pages: 12 Year: 1978 TOSEC: Centronics Microprinter-P1 Operators Manual (1978)(Centronics) Publisher: Centronics Data Computer Corp

			LNW Research System Expansion User Manual Pages: 80 Year: 1979 TOSEC: LNW Research System Expansion User Manual (1979)(LNW Research) Publisher: LNW Research

			TRS-80 Technical Manual Troubleshooting Pages: 36 Year: 1978 TOSEC: TRS-80 Technical Manual Troubleshooting (19xx)(Radio Shack) Publisher: Radio Shack

			Screen Printer Manual Rev A Pages: 4 Year: 1978 TOSEC: Screen Printer Manual Rev A (1978)(Radio Shack) Publisher: Radio Shack

April 11, 2011 - New Hardware and Software Manuals (Cover) Thanks To John Kauble
			Quick Printer Pages: 26 Year: 1978 TOSEC: Quick Printer (1978)(Radio Shack) Cat: 26-1153 Publisher: Radio Shack

April 9, 2011 - New Hardware and Software Manuals (Cover) Thanks To John Kauble
			LX80 Expansion Interface Manual Rev B Year: Unknown TOSEC: LX80 Expansion Interface Manual (19xx)(Lobo Drives) Pages: 67

			MDX-2 Interface Expansion Board v1.5 Pages: 70 Year: 1980 TOSEC: MDX-2 Interface Expansion Board v1.5 (1980)(Micro-Design) Publisher: Micro-Design

			Siemens Floppy Drive FDD 100-5B Operation and Maintenance Pages: 88 Year: 19xx TOSEC: Siemens Floppy Drive FDD 100-5B Operation and Maintenance (19xx)(Siemens) Publisher: Siemens

			Votrax SC-01 Speech Synthesizer Data Sheet (1980)(Votrax) Pages: 17 Year: 1980 TOSEC: Votrax SC-01 Speech Synthesizer Data Sheet Publisher: Votrax

			M-ZAL Modular Assembler Language Pages: 108 Year: 1981 TOSEC: M-ZAL Modular Assembler Language (1981)(Computer Applications)[a] Publisher: Computer Applications

			MicroProof Dictionary Software Pages: 29 Year: 1981 TOSEC: MicroProof Dictionary Software Publisher: Cornucopia Software

			SCP Word-Graphics Processor Pages: 27 Year: 19xx TOSEC: SCP Word-Graphics Processor (19xx)(Simutek) Publisher: Simutek

			SMART80 Smart Terminal v2.7 Pages: 14 Year: 1981 TOSEC: SMART80 Smart Terminal v2.7 (1981)(Dick Balcom) Publisher: Dick Balcom

			Super-Host Comline Driver System Pages: 18 Year: 19xx TOSEC: Super-Host Comline Driver System (19xx)(Clay Schneider) Publisher: Clay Schneider

			T80-FS1 Fight Simulator with British Ace 1st Ed Pages: 38 Year: 1980 TOSEC: T80-FS1 Fight Simulator with British Ace 1st Ed (1980)(Bruce Artwick-Sublogic) Publisher: Bruce Artwick/Sublogic

			SuperSoft Lisp Pages: 51 X Year: 19xx TOSEC: Lisp (19xx)(SuperSoft) Publisher: SuperSoft

April 8, 2011 - New TRS-80 System 80 Computer Users Group Newsletter (Cover)
			Ian Mavric was kind enough to provide (the cover for) Issue 92 (10/1990) of the TRS-80 System 80 Computer Users Group Newsletter, which has been added to the User Group Newsletter page.

April 3, 2011 - New Sydney TRS-80 Users Group Newsletter (Cover)
		Ian Mavric was kind enough to provide (the cover for) Volume 7, Issue 5 of the Sydney, Australia TRS-80 Users Group Newsletter from January 1987.

March 27, 2011 - New EACA CG Emulator

J�rgen Buchm�ller has resumed work on his EACA CG emulator. His Work-In-Progress page can be found at http://pmbits.de/40846.html. Users will also need the sdl.dll from www.libsdl.org to get it to run: http://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL-1.2.14-win32.zip

Atila Grosz compiled the work in progress into a windows binary, which can be downloaded at http://gaia.atilia.eu/download/wip/cgenie_jb.zip. The GUI is accessed with the right mouse button.

March 27, 2011 - eBook Version of Priming the Pump

Theresa Welsh let me know that there is now an eBook version of the TRS-80 related book "Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Sparked the PC Revolution". The announcement is as follows:

Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Sparked the PC Revolution, is in its second printing and we have just released it in two eBook formats: for the Kindle (sold by amazon.com) and for the Nook (sold by Barnes & Noble). These versions include illustrations in color (those that originally had color -- some illustrations are original black & white photos, but we have many old magazine ads that are color, but appear in the printed book as black & white). The price for the ebook version is only $9.95.

Here are the links to where the ebook versions can be purchased:

Kindle version: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004P8JNIS

Nook version: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Priming-the-Pump/David-Welsh/e/2940012366122/?itm=1&USRI=priming+the+pump#TABS

People who don't have an eReader can still view these versions by downloading the "Kindle for PC" app or the "Nook for PC" app available at amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com.

March 7, 2011 - eBay Auction
Just a heads up as to some eBay auctions I have currently listed (ending Mar 14, 2011 at 09:03:54 PDT): TRS-80 Project Manager - Catalog Number 26-1580

February 1, 2011 - Model 100 Disassembled
David S found an interesting Model 100 disassembled website Here.

January 17, 2011 - Tandy Annual Report 1977
Thank you David S for winning the packet given out to attendees of the Beverly Hilton TRS-80 announcement in 1978. It contained the 1977 Tandy Annual Report, the first TRS-80 catalog, and a bunch of handouts. David was nice enough to drop ship his eBay winnings to me first for scanning.

January 12, 2011 - TRS-80 Emulator in Javascript!
Peter Phillips has let me know that the TRS80GP Model III emulator has been ported to Javascript! For those who entered the site through the main page (which I hope you all do), it is live on that page. Code is provided which will allow anyone to put a TRS-80 Model III Emulator on their web page. Get more information here

January 3, 2011 - Custom TRS-80 and Other Mysteries for Download
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz has posted his book, Custom TRS-80 and Other Mysteries online for free download. Visit his site here. Thanks to Peter Nield for the tip!

December 31, 2010 - New Radio Shack Catalog (Covers)
Michael D'Alessio continues to supply missing catalogs. Thanks, Mike!

	FC-502 Computer Catalog Radio Shack Portable Computer / Model 100 Year: 1983 Publisher: Radio Shack/Tandy Pages: 4

	FC-174A Computer Catalog Tandy 1000 Year: 1984 Publisher: Radio Shack/Tandy Pages: 4

	Radio Shack Answers Volume 1, Number 4 Summer 1986 Pages: 24

	Volume 1, Number 2 Winter 1986 Pages: 16

December 21, 2010 - New Wallpaper
Jeremy Cyr made wallpaper of the Model II TRSDOS Boot Screen. It can be downloaded here.

December 10, 2010 - 3 TRS-80 Model III's for FREE (Local Pickup Only)
A site visitor has 3 TRS-80 Model III's which he would like to give away free for local pickup. He has not tested extensively, but advises that they do not power up as currently configured. If anyone is interested in picking them up from Yorba Linda CA 92886 please contact me.

December 9, 2010 - Program to Dump ROM to Cassette

Kurt Baumgardner wrote a short BASIC program to allow those with Model I's to dump their ROM's to cassette if that is their only option. Kurt advises that it needs 16K of RAM and takes a little less than 3 and a half minutes to run. He did not test it on a Model III but assumes, at the very least, that the ROM line would need to be changed from ROM=12 to ROM=14

10 CLS : PRINT " ROM DUMP TO TAPE" : PRINT
20 FOR T = 32512 TO 32537 : READ B : POKE T,B : NEXT T
30 POKE 16526, 0 : POKE 16527, 127
40 ROM = 12 ' 12K OF ROM ... CHANGE AS NEEDED
50 POKE 32523, ROM * 4
60 INPUT "READY CASSETTE"; T
70 T = USR (0)
100 DATA 175, 205, 18, 2, 205, 135, 2, 33, 0, 0
110 DATA 14, 48, 126, 205, 100, 2, 35, 16 ,249
120 DATA 13, 32, 246, 205, 248, 1, 201

December 5, 2010 - New Guestbook
The Guestbook has been replaced AGAIN, as it became a spam magnet. Links have been updated. New guestbook is here and the old guestbook, converted to HTML for posterity, is here

October 27, 2010 - Model I ROM v1.1 Found
v1.1 of the Model I ROM has been dumped by John Benson. Thank you John!

October 26, 2010 - Explanation as to Model I ROM Versions
In hopes of answering all of the questions which have arisen from the realization that there are 4 versions of the Model I ROM and we (at the time) had only 1 of them, Matthew Reed, author of the amazing TRS32 emulator, has posted a brief explanation of the ROM versions. Jump here for the explanation.

October 16, 2010 - More Model I MultiDOS Images
Vernon Hester has kindly provided Model I MultiDOS versions 1.0, 1.5S, 1.5D, and 1.5P. Enjoy.

October 15, 2010 - Model I ROM v1.0 Found; v1.1 Still Missing
v1.0 of the Model I ROM has been dumped. Sadly, while the individual thought he had v1.1 too, it turned out to be v1.2. Anyone with v1.1, please give a shout out. Thanks!	(v1.0 ROM Chips)

October 13, 2010 - Update to TRS32 Emulator

Matthew Reed has updated his wonderful TRS32 Emulator to v1.25. This update includes:

•	BUG FIX: There was a a one bit error in the emulated interrupt status ports which caused one NEWDOS/80 boot disk to kept generating �Device not available� errors instead of displaying a directory.

•	BUG FIX: There was a Model III boot disk which was being identified as Model 4 by the �Autostart� feature. Although the disk still worked (it just ran in Model III mode), recognition of this unusual boot sector was added to the autostart routine.
•	NEW FEATURE: Hovering the mouse cursor over the floppy drive indicator light in the status bar will display the current drive status and position; making it easier to determine if a boot disk is loading or just cycling endlessly.

The updated emulator can be downloaded from Matthew Reed's Download Page, the TRS-80.com emulator page, or directly right here

October 12, 2010 - ~~Possibly~~ Found v1.0 ~~and v1.1~~ ROMs

A site visitor has indicated that he ~~believes he~~ has a Model I which has the v1.0 ~~and the v1.1~~ ROMs and intends to either dump them to cassette or read them in an EPROM reader. Of course, if anyone finds they have ~~v1.0 or~~ v1.1 ROMs, please let me know. ROMs can be dumped to disk as follows:

   10 PC=0 : IR=0
   20 OPEN "O",1,"NEWROM/ROM:0"
   30 FOR X = 0 TO &H2FFF
   40 PRINT #1,CHR$(PEEK(X)); : IR=IR+1
   50 IF IR = 614 THEN IR = 0: PC=PC+5: PRINT PC"% ...";
   60 NEXT X
   70 PRINT "DONE!":PRINT
   80 CLOSE

It takes about 1/2 hour to run (which is why I coded in 5% increment status updates)

October 12, 2010 - MultiDOS Update
The copies of MultiDOS for the Model I have been reviewed by Vernon Hester who has explained some of the images, and provided information necessary to restore others to verified true copies. If you downloaded the Model I MultiDOS images in the past, you might want to re-download them.

Interesting Notes:

•	MultiDOS for the Model I came in three formats: Single-Density, Double-Density (similar to DOSPLUS and LDOS), and "P"-Density (similar to NEWDOS/80 Double-Density which has track 0 as single density, and all other tracks as double density).

•	MultiDOS v1.5SK (at least my copy) was really just a special kernel made for Computer Shack so they could distribute SuperDirectory (since a disk cataloging program needs to be able to read as many DOS's as possible; which is MultiDOS's specialty). That is why the system files are all called CSx/sys (Computer Shack) and the version is SK (Special Kernel)! It has only 16 Library commands: Auto, Boot, Clear, Clock, Cls, Config, Date, Dir, Forms, Kill, Lib, List, Print, Skip, Time, Verify.

•	MultiDOS II (at least my copy) was really just a distribution diskette for ZEUS. This DOS will boot on a Model I and a Model III.

•	While most of my MultiDOS images were modified to some level, the copies of v1.4S, 1.4D, 1.6D, 1.6S, 1.7D, and 1.7P are all now "correct." Vernon may be providing "correct" copies of v1.0 and v1.5 in the future. Of course, Vernon has provided 2004 and 2005 updates to MultiDOS, but for those who want the classic versions, there you go.

September 30, 2010 - Updates to Matthew Reed's DMK Utilities
Matthew Reed has released:
•	v1.04 of Windows GUI DSK/DMK image utility TRSTOOLS; and
•	v4.27 of his TRSREAD and TRSWRITE command line utilities for TRS-80 virtual disks.

The changelog for both includes:
•	Improved viewing of MULTIDOS BASIC programs; and
•	Improved recognition of DOSPLUS and NEWDOS/80 disks.

The new versions can be downloaded from:
•	Matthew's web site or
•	from the DSK and DMK Image Utilities page or
•	Direct Link for TRSTOOLS v1.04 and for TRSREAD and TRSWRITE v4.27.

September 28, 2010 - New H & E Computronics Magazine # 39 (Covers) thanks to Katz
		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 39 Date: October 1981 Publisher: H & E Computronics

September 24, 2010 - New ROM Hunt

In sorting thru the lastest software shipment I came across a little program which claims to identify whether your Model I ROM was v1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, or other. The ROMs out in the wild are either v1.0, v1.2, or v1.3. Does anyone have a Model I system with v1.1?? The program is as follows:

10 REM     PROGRAM TO FIND VERSION OF MODEL I ROM
20 CLS
30 FOR I=11264 TO 12287:V=PEEK(I):S=S+V:NEXT I: X=S/16
40 A=(X-FIX(X))*16:Y=FIX(X)/16:B=(Y-FIX(Y))*256
50 V=(A+B)
60 IF V=176 PRINT"ROM 1.0": GOTO 100
70 IF V=142 PRINT"ROM 1.1": GOTO 100
80 IF V=10 PRINT"ROM 1.2": GOTO 100
90 IF V=162 PRINT"ROM 1.3" ELSE PRINT"VERSION OF ROM UNKNOWN"
100 END

September 24, 2010 - New H & E Newsletters (Covers) thanks to Katz
		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 11 Date: May 1979 Publisher: H & E Computronics

		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 12 Date: June 1979 Publisher: H & E Computronics

		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 13 Date: July 1979 Publisher: H & E Computronics

		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 19 Date: February 1980 Publisher: H & E Computronics

		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 20 Date: March 1980 Publisher: H & E Computronics

		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 26 Date: September 1980 Publisher: H & E Computronics

September 23, 2010 - New H & E Newsletters (Covers) thanks to Katz
		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 27 Date: October 1980 Publisher: H & E Computronics

		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 33 Date: April 1981 Publisher: H & E Computronics

September 22, 2010 - New H & E Newsletters (Covers) thanks to Katz
		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 28 Date: November 1980 Publisher: H & E Computronics

		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 30 Date: January 1981 Publisher: H & E Computronics

		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 34 Date: May 1981 Publisher: H & E Computronics

September 21, 2010 - Free Model 4 for Local Pickup Only
~~A site visitor has a Model 4 (picture) for free for local pickup only in Oak Park, Michigan (USA). It appears to work. I will pass on the info in the order I receive it.~~ UPDATE: It has been claimed as of 9/23

September 21, 2010 - New H & E Newsletters (Covers) thanks to Katz
		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 25 Date: August 1980 Publisher: H & E Computronics

		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 29 Date: December 1980 Publisher: H & E Computronics

		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 35 Date: June 1981 Publisher: H & E Computronics

September 20, 2010 - New H & E Newsletters (Covers) thanks to Katz
		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 21 Date: May 1980 Publisher: H & E Computronics

		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 22 Date: June 1980 Publisher: H & E Computronics

		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 23 Date: July 1980 Publisher: H & E Computronics

September 17, 2010 - New H & E Newsletters (Covers)
		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 8 Year: February 1979 Publisher: H & E Computronics
		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 8 Date: March 1979 Publisher: H & E Computronics
		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 10 Date: April 1979 Publisher: H & E Computronics

September 16, 2010 - New H & E Newsletters (Covers)
		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issues 4-6 Year: 1978 Publisher: H & E Computronics
		TRS-80 Monthly Newsletter Issue 7 Date: January 1979 Publisher: H & E Computronics

September 15, 2010 - New Magazine (Cover)
		Katz has provided a number of new magazines, information about the first can be found here. It has already been added as a new section to the H & E Computronics Page and has been added to the Magazine Search Page.

September 10, 2010 - New Downloads thanks to Vernon B Hester

Vernon B. Hester, author of MultiDOS and other wonderful programs, has provided some additional copies of his DOS's:

Esoteric DOS v2.11 for Model 4
MultiDOS v4.01 for Model I
MultiDOS v4.01 for Model III
MultiDOS v5.11 for Model 4

ESOTERIC is a Model 4 version of MULTIDOS with two differences: Video (Esoteric is 80x24 vs. MultiDOS which is either 80x24 or 64x16) and ESOTERIC is mapped significantly different than Model 4 MULTIDOS. The mapping of the Model 4 is very similar to the Model I, Model III, and MAX-80 version of MULTIDOS, while ESOTERIC's mapping difference was desired to keep the DOS in contiguous memory (0000H through 1AFFH) allowing one to ORG applications at 1B00H.

September 7, 2010 - Flash Emulator
Alain Boudreault is working on a TRS-80 emulator running in flash player (using flashbuilder 4 mxml/as3 as the development tool). Eventually, it will emulate a MODEL I Level II BASIC with floppy drives, although the emulator is currently working in beta without floppy emulation. A video of the emulator is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoXQssEC_8I

September 5, 2010 - TRS-80 Model 4P - Free for Local Pickup or Pay Shipping
TRS-80 Model 4P is free for local pickup in Oconomowoc, WI or, for those who do not live in Oconomowoc, the cost of pack and ship. Normally I would say to email me, but the owner has advised a number of sites of the availability, so all I can say is, if you want it, email him quick. His email is leemil at att dot net.

August 15, 2010 - New Brochure (Cover) Thanks To John Iacono
		Title: TRS-80 Extended Service Plan Publisher: Radio Shack

August 14, 2010 - TRS-80 Virtual Floppy Disk Manager Updated

Miguel Dutra has released v0.7 of his Command Line version of his Virtual Disk Manager utility for Windows. This is a small utility which allows you to access virtual TRS-80 disks at a file level, as if they were normal PC disks.

It appears that this utility can read all known TRS-80 DOS's except for (1) CPM and (2) anything made by Percom.

Program can be found on Miguel's web site, on the DSK and DMK Image Utilities page, or HERE for Command Line 0.7 and HERE for GUI 0.5.

The new version brings:

* CLI: Could not recognize the parameters "-td2" and "-td3"
* CLI: Crashed when "-k" was used with long file names
* CLI: Internal Win2Trs routine generated some ill-formed file names
* CLI: Internal Dump routine now prints blanks instead of dots in the ASCII column data
* TRSDOS1: Caused an abrupt program termination when allocating granules
* TRSDOS3: Caused an abrupt program termination when allocating granules
* NEWDOS/80: Created files with less than the requested space
* NEWDOS/80: Improved disk compatibility through better PDRIVE handling
* DMK: Improved disk compatibility through better geometry detection and sector addressing
* Other: Granule allocation routines failed to properly determine the available disk space
* Other: Improved GetFileDate routines to get date values with as little modification as possible
* Other: Improved OS detection routines to reduce the number of wrong identifications

August 8, 2010 - Free DMP2100
TRS-80 DMP2100 tractor feed printer (worked when last used) free for local pickup from St. Louis Park, MN but is willing to ship for the costs of pack & ship. First come first served; I will put you in direct contact in the order I am emailed.

July 30, 2010 - Free Daisywheel for Local Pickup ONLY
TRS-80 Daisy Wheel II printer free for local pickup from Colorado Springs, CO but arrangements could be made to meet in Denver, Colorado. The person with the printer advises that it does not have the daisywheel, but it has the ribbon and everything else seems to be intact. First come first served; I will put you in direct contact in the order I am emailed.

August 8, 2010 - More Downloads (Big Five)
Bill Hogue has given the ok to put most of the Big Five software online.

August 7, 2010 - More Downloads (Jon Bokelman / Orchestra)
Jon Bokelman has given the ok to put his Orchestra 80/85/90 driver software online.

August 6, 2010 - More Downloads (Lazywriter)
David and Theresa Welsh have given the ok to put Lazywriter online. And while we are on this topic, for those who have not bought their book, its a great read.

August 4, 2010 - More Downloads (Dennis Bathory-Kitsz)
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz has given the ok to put his programs online.

August 3, 2010 - Broader Net
If you were the author, and are the copyright holder, of TRS-80 software and would like to give me permission to post your stuff, please email me. Who knew that the anniversary of the TRS-80 would be the day where some downloads came back online.

August 3, 2010 - More Downloads
Wayne Westmoreland & Terry Gilman have given the express ok to put their stuff online as well; so tonight look for their wonderful software as well.

August 3, 2010 - New Downloads
Vernon Hester's downloads are live (so when doing an archive search you will get hotlinks with the findings). Since Scott Adams had long ago (and also today) allowed me to post his adventures, those links will go live tonight as well. If I can think of other authors who have authorized release, I will move those files over as well.

August 3, 2010 - Wired.com story
Since today is the anniversary date of the TRS-80 launch, wired.com has done a story which is on their front page today. The article is here. Wish they would have consulted with me first, since they mis-attribute the historical accounts to me when I didn't say them (lord knows who did). I am embarrased I didn't realize it was the anniversary though :)

August 2, 2010 - New Downloads thanks to Vernon B Hester

Vernon B. Hester, author of MultiDOS and other wonderful programs, has made his software and manuals available:

Astrocal Manual (5th Edition) - DOC Format
Astrocal Manual (5th Edition) - PDF Format
MultiDOS Manual - DOC Format
MultiDOS Manual - PDF Format
Zeus (9th Edition) - DOC Format
Zeus (9th Edition) - PDF Format

When my host fixes my SQL upload, and I can get into the TRS-80 Archive Lookup, I will post the corresponding software packages here for download.

Also as previously noted, Vernon has a blown Model 4 power supply, which is preventing him from providing updated software. Any help is appreciated.

July 31, 2010 - Need Model 4 Power Supply
Vernon Hester, who wrote MultiDOS and a few other programs, had been updating his programs and DOSes. Vernon was in the process of updating a few more items, and getting together a real copy of the last Model I single density MultiDOS, when his Model 4 power supply went out. Does anyone out there have a source for a Model 4 power supply for Vernon? Thanks

July 20, 2010 - TRS-80 Virtual Floppy Disk Manager Updated

Miguel Dutra has released v0.6 of his Command Line version of his Virtual Disk Manager utility for Windows. This is a small utility which allows you to access virtual TRS-80 disks at a file level, as if they were normal PC disks.

It appears that this utility can read all known TRS-80 DOS's except for (1) CPM and (2) anything made by Percom.

Explanations and the program can be found on Miguel's web site, on the DSK and DMK Image Utilities page, or HERE.

The new version brings:

* Write-capable
* Fixed a bug which caused it to read an invalid sector when the file size exceeded one disk track.

July 11, 2010 - New addition to the TRS-80.com Family
Although not TRS-80 related, I would like to announce the newest member of the TRS-80.com family ... a 4 week old blue eyed siamese/tabby mix (a rescue) ...

July 8, 2010 - Orchestra/90-PC Updated

Jon Bokelman, creator of the ORCH-80/85/90, has updated his Orchestra/90-PC program to v2.0.

For those who don't know, Orchestra-90/PC is a simple, no-frills program that plays original Orchestra-80/85/90 and Piano-85/90 ASCII files on a PC using a sound card. It is launched from the command line.

The main change is that a new command line switch, "-w filename" has been added to output the ORC file to a WAV file of filename filename. A readme file is included in the archive

Orchestra-90/PC can be downloaded from the Orchestra 80/85/90 page or from right here.

June 28, 2010 - Vintage Computer Festival Southwest

A. G. (Gil) Carrick, the Director of the Museum of Information Technology at Arlington, has asked that I post the following about the upcoming Vintage Computer Festival Southwest ...

The 1st annual Vintage Computer Festival Southwest will be held August 7th and 8th, in the Rio Grande Ballroom, in the E.H. Hereford University Center, University of Texas Arlington. The event is sponsored by the Museum of Information Technology at Arlington, the UTA College of Engineering, the UTA Office of Information Technology and Vintage Tech. The VCF is an international event that celebrates the history of computing. There have been VCFs at several locations since 1997.

The mission of the VCF is to promote the preservation of early computers by allowing people to experience the technologies, people and stories that embody the remarkable tale of the computer revolution. Southern US companies played a large role in the early days of the computer industry and the VCF Southwest hopes to focus on their contributions.

VCF is not a swap meet, but you will have a chance to buy things or even come home with prizes. There will be speakers and videos each morning, exhibits each afternoon, and special events throughout the weekend. More details about the schedule will be available soon.

The VCF is held indoors, rain or shine. Admission is $10 for one day, $15 for both days, and free for ages 17 and younger. Parking is free. Hours are 9 A.M. - 5 P.M. on both Saturday and Sunday.

Their web page giving more details about the event is at http://mit-a.com/VCF1.shtml.

June 24, 2010 - DISK REQUESTS ARE OFFLINE
UPDATE 2: I am limping along right now on a drive which may or may not be good. It is entirely possible that it is good, but the disk set remains bad. I will hold off restoring the link to the Disk Requests until the new drives come in.

UPDATE 1: I have now spent a fairly decent amount of money to acquire 4 floppy drives (will they work, who knows) on eBay.

A particularly dirty set of disks sent to me for conversion has knocked my disk drive out; and my attempts to use spares are proving futile. I will not be able to convert disks or make DOS disks until this has been resolved.

June 23, 2010 - Update to TRS32 Emulator

Matthew Reed has updated his wonderful TRS32 Emulator to v1.24. This update includes:

Eliminated "Parity error during read" errors sometimes generated by NEWDOS/80 while formatting double-sided virtual disks

Corrected behavior when pasting TAB characters

The updated emulator can be downloaded from Matthew Reed's Download Page, the TRS-80.com emulator page, or directly right here

May 15, 2010 - New Book (Cover) Thanks To Mike Ballantyne
		Title: TRS-80 Pocket Handbook Year: 1982 Author: William Barden Publisher: Radio Shack

May 7, 2010 - New Hardware Manuals (Covers) Thanks To Pascal Holdry
		Video Display (European) Pages: 12 Year: Unknown TOSEC: Video Display (19xx)(Tandy)(Eu) Cat: 26-9201A Publisher: Tandy

		MDX-2 Interface Expansion Board v1.6 Pages: 62 Year: 1980 TOSEC: MDX-2 Interface Expansion Board v1.6 (1980)(Micro-Design) Publisher: Micro-Design

May 7, 2010 - New TRACE Covers Thanks To Pascal Holdry
Pascal Holdry has provided the missing three TRACE MAGAZINES, and their information has been added to the TRS-80 Magazine Table of Contents Search. Thanks Pascal!

April 28, 2010 - Update to TRSTOOLS DSK/DMK Import/Export Utility
Matthew Reed has released v1.03 of Windows GUI DSK/DMK image utility TRSTOOLS.
The changelog includes: Improved Windows 7 support in several areas Improved viewing CMD files on MULTIDOS disks Eliminated extraneous beep when viewing files under certain sound schemes
The new version can be downloaded from: Matthew's web site or from the DSK and DMK Image Utilities page or This Direct Link.

April 20, 2010 - Revlon Run/Walk for Cancer

The time of the year has arrived for my only charity solicitation! For those who have lost someone to breast cancer, or wish to donate toward the cure, my wife is participating in the Revlon Run/Walk for Cancer. If you wish to donate, go to this site

https://www.revlonrunwalk.com/la/secure/mywebpage.cfm?pID=563055

NOTE: Nothing comes to me, nothing comes to the site; this is a direct matter between you and the charity. All donations are U.S. tax-deductible (to the extent allowed by law; the site says it and so will I).

April 19, 2010 - CLAIMED ... Free Truckload of TRS-80's but Local Pickup by 4/22 ONLY

UPDATE 2: All Gone.

UPDATE: There is already one taker, but it is currently unknown if this is a done deal, and two other's on the waiting list.

Original Post:A long time site visitor would would like to get rid of his entire collection of TRS-80 computers, software, manuals, accessories, etc. This includes somewhere between 10 and 20 TRS-80s...everything from Model I's, Model III's, Model IV's, 4Ps, Coco's, etc.

There is enough stuff to fill the entire back of a pickup truck or suburban.

It will all be free, but pickup only in Phoenix, AZ.

It needs to be picked up by Thursday 4/22 or it will probably go in the dump; and is all or nothing.

First come first served; I will put you in direct contact in the order I am emailed.

March 12, 2010 - New Manual Covers Thanks To Joseph Chiu
		Line Printer Manual Year: 1980 TOSEC: Line Printer (1980)(Radio Shack) Page Size: 8.5 x 11 Pages: 12 Cat: 26-1150 Publisher: Radio Shack
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		Line Printer VI Pages: 22 Year: Unknown TOSEC: Line Printer VI (19xx)(Radio Shack) Publisher: Radio Shack
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		Mini Disk Operators Manual Pages: 4 Year: 1978 TOSEC: Mini Disk Operators Manual (1978)(Radio Shack) Publisher: Radio Shack

		Keyboard Debounce and Real-Time Clock Pages: 12 Year: 19xx TOSEC: Keyboard Debounce and Real-Time Clock [a] (19xx)(Radio Shack) Publisher: Radio Shack

March 8, 2010 - New Stuff Thanks To Joseph Chiu
		Alpha Byte Catalog Year: 1982 TOSEC: Alpha Byte Computer Products (1982)(Alpha Byte) Page Size: 8.5 x 11 Pages: 140
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		RSTERM Manual Company: Radio Shack TOSEC: RSTERM (1980)(Radio Shack) Page Size: 8.5 x 11 Pages: 12

April 7, 2010 - New Emulator Being Developed ... for Android!
Someone is porting Tim Mann's XTRS over to Android ... YouTube Video of it running can be found here

March 4, 2010 - New Stuff Thanks To Joseph Chiu
		Compukit Newsletter Issue: Mar-Apr 1983 TOSEC: Compukit Newsletter (1983)(Compukit) Page Size: 8.5 x 11 Pages: 9

		Smart 80D and Smart IIID v2.71 Manual Company: Microperiphal Corp. TOSEC: Smart 80D and Smart IIID v2.71 (1981)(Microperiphal Corp) Page Size: 8.5 x 11 Pages: 18

		Tiny Pascal Manual Company: Radio Shack/Tandy Year: 1982 TOSEC: Tiny Pascal (1982)(Radio Shack) Page Size: 8.5 x 11 Pages: 20

March 31, 2010 - Update to TRSTOOLS DSK/DMK Import/Export Utility
Matthew Reed has released v1.02 of Windows GUI DSK/DMK image utility TRSTOOLS.
The changelog includes: Greatly improved the recognition of some marginal disk formats Added a new Z80 disassembly viewer as the default for CMD files Added the ability to switch between different file viewers Fixed the incorrect window sizes with larger DPI values Fixed the problem encountered when viewing blank binary files
The new version can be downloaded from: Matthew's web site or from the DSK and DMK Image Utilities page or This Direct Link.

March 24, 2010 - Symbolic Z80 disassembler for TRS-80 CMD files for the PC
Matthew Reed has just released Z80Disasm, a new symbolic Z80 disassembler for TRS-80 CMD files. The disassembler is a freeware Windows-based command line utility that makes it easier to develop TRS-80 software on a Windows machine.	(Click for larger image)
Z80Disasm can read CMD files from the Windows hard drive or off of a TRS-80 .DSK file, and it supports MISOSYS-style screening files for maximum flexibility Z80Disasm can be downloaded from Matthew Reed's Z80Disasm Page.

March 18, 2010 - New DOSPLUS 3.5 Command Reference
The TRS-80 DOS page has been updated to include command references for DOSPLUS 3.5. The page is still under construction as far as I need to add information ABOUT the DOS, but the command reference is complete..

March 3, 2010 - New DSK/DMK Import/Export Utility

Matthew Reed has released his command line DSK/DMK image utility pair TRSREAD and TRSWRITE. They perform many of the same functions as TRSTools, only on the command line.

TRSREAD is a command line Windows program that can extract files from a TRS-80 virtual disk, with optional flags for including "S"ystem files and "I"nvisible files. You can use wildcards or a list of files you want to extract

TRSWRITE is a command line Windows program that copies files onto TRS-80 virtual disk files.

TRSREAD and TRSWRITE can be downloaded from Matthew Reed's TRSREAD/TRSWRITE Page.

February 24, 2010 - Update to TRS32 Emulator

Matthew Reed has updated his wonderful TRS32 Emulator to v1.23. This update includes:

Model 4P emulation mode

Improved consistency of directory handling with drag and drop

The updated emulator can be downloaded from Matthew Reed's Download Page, the TRS-80.com emulator page, or directly right here

February 17, 2010 - For Those with a 4P

As far as we know, the Model 4P had only 2 BOOT ROM's, v1(15) and v1(16), the former being dated October 11, 1983 and the latter being released 7 days later.

Although technically the v1(15) ROM would have been in every Model 4P released before October 18, 1983, the 7 day window leads us to believe that it would have applied only to very very very early models. However, there is no known dump of the v1(15) ROM.

If you have a Model 4P and are interested in helping, turn it on and hold down the "V" key. After a few seconds a message which reads "Boot ROM Version is ___". If you have a 4P where it is 1(15), and are willing to dump the ROM (instructions will be provided), please send me an email.

February 17, 2010 - Update to TRSTOOLS
TRSTools is a utility written by Matthew Reed that makes it easier to work with virtual disk images. Matthew has updated his TRSTOOLS utility to v1.01. The new version supports emulated hard drives as well as incorporates bug fixes.
The changelog includes: Added support for virtual hard disks in both LDOS and NEWDOS/80 formats Greatly improved the NEWDOS/80 support Improved the recognition of marginal disk formats Added the ability to view EDTASM source files Created a new format for TRS-80 memory card interfaces and added support for it within TRSTools
The new version can be downloaded from: Matthew's web site or from the DSK and DMK Image Utilities page or This Direct Link.

February 11, 2010 - Question
~~Does anyone out there have a working Model 4P? If so, please contact me~~. Thanks to all those who responded.

February 11, 2010 - Update to TRS32 Emulator
Matthew Reed has updated his wonderful TRS32 Emulator to v1.22. This update includes: Improved emulation of hard drive when formatting with NEWDOS/80 2.5 Improved compatibility of text paste Miscellaneous improvements and fixes
The updated emulator can be downloaded from Matthew Reed's Download Page, the TRS-80.com emulator page, or right here

February 10, 2010 - Lode Runner for the TRS-80
Mark McDougall has ported Lode Runner from the MSX computer (another Z80-based micro) to the TRS-80 Model 4/4P with MicroLabs Grafyx Solution hires board. The program can be downloaded from Mark's site.

February 4, 2010 - More Zaps / Tips / Tricks
Those of you who are on comp.sys.tandy (which should be all of you) probably know that I have uncovered a notebook I kept back in the day which had weird routines, pokes, peeks, factoids, etc. I have been updating the Zaps/Mods/Pokes/Tricks pages accordingly, and envision getting the notebook contents onto the site.

February 1, 2010 - New Hardware Manual (cover) Thanks To David Cooper
		Model II TRS-80 Hard Disk Owner's Manual Pages: 100 Year: 1981 TOSEC: Model II Hard Disk Owners Manual (1981)(Tandy) Publisher: Tandy Cat: 26-4150

January 26, 2010 - TRS80GP Emulator Updated

George Phillips has updated his TRS80GP emulator to v1.5.1 to correct a bug. It can be downloaded from the emulator page or from George's site. His explanation for the change, as posted on his site is:

The pause/break key wasn't activating the TRS-80 BREAK key on some computers. The problem was a little more involved than I realized. As Wikipedia hints, Pause/Break is a little unusual. On some systems, especially laptops, Windows will report the key is down and then immediately say it is up again � well before the key is actually released. I'm guessing this is a consequence of they key not actually reporting the up state at the hardware level. Windows is faking it to help programs operate.

This would be fine except that the emulated TRS-80 takes 2 or 3 frames to recognize the key. I presume that's to avoid keyboard bounce. Now what I do is artificially sustain the down time of any key which takes care of Pause/Break and should help with the emulator's propensity to miss keys. It wasn't so bad, but I did notice dropped letters when I was typing things into the emulator.

I even documented the keyboard mapping while I was at it.

January 15, 2009 - CatWeasel Utilities Updated

Tim Mann has updated his CatWeasel read/write utilities to v4.4. Changes are:

* The Linux binaries included in this distribution are compiled on a 32-bit Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS system. The MS-DOS binaries are still compiled with a version of djgpp from the year 2000, under djgpp. The MS-DOS binaries are untested at the time of this release.

* Updated to the current Catweasel MK4 firmware from Individual Computers, moving from pre29.cw4 to rel2f2.cw4. Changed catweasl.c slightly to work with the new firmware -- the write pulse width now must be set.

* Fixed cw2dmk bug where the total sectors read in each encoding counted all retries, not just the last one.

* Added -r option to cw2dmk and dmk2cw to reverse the sides. This is mostly to help split/join disks that have a separate one-sided image on each side but were written with a double-sided drive (that is, they are not flippy) to/from two separate DMK images.

* Fixed an incompatibility with newer versions of libpci that had prevented recompiled Linux binaries from recognizing a PCI Catweasel.

* Added a dmk2cw option to use only a prefix of the track in the DMK file.

* Changed the way dmk2cw generates fill data when the DMK track is shorter than needed to fill the disk. Added an option to select some alternative fill methods.

* Some small fixes and cleanups, mostly in documentation and messages.

The updated version can be downloaded here or from Tim's site.

January 14, 2010 - Site Maintenance

Sorry for the lack of recent updates, I have been struggling with the (apparently well-known) problem of WordPress 2.9 requiring MySQL 5, but the site having been set up with MySQL 4. This might not otherwise be a problem if my host didn't include a 2MB maximum on MySQL importing, roughly 30 times smaller than I needed. Only today did I manage to overcome, and WordPress is now MySQL 5 upgraded to the latest version.

In the interim, I have received some disk sets, been making boot disks for people, and procured a new CatWeasel 4+ (which seems to be working just fine).

I hope to get things moving again soon ...

December 3, 2009 - New DSK/DMK Tool from Matthew Reed

Matthew Reed, author of the wonderful TRS32 emulator has released "TRSTOOLS," a utility that makes it easier to work with virtual disk images.

TRSTools features incude:

Open an existing virtual disk image

Create a new virtual disk image

Add files to or extract files from the disk image (with file dates preserved)

Preview files (with integrated viewer)

Rename files

Delete files

Change the disk label and volume date

Drag and Drop support to and from Windows Explorer

Integrated file viewer

That last point, the built-in viewer, can preview several different types of TRS-80 file formats, including:

Text files, with any line ending

Tokenized Model III BASIC programs

Model III and Model 4 high-resolution images (/HR)

Model 4 compressed high-resolution images (/CHR)

Model 4 super-compressed high-resolution images (/SHR)

Binary files (which can be viewed as a hexadecimal dump)

TRSTools supports the following TRS-80 Operating Systems:

TRSDOS 2.3 (Model I)

TRSDOS 1.3 (Model III)

TRSDOS 6 and LS-DOS (Model 4)

LDOS (Model I and III)

DOSPLUS (Model I, III, and 4)

MULTIDOS (Model I, III, and 4)

NEWDOS (Model I)

NEWDOS/80 (Model I and III)

ULTRADOS (Model I)

DBLDOS (Model I)

VTOS (Model I)

RAPIDOS (Model 4)

Download:
TRSTools v1.0 can be downloaded from Matthew Reed's web site or from the Utilities Section of the DSK and DMK Image Utilities Page.

November 11, 2009 - Various Site Updates
A page with TRSDOS 1.2 patches has been added, the page of the TRSDOS 1.3 patches has been GREATLY expanded, and Miguel Dutra's VDISK utility has been referenced on the Getting Software Onto An Emulator page..

November 6, 2009 - SDLTRS - New TRS-80 Emulator for PC/MAC

Mark Grebe has ported Tim Mann's XTRS emulator for Macintosh OSX, Windows, and Linux. While it is always good to have a new emulator on the scene, this is big news for those MAC users out there, as there has not been a workable TRS-80 emulator for the MAC in many years.

As many know, Tim Mann's XTRS offers Model 1, 3, and 4/4P emulation, with cassette, 5", 8" and hard drive emulation. It emualtes sound, mouse, joystick, and printer, and can do data I/O between the emulator and the host operating system.

SDLTRS expands on this and adds:

Windows and Mac OS X support.
Fullscreen display.
Text based GUI on Windows and Linux, and in Fullscreen mode on the Macintosh.
Configuration files.
Disk LED Indicators on screen.
Creation of Disk images inside of the program.
Saving and loading of disk sets.
Saving and loading of emualtor state.
Copy and Paste of text to/from host and emulator.
USB Joystick support.

The MAC version also adds

Graphical interface, include Media management with graphical representation of the disk drives and cassette.
Printer emulation of Epson FX-80 and CGP-115 Plotter/Printer, with output to PDF files.
Debugger in seperate program window.

SDLTRS can be downloaded via the SDLTRS Web Page or from the emulator web page.

November 6, 2009 - XTRS Updated to v4.9d
Although it happened in July, I just found out that Tim Mann's TRS-80 Emulator in Unix, XTRS, was updated to v4.9. The updated version can be downloaded from Tim Mann's XTRS web page or from the emulator web page.

November 5, 2009 - Model 4 TRSDOS Zap Page Added
A page listing unofficial Model 4 TRSDOS zaps has been added here. If you have any to contribute, please let me know.

November 4, 2009 - Unofficial TRSDOS 1.3 Zap Page Added
A page listing all unofficial TRSDOS 1.3 zaps which I had has been added here. If you have any to contribute, please let me know.

October 25, 2009 - Update to Attila Gr�sz's HT/Video Genie/TRS-80 Emulator
Attila Gr�sz has updated his HT/Videogenie/TRS-80 emulator to v1.6.2. New Features/Changes: * custom screen refresh frequencies (between 5 and 200) * copy screen contents to the clipboard (text format) * better AY-3-8910 sound IC emulation (mixer) * bugfixes (reenabled breakpoints) Download from Attila Gr�sz's site or from the emulator page

October 19, 2009 - New TRS-80 Users Group Newsletter (cover) Thanks To Stefan Kasarik
		Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: September 1980 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1980-09 (1980)(Octug) Page Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Pages: 24

October 19, 2009 - New TRS-80 Users Group Newsletter (cover) Thanks To Stefan Kasarik
		Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: November 1980 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1980-11 (1980)(Octug) Page Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Pages: 24

October 16, 2009 - New TRS-80 Users Group Newsletter (cover) Thanks To Stefan Kasarik
		Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: May 1980 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1980-05 (1980)(Octug) Page Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Pages: 28

October 16, 2009 - New Software Manual (cover) Thanks To David Cooper
		Level III BASIC Reference Card Pages: 16 Year: 1979 TOSEC: Level III BASIC Reference Card (1979)(GRT Corp) Publisher: GRT Corp

October 15, 2009 - New TRS-80 Users Group Newsletter (cover) Thanks To Stefan Kasarik
		Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: March 1980 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1980-03 (1980)(Octug) Page Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Pages: 28

October 15, 2009 - New TRS-80 Users Group Newsletter (cover) Thanks To Stefan Kasarik
		Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: July 1980 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1980-07 (1980)(Octug) Page Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Pages: 24

October 15, 2009 - New TRS-80 Users Group Newsletter (cover) Thanks To Stefan Kasarik
		Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: January 1981 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1981-01 (1981)(Octug) Page Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Pages: 24

October 15, 2009 - New TRS-80 Users Group Newsletter (cover) Thanks To Stefan Kasarik
		Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group Issue: April 1980 TOSEC: Orange Country TRS-80 Users Group 1980-04 (1980)(Octug) Page Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Pages: 24

October 15, 2009 - New Hardware Manual (cover) Thanks To David Cooper
		8-Meg Hard Disk Service Manual Pages: 114 Year: 1982 TOSEC: TRS-80 8MB Hard Drive Service Manual (1982)(Tandy) Cat: 26-4150/4151 Publisher: Tandy

October 5, 2009 - External Model 3 Drives for Pickup or Shipping Cost

The drives have been claimed. Thanks. A site visitor has four external floppy drives with power supplies for the TRS-80 Model III. He is not sure if they work, but advised advised that they are from a working system that was retired two decades ago.

He has popped the cover off of one of them and confirmed no unusual corrosion, and the belt appears to be in decent shape. The ribbon cables are also with the drives, and the set includes a matching, under-desk bay that can hold two of the drives.

He is willing to give them away as long as he is not out-of-pocket. If you want to pick them up (Prior Lake, MN) that's fine, and if you want to pay pack/shipping, that's fine.

Email me if interested - first come first served.

October 3, 2009 - New Hardware Manual (cover) Thanks To David Cooper
		Line Printer II Interface Cable Pages: 12 Year: Unknown TOSEC: Line Printer II Interface Cable (19xx)(Radio Shack) Publisher: Radio Shack

September 27, 2009 - TRS-80 Virtual Floppy Disk Manager Updated

Miguel Dutra has released v0.5 of his GUI version of his Virtual Disk Manager utility for Windows. This is a small utility which allows you to access virtual TRS-80 disks at a file level, as if they were normal PC disks.

It appears that this utility can read all known TRS-80 DOS's except for (1) CPM and (2) anything made by Percom.

Explanations and the program can be found on Miguel's web site and on the TRS-80 Disk and Tape Conversion Utilities page.

The new version brings:

* Open DSK and DMK files by just double-clicking over them
* Choose whether to detect file formats automatically or manually
* Choose whether to show or hide system and invisible files
* Sort files by name, extension, size, date and attributes
* Export multiple selected files at once
* See disk properties including name, date, DOS version etc.
* Navigate through disk sectors

September 13, 2009 - TRS-80 Virtual Floppy Disk Manager Updated
Miguel Dutra has released v0.4 of his command line version of his Virtual Disk Manager utility for Windows. This is a small utility which allows you to access virtual TRS-80 disks at a file level, as if they were normal PC disks. Explanations and the program can be found on Miguel's web site and on the TRS-80 Disk and Tape Conversion Utilities page.

July 28, 2009 - TRS-80 Microcomputer News
All issues of TRS-80 Microcomputer News have been added to the Searchable Table of Contents page.

July 24, 2009 - TRS-80 Virtual Floppy Disk Manager Updated
Miguel Dutra has released v0.2.2 of his new Virtual Disk Manager utility for Windows. This is a small utility which allows you to access virtual TRS-80 disks at a file level, as if they were normal PC disks. Explanations and the program can be found on Miguel's web site and on the TRS-80 Disk and Tape Conversion Utilities page.

July 23, 2009 - TRS-80 Virtual Floppy Disk Manager Updated

Miguel Dutra has released v0.2 of his new Virtual Disk Manager utility for Windows. This is a small utility which allows you to access virtual TRS-80 disks at a file level, as if they were normal PC disks.

The TRS-80 Virtual Disk Manager shows the file name, size, date and attributes of each directory item, supports reading both .DSK and .DMK image files, and allows exporting TRS-80 files to the Windows file system.

Miguel lists each possible DOS for the TRS-80 and whether or not it is currently supported, with his ultimate goal being 100% of all OS's.

Explanations and the program can be found on Miguel's web site and on the TRS-80 Disk and Tape Conversion Utilities page.

July 22, 2009
Issues 1 through 43 of TRS-80 Microcomputer News have now been added to the Searchable Table of Contents page, and their TOC's have been added to their respective pages.

July 19, 2009 - New TRS-80 Emulator by George Philips

Site visitor "Katz" has advised that George Philips has released v1.5 of his TRS80GP Emulator which is available for download from either George's site or the emulator page.

George describes the emulator as "built primarily as a development tool for software written for real TRS-80's and for experiments in improved emulation fidelity. It can load programs in .cas, .hex, .bas or .cmd format directly but has no disk emulation nor can use use CLOAD or SYSTEM to load .cas files (as in most normal emulators).

I would say that this 'emulator's strength is that you do not need to set up a ROM (it is built in), import files onto DSK/DMK's, have boot disks, etc. If you have a /CMD file or a /BAS file or a /CAS file, you would simply execute the emulator FROM A COMMAND LINE, and your program would run. No fuss.

More details can be found on George's page but running the emualtor with a -? flag will also provide details.

July 17, 2009 - Puget Systems

I realize this is off topic, but when you come across something really cool, sometimes you gotta mention it. Although my TRS-80 was the last system I had purchased as an assembled unit (preferring to build my own), I have been familiar with Puget Systems for a while. Puget allows you to select brands and types (A corsair TX 850 power supply or w WD Caviar SE16) rather than just generic (850 watt; 200GB Hard drive, etc). I elected to go with them and, although I have not yet received the system, every question I have asked them (and I have asked a TON) has always been met with a quick and technologically correct answer. What I just noticed, though, is their order status page. This thing not only has each component and each test they ran, but temperature logs of the system under load over time, and performance benchmarks. They also email pictures of the inside, front, and back of your computer once its built, including a thermal picture of the inside. Crazy stuff.

Oh, and for the skeptics out there, NO I am not getting any payment from them. I am just THAT impressed (kinda like the way I talk about Matthew Reed's emulator).

July 16, 2009 - TRS-80 Microcomputer News
Issues 1 through 27 of TRS-80 Microcomputer News have now been added to the Searchable Table of Contents page, and their TOC's have been added to their respective pages.

July 15, 2009 - TRS32 Updated to v1.21

Matthew Reed has issued an interim update to his FANTASTIC TRS32 emulator. Changed in this update is:

Added sound to the Stringy Floppy emulation
Improved the sound used by the floppy disk emulation
Fixed a problem with returning Stringy Floppy status
Changed the floppy autostart order to favor the Model I
Fixed emulated floppy disk sector not found behavior
Added copy and paste features
Corrected behavior of an emulated Model I without lowercase

v1.21 can be downloaded from Matthew's site or on the TRS-80.com emulator page.

For those who have not yet registered Matthew's emulator, I encourage you to do so. This emulator (unlike 98% of the others) is still in development and is phenomenal. You can register at Matthew's site.

July 14, 2009 - TRS-80 Microcomputer News
I have updated the TRS-80 Microcomputer News page with bigger thumbnails and not-yet-implemented links to separate pages which will contain their tables of contents. I am slowly adding new pages (and updating the Searchable Table of Contents page to include the TRS-80 Microcomputer News. This part will be slow going.

July 13, 2009 - Another Magazine Updated
The few issues I had of the French magazine, Trace, has had its tables of contents added to the searchable table of contents. Of course, since it is in French, results which search for words (instead of, for example, by issue number, year, etc) are unlikely to show up given the incompatibilities of the international character set.

July 11, 2009 - Terry Stewart's Blog
For those who do not know, Terry Stewart has been spearheading the effort to get Exatron Stringy Floppy images moved over for use in Matthew Reed's emulator. Terry has a blog on a fairly diverse set of topics, sometimes discussing TRS-80's, but in almost all cases, involving problem solving. Terry's blog can be found at http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/.

July 10, 2009 - One More Magazines in Search
TRSTimes has been added to the searchable table of contents. By the way, for those who are uaware, all of the TRSTimes issues are downloadable.

July 9, 2009 - TRS-80 Virtual Floppy Disk Manager by Miguel Dutra
Miguel Dutra has released a BETA of his new Virtual Disk Manager utility for Windows. This is a small utility which allows you to access virtual TRS-80 disks at a file level, as if they were normal PC disks. Explanations and the program can be found on Miguel's web site.

July 9, 2009 - Three More Magazines in Search
Three more magazines have been added to the searchable table of contents: Barons Microcomputing (the few issues I had), The 8ighty (the few issues I have), and The 80 Notebook (all of them). The corresponding pages have also been updated to include the tables of contents.

July 7, 2009 - More Magazines in Search
While I continue to scan the manuals which Kim Watt kindly sent over, I have updated the searchable table of contents to include all of the 80-NW Journal and 80-US Journals, as well as all the Basic Computing (which is what 80-US turned into) I have. I do not know the last published issue, so I have flagged it as yellow (=entered all I have) rather than green (=all known issues entered).

July 1, 2009

Sorry about the lack of updates ... I have been adding Tables of Contents of various magazines to the web site and to the searchable table of contents archive. As of now, all of my 80 Micro's, SoftSides, Micro-80's, Prog-80's, H & E Computronics, and The Alternate Source have been added. The archive page shows the status of all of the magazines, and that status will update as more tables of contents come online.

Additionally, Kim Watt was kind enough to send over a box of disks and manuals, and I have been reading the disks and scanning the manuals.

June 29, 2009 - Exatron Stringy Floppy Basic Operation

For those of you who use Matthew Reed's TRS32 emulator and wish to make use of the ESF module, please note the following:

The ROM esf.rom needs to be in your ROMs directory
Exatron Stringy Floppy needs to be enabled in your configuation screen
You need to invoke the ROM through a SYSTEM command
For file I/O, you will need to mount a virtual wafer.

To invoke the ESF ROM use the SYSTEM command with the following addresses:

/12340	To enable the ROM and load the next file on the wafer
/12341	To enable the ROM and load the 1st file on the wafer
/12342	To enable the ROM and load the 2nd file on the wafer
/12343	To enable the ROM and load the 3rd file on the wafer
/12344	To enable the ROM and load the 4th file on the wafer
/12345	To enable the ROM from non-disk BASIC with Debounce (MOST COMMON)
/12346	To enable the ROM from non-disk BASIC WITHOUT Debounce

ESF Commands are:

@NEW	Erase the entire wafer. After execution the @NEW command will display the number of bytes available on the wafer.
@NEW1	Erase the entire wafer
@NEW[x]	Erases program #x (e.g., @NEW4 erases program 4).
@SAVE[x]	Saves a BASIC program to location #x (e.g., @SAVE2 saves to program 2). Attempting to @SAVE a program without a file number, or using a file number 0, will result in a syntax error. All files must be saved in sequential order, starting with 1 and progressing up to a maximum of 99. There can be no gaps in the file numbers on a wafer. The ESF software will allow up to 99 files to be saved on one wafer.
@SAVE [x], Start Address, Length[, Autostart Address]	Saves a machine language program (e.g., @SAVE1, 17152, 3800, 18000 will save 3800 bytes starting at 17152 with program entry at 18000 to wafer location 1). If you do not want your program to execute automatically autostart, then do not include an autostart address as part of the command. When you want to load your machine-language program back into the computer, it is done in exactly the same manner as is a BASIC program: i.e., through the use of the @LOAD command, with or without a file number.
@LOAD[x]	Loads the program stored in location [x] (e.g., @LOAD3 loads the third program). If you simply enter the @LOAD command without a file number then the next file, that the ESF software finds, will be loaded.
The following commands will only work if you load the "Data I/O Program" from a wafer that came with the Stringy Floppy. To date, no wafers have been dumped.		@OPEN[x], @PRINT lexp, @INPUT lexp, @CLOSE	OPEN, PRINT, READ, and CLOSE to the wafer similar to Tape and Disk Data File I/O. These all function exactly the same as they do for TAPE and DISK.

June 26, 2009 - Update to Matthew Reed's TRS32 Emulator

Matthew Reed has updated his fantastic TRS32 emulator to v1.20, this time adding Exatron Stringy Floppy emulation support (and increasing the window margin sizes to improve readability).

This is the emulator I use in maintaining the site and in addition to being one of the very few emulators out there which is Windows NT/XP/Vista compatible, it is also the only one which is updated regularly

You can download a copy from Matthew's web site or from the first entry on the TRS-80.com emulator page.

I heartily recommend you register the emulator (and no, I do not get a penny from that registration; it is just very very good software).

June 25, 2009 - Also updating magazine search
As I add magazine (covers) to the web site, I am also expanding the Magazine Table of Contents search with those magazines. As always, if anyone is interested in helping add magazines to the searchable index, please let me know!

June 24, 2009 - New Softside Cover # 47 from Thomas McNair
		SoftSide Magazine Issue: Vol 7 No 02 / 47 Year: 1984 TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 7 No 02 (1984)(SoftSide Publications) Pages: 80 SIZE: 52.8MB

Table of Contents:

FEATURES
12	THE WORLD CONNECTION: Low Cost Entry System Tim Knight Small can be beautiful if your wallet is thin. Telecommunications is affordable and this installment will show you how.
14	ENTERTAINMENT TOMORROW: The Futurephone: A Broader View, Part IV Allen L. Wold Optimistic writers sometimes overlook the awkward transition from a less technological to a more technological lifestyle. Here is a discussion of some of the obstacles to mass use of the futurephone.
20	CALC/SIDE: Forecasting Future Earnings David Peters Regulating expenditures to prevent becoming over-extended can be difficult. Now is a good time to create your forecast for 1984 and here is a model to receive the monthly tracking on the actual receipts.
23	FINANCIAL OPERATING SYSTEM: The $10,000,000 Formula J. M. Keynes Day trading the commodity market is tricky. This installment is a story and a dare to any brave computer/arithmetic mastermind who can extrapolate the magic formula from trading data. A $3,000 prize awaits the winning entry in this exciting contest.
26	COMPUTERS AND MUSICAL EXPRESSION: A Conversation with Paul Lansky and Steve Birchall A composer who learns to play the computer is to a composer who writes for performers, something like a film maker is to a playwright. Paul Lansky offers food for thought about music and modern musical tools for musicians and music lovers alike.
30	COMPACT DISCS: The Dawn of Audio's Golden Age Steve Birchall The music on a digital disc rises out of complete silence - no hiss, ticks, pops or other clues to tip you off that the record has started. This is only the beginning of the list of advantages the compact disc offers over analog recordings.
36	COMPUTERS, LASERS, MUSIC, and THEATRE: A conversation with Paul Earls and Steve Birchall Learn how dramatic music (opera) meets technology in this in-depth interview with one of computer-music's luminaries and authorities on the subject.
46	THE DIGITAL SOUND: Making Music with Soundchaser Reviewed by Andy Muson The Soundchaser opened musical doors the author never imagined possible, and proved to be a catalyst to disk-overy, as you'll learn in this enthusiastic review.
48	NEWCOMP: Music, Poetry, Imagery Rick Freidman NEWCOMP gathers the high-tech and arts worlds together to explore the application of intelligent machinery to music and related arts. Otto Laske and Curt Roads, the founders, have a great idea.
DEPARTMENTS
5	Editorial
6	Input
10	New Products
51	The Sides of SoftSide
71	MicroLog
72	Hints and Enhancements
73	BU2S, Worms & Other Undesirables
74	Market/Side
74	Advertisers'Index
75	Machine Head
APPLE/SIDE
52	Apple Diskourse: Random Access Files Cary W. Bradley Learn how to locate a particular record in a random access file using a binary search
55	Music Maker Reviewed by Jim Thompson
56	Listen to the MockingBoard: Apple Sound Comes of Age Reviewed by Jeff Hurlburt
57	Music Construction Set Reviewed by Jeff Hurlburt
ATARI/SIDE
59	Necromancer Reviewed by Richard Herring
60	Pokersam Reviewed by Carl Firman
61	S.A.M.'s New Knobs Reviewed by Carl M. Firman
62	Atari Sing-Along: A Review of Atari Music Files Reviewed by Robb Murray
64	Musical Computor: The Music Tutor Reviewed by Robb Murray
65	Blue Max Reviewed by David Plotkin
PC/SIDE
66	PC Parrot Reviewed by Tim Knight
67	Space Guardian Reviewed by Robert C. Gray
COMMODORE/SIDE
68	Commodore's Music Cartridges Reviewed by Sharon Zardetto Aker
69	Synthy 64 Reviewed by Sharon Zardetto Aker

June 24, 2009 - New Softside Cover # 46 from Thomas McNair
		SoftSide Magazine Issue: Vol 7 No 01 / 46 Year: 1984 TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 7 No 01 (1984)(SoftSide Publications) Pages: 88 SIZE: 61.8MB

Table of Contents:

FEATURES
12	ENTERTAINMENT TOMORROW: The Futurephone: A Broader View: Part III Allen L. Wold The size of the futurephone will playa large part in altering the way you use this homely tool. You may have to choose between the inconvenience of a la rge device in every room, or the convenience of a handset without full function.
14	THE WORLD CONNECTION: WarGames and the World Connection Tim Knight Though the WarGames film has a few plot holes, computer break-ins and related capers are too common to ignore. Learn what's happening to curb abuse of computer technology.
16	HOW VIDEO GAMES AFFECT PLAYERS Peter J. Favaro, Ph.D. Do video games increase the level of hostility in players? Do they promote useful skills? Are video games more harmful than TV? Previously, the answers to these questions have been based on speculation, but pioneering scientific research has provided some surprising answers.
18	INTERACTIVE VIDEODISCS: Entertainment for the Eighties Randal L. Kottwitz Interactive videodiscs provide a new entertainment and educational medium with capabilities never before possible. Solve a murder mystery by interviewing suspects, or searching rooms. Learn to cook like a French chef. Entertain the kids for hours on end with interactive games.
24	COMPUTER FURNITURE Steve Birchall Plagued by headaches, bleary eyes or an aching back after a session at the computer? Most of it could be the result of poor posture and uncomfortable furniture . Human-engineered furniture can help.
30	COMPUTERS AND CULTURE: A Conference "Wit No Cultcha" Peter J. Favaro Creating a machine with artificial intelligence is an area of intense competition, and at leads to heated discussions on what constitlltes intelligence. At this conference, scientists seemed intent on doing battle, rather than comparing notes.
33	COMPUTERS AND CULTURE Arthur Fink In another response to the same conference, Arthur Fink expresses his disappointment that the social and philosophical issues, which were the announced topics, were ignored.
36	SYSTEM PARANOIA Harvey Bojarsky If you're worried abo ut how compulers are taking over, if you've always wanted to be the controller instead of the controll-ee, here are a few tongue-in-cheek tips on how your computer can help you create the climate.
38	FINANCIAL OPERATING SYSTEM: Retire A Millionaire J. M. Keynes Learn how to set up your own IRA and maximize the investment return on it.
41	WITNESS Reviewed by James V. Trunzo Experience the flavor of the 30's, as you solve the mystery in the second release of the Infocom Mystery Series.
46	CALC/SIDE: The VisiCalc Spreadsheet Comes Home: The Calc Utilities Disk - Use It Any Time David Peters Create a VisiCalc utilities disk filled with templates, modules of models, formats and formulae, to save precious calc-time.
48	SOFTWARE AGENTS Gary M. Kaplan Literary agents and software authors a rediscovering each other. Learn how this will affect the marketing and distribution of software - and the price.
DEPARTMENTS
1	Editorial
4	Input
7	Output
8	The Data Stack
10	New Products
52	The Sides of SoftSide
82	Hints & Enhancements
79	Bugs, Worms & Other Undesirables
80	MicroLog
83	Machine Head
84	Market/Side
84	Advertiser's Index
COMMODORE/SIDE
49	Neutral Zone Reviewed by Sharon Zardetto Aker
50	Space Sentinel Reviewed by Sharon Zardetto Aker
TRS-80/SIDE
55	Clash Reviewed by Mark E . Renne
56	Desert Peril and Devil's Tower Reviewed by Mark E. Renne
APPLE/SIDE
57	Pentapus Reviewed by Jeff Hurlburt
58	Police Artist Reviewed by Jeff Hurlburt
58	Thunderbombs Rev iewed by Jeff Hurlburt
59	Crime Wave Reviewed by J eff Hurlburt
60	Laser Bounce Reviewed by Cary W. Bradley
61	Shuttle Intercept Reviewed by Cary W. Bradley
62	Kamikaze Reviewed by Cary W. Bradley
62	Axis Assassin Reviewed by Cary W . Bradley
63	Hard Hat Mack Reviewed by Cary W. Bradley
64	Spectre Reviewed by Jeff Hurlburt
PC/SIDE
66	Space Strike Reviewed by Robert C. Gray
66	Big Top Reviewed by Kenneth Nichols
67	Galaxy Master Reviewed by Robert C. Gray
68	Master Miner Reviewed by Kenneth Nichols
68	Home Computer Major League Baseball Reviewed by Jordan Gold
ATARI/SIDE
70	Zaxxon Reviewed by Greg Kopp
72	Preppie II Reviewed by Carl M. Firman
72	Donkey Kong Reviewed by Carl M. Firman
73	Mule Reviewed by David Plotkin
74	Archon Reviewed by James V. Trunzo
75	A.E. Reviewed by David Plotkin
75	David's Midnight Magic Reviewed by Richard Herring
76	Software For A Song Reviewed by David Plotkin
78	A Full Broadside From Synapse Software Reviewed by David Plotkin

June 24, 2009 - New Softside Cover # 44 from Thomas McNair
		SoftSide Magazine Issue: Vol 6 No 11 / 44 Year: 1983 TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 6 No 11 (1983)(SoftSide Publications) Pages: 108 SIZE: 69.6MB

Table of Contents:

FEATURES
6	THE WORLD CONNECTION: Computer Crime: Pirates and Phone Phreaks by Tim Knight Technological crime is burgeoning in the microcomputer age. The source of the illness lies in the expanded capabilities the new technology offers, but so does the cure.
9	ENTERTAINMENT TOMORROW: The Futurephone: A Broader View by Allen L. Wold The telephone is a familiar device most of us use every day. Major changes are ahead which may affect our lives in significant ways as the simple phone evolves into a sophisticated communications tool for much more than voice transmission alone.
14	WARGAMES: A REVIEW AND COMMENTARY by Steve Birchall A Doomsday Computer playing war games with a young computer freak takes the world to the brink of total destruction. In the process, they raise troubling questions about humanity permitting large arsenals of nuclear weapons to exist, and how wisely our military and political leaders control them.
18	THE BATTLE FOR YOUR MIND (Part II): Arousing Fantasy by Peter J. Favaro Adventure games can be much more exciting when you harness the power of fantasy to involve the player in the situation. Give him a scenario which stimulates him to act out his own role, and supply him with characters who have dramatic personalities.
23	FINANCIAL OPERATING SYSTEM by J. M. Keynes You can succeed in the commodities markets. This program tracks price trends and accurately predicts major movements so you can optimize your profits - and avoid taking big losses.
38	CALC/SIDE: VisiCalc Plays Games Too! by David Peters Have fun with your spreadsheet. This adaptation of the old pencil and paper game of Battleship uses VisiCalc's logic functions and grid system to hide stars in an imaginary universe.
42	IS IT FUN? by M, M. McClung Have you ever asked yourself, "What kind of a mind would design such a twisted game?" Find out in this rollicking, free-form interview with two of the industry's most creative game designers, Marc Blank and Mike Beriyn.
46	MURPHY AND ME: ROBOT LIB (fiction) by Steve Birchall It's not easy being a robot. The oppression of our Silicon Citizens has reached intolerable levels, and Murphy bares his chips in this moving account of the widespread discrimination against robots.
REVIEWS
50	ZORK Reviewed by Mark Renne One of the most sophisticated and enjoyable adventure games, Zork I enables you to talk to the computer in complete, natural sentences. It also "understands" the implications of your actions and relates the command you just typed to previous actions.
52	SUSPENDED Reviewed by Arlan Levitan Cryogenically frozen, you must find a way to escape, using a corps of robots, each with specialized abilities. Meanwhile, the authorities have a couple of clones of yourself "frozen in butter sauce" so you'll have to be careful.
DEPARTMENTS
2	Editorial
4	Input
12	The Data Stack
55	The Sides of SoftSide
89	Hints and Enhancements
90	Bugs, Worms & Other Undesirables
92	New Products
94	MicroLog: Resources Received
96	Market/Side
96	Advertisers' Index
97	Machine Head
PC/SIDE
56	Night Mission Pinball Reviewed by Robert L. Gray
APPLE/SIDE
58	Genesis Reviewed by Cary W. Bradley
60	Prisoner 2 Reviewed by Jeff Hurlburt
62	Adventuring on the Apple by Edward E. Anuff
ATARI/SIDE
68	Ultima II: Revenge of the Enchantress Reviewed by Carl M. Firman
70	Jumbo Jet Pilot Reviewed by John Ludtke
72	Shamus Case 2 Reviewed by David Plotkin
73	Matchboxes Reviewed by David Plotkin
74	Exploring The Atari Frontier by Alan J . Zett Manipulating Players and Missiles
TRS-80/SIDE
84	Fredericksburg Reviewed by Stuart Hawkinson

June 23, 2009 - New Softside Cover # 45 from Thomas McNair
		SoftSide Magazine Issue: Vol 6 No 12 / 45 Year: 1983 TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 6 No 12 (1983)(SoftSide Publications) Pages: 112 SIZE: 77.1MB

Table of Contents:

FEATURES
13	ENTERTAINMENT TOMORROW: The Futurephone: A Broader View, Part I Allen L. Wold Packaging and transmitting information is one of the most pressing challenges of the future, and rapidly developing telephone technology will play a leading part in solving the intrinsic problems.
15	THE WORLD CONNECTION: Establishing Your Own Bulletin Board Service Tim Knight Without a human operator (SYSOP) you have no BBS, and here are a few guidelines if you are thinking of starting your own BBS - equipment and software specifications, as well as responsibilities - the nuts and bolts of The World Connection.
17	SILICON FASHIONS IN PARIS: A Conversation With E. de Senneville Tyvek evening wear is only one of the hot, high-fashion ideas you'll find in this informal interview with Paris designer, Elisabeth de Senneville. Haute couture and the computer meet and make friends.
22	THE STATE OF COMPUTER ART: A Conversation with Arne Choate Flynn and Steve Birchall More affordable systems, more colors, higher resolution, parallel processors, and improved software are the trends in computer graphics. Find out more in this engaging interview with Softside's Special Projects Editor in graphics.
28	FINANCIAL OPERATING SYSTEM: Explore Your Options J. M. Keynes PUT and CALL your way to untold riches. If the options market intrigues you, learn some important tricks of the trade in this installment, before you break out your bankroll.
30	CALC/SIDE: The VisiCalc Spreadsheet Comes Home: Looking It Up - Getting It Right! David Peters Spreadsheets are spreadsheets, as roses are roses - almost. This time "VisiClone" users will welcome the news that their software shares many important features with the Cadillac of spreadsheets, including the pivotal LOOKUP function.
35	WORKING IN THE FIELD: A Look at Art and Artists at SIGGRAPH '83 Lisa Gillham An artist views SIGGRAPH '83, and paints vivid word portraits of recent computer art, proving that computers can enhance the development and execution of ideas.
42	A WINDOW ON THE PAST Saul Bernstein and Arne Choate Flynn Peeking through the computer's magic window at the mental processes of the old masters, we can see how they brought their paintings to life from successive layers of sketches.
51	THE SOFT SIDE GALLERY Arne Choate Flynn, Curator Stroll through SoltSide's First Computer Art Show and survey the broad range of styles and techniques artists are using in this new medium.
REVIEWS
38	EPSON HX-20 Reviewed by Robert Hennessey Free yourself from the power line, and give yourself a truly portable computing tool, with this powerful but compact "Notebook" computer. It includes everything the traveling executive or working poet needs on the road.
40	TRANSTAR Reviewed by Kenneth Close How about a letter quality printer at a dot matrix price? A unique "AutoLoad" feature makes handling single sheets easy, and an optional attachment adds a tractor assembly if you need it.
46	KOALA PAD Reviewed by Arne Choate Flynn This state-of-the-art position-sensing device answers the need for a "humanistic" means of input for artists who prefer methods that emulate traditional artistic strokes.
DEPARTMENTS
6	Editorial
7	Output
8	The Data Stack
12	Input
60	The Sides of SoftSide
102	Hints & Enhancements
103	Bugs, Worms & Other Undesirables
104	New Products
106	MicroLog
107	Machine Head
108	Market/Side
108	Advertiser's Index
PC/SIDE
61	Graphics Utility and Joypaint Reviewed by Michael Callery
65	PC BASIC A2.0 Reviewed by Michael Callery
COMMODORE/SIDE
70	Sprite Master Reviewed by Sharon Aker
73	CEEMAC and Maestro Reviewed by Andre Schklowsky
78	The Graphic Solution Reviewed by Roberta Schwartz
80	GraFORTH Reviewed by Tom Flynn
82	Fontrix Reviewed by Roberta Schwartz
86	Apple Diskourse by Cary W. Bradley Learn how to incorporate disk files into your programs.
ATARI/SIDE
88	Designs From Your Mind With Atari Graphics Reviewed by Scott Berfield
90	Versawriter Reviewed by Spyder Webb
93	PM Animator Reviewed by Carl M. Firman
TRS-80/SIDE
95	DOS+ 3.5 Reviewed by Robert C. Kyle
98	NEWBASIC 2.0 Reviewed by Mark Renne
100	VID 80 Reviewed by Mark Renne

June 23, 2009 - New Softside Cover # 43 from Thomas McNair
		SoftSide Magazine Issue: Vol 6 No 10 / 43 Year: 1983 TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 6 No 10 (1983)(SoftSide Publications) Pages: 104 SIZE: 72.8MB

Table of Contents:

FEATURES
6	CALC/SIDE: "Whatiffing" With VisiCalc by David Peters Visicalc's powerful recalculation feature opens the door to the fun of "whatiffing." You can see instantly the effects of substituting alternative sets of values for your variables.
8	ENTERTAINMENT TOMORROW: The Office of the Future Allen L. Wold Computerized offices open the door to new working environments and lifestyles. Telecommuting is the next step in the evolution of the workplace.
12	THE WORLD CONNECTION: MicroNet: Sophisticated Network Services Tim Knight For the advanced network user, CompuServe� offers a variety of programming languages, powerful word processors, and even group games.
14	TAUGHT TO THE TUNE OF A SILICON CHIP Peter J. Favaro Computers can do more than drills and rote memorization exercises they can teach how to use ideas and make judgements.
22	THE CRISIS IN EDUCATION: Can the Computer Help? Saul Bernstein The controversy over the direction education has taken over the last twenty years is hotter than ever.
26	MICRO REVOLUTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION Steve Birchall Many colleges are beginning to integrate personal computers into the curriculum. The applications in arts and humanities, as well as in science and engineering are surprising - and exciting.
34	CULTIVATING CREATIVITY Wes and Leslie Horlacher with Susan Kenney. Creativity is distinctively human but computers lend themselves to automating the execution of creative ideas.
36	TEACHING SOFTWARE Arne Choate Flynn with Michael Callery and Tom F1ynn Does computer literacy result from a course in BASIC or from a course in VisiCalc? Find out in this in depth discussion of computer literacy.
40	SCHOOLING WITH SOFTWARE by Peter J. Favaro See what Peter Favaro has to say about some important educational software, publications and materials for the new wave of microcomputers appearing in schools across the country.
44	CES: Computers Capture the Consumer Electronics Show Steve Birchall The CES used to be an audio show. In 1983, everything took a back seat to computers at this enormous electronic extravaganza.
51	FINANCIAL OPERATING SYSTEM: I'll Buy the Empire State Building J. M. Keynes Let the pigeons fall for the get-rich-quick pitches of the "rental scam" seminars. Your computer can help you examine the real potential of rental property.
61	KIDS AND COMPUTERS Reviewed by Judy Neyhart Parents and teachers are taking an ever closer look at where computers fit into the lives of children.
DEPARTMENTS
3	Editorial
4	Input/Output
62	The Sides of SoftSide
88	Hints and Enhancements
89	Bugs, Worms & Other Undesirables
90	New Products
94	Market / Side
95	Machine Head
9	Advertisers' Index
ATARI/SIDE
63	Exploring The Atari Frontier by Alan J. Zett Continuing the discussion of Player / Missile Graphics, Alan Zett shows how to make your displays come alive through animation.
70	Speed Reading Reviewed by Steven Oliver II
72	ABC Compiler Reviewed by Carl Firman
APPLE/SIDE
75	Apple Diskourse Cary W. Bradley This installment moves away from a semitechnical, utility orientation to tutor Apple users in how to use DOS and incorporate disk functions within your programs.
78	Music Theory Software Reviewed by Steve Birchall
TRS-80/SIDE
82	Weerd Reviewed by Mark Renne
83	Jabbertalky Reviewed by Mark Renne
86	Facts In Five Reviewed by Robert Gray

June 21, 2009 - New Softside Cover # 42 from Thomas McNair
		SoftSide Magazine Issue: Vol 6 No 09 / 42 Year: 1983 TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 6 No 09 (1983)(SoftSide Publications) Pages: 88 SIZE: 57.5MB

Table of Contents:

FEATURES
6	ENTERTAINMENT TOMORROW: Gourmet Cooking Computer-style by Allen L. Wold The kitchen of the future might include a robot chef and open on to a computer-controlled greenhouse. Imagine gourmet meals prepared by a different "guest chef" every night. Have your computer take a weekly inventory and automatically transmit your order to the supermarket, for delivery at your convenience.
10	THE WORLD CONNECTION: Network Conversations by Tim Knight Electronic mail enables you to send messages instantly, anywhere in the world - no waiting for the Postal Service to hand deliver a letter. Networks also give you group conversations, bulletin boards, and even group games.
12	TEXT SAMPLER Joe W. Rocke Is your prose too flowery? Do long-winded sentences exhaust your readers? This utility helps you to check verbosity, before fog enshrouds your ideas.
20	APPLE'S NEW TWIST: THE IIe Reviewed by Fred Condo The latest update of the Apple II has an improved keyboard, upper and lower case, an optional 80-column card and up to 128K memory - everything you always wanted. Inside it has fewer chips, and generates less heat than previous models.
25	FINANCIAL OPERATING SYSTEM: The Have Your Cake And Eat It Too Investment by J. M. Keynes Convertible securities are a little-known but highly profitable investment medium today, and you'll find out all about them in this installment.
33	MURPHY AND ME (fiction) by Steve Birchall Life with an unpredictable and opinionated robot is an exercise in patience and perseverance.
DEPARTMENTS
4	Editorial
5	Output: Philosophies of Life
36	The Sides of SoftSide
76	Hints and Enhancements
77	Bugs, Worms & Other Undesirables
78	New Products
81	Machine Head
80	Market/Side
80	Advertisers' Index
PC/SIDE
56	The Volkswriter Reviewed by Steve Birchall
59	The Word Plus Reviewed by Fred Condo
APPLE/SIDE
62	Hello Hider by Paul R. Taylor If you never seem to have enough disk space when you need it try this utility. It frees space on your disk for programming.
68	AppleWriter for the IIe Reviewed by Fred Condo
71	Bank Street Writer Reviewed by Jon Voskuil
TRS-80/SIDE
52	CopyArt II Reviewed by Robert J. Hennessey
54	Radio Shack Modem II Reviewed by Vik Gavande
ATARI/SIDE
37	Spell Wizard Reviewed by Richard E. Herring
38	AtariWriter Reviewed by Arlan Levitan
41	Bank Street Writer for the Atari Reviewed by Robert Riggs
42	Seikosha AT-100 Printer Reviewed by David Plotkin
45	Exploring The Atari Frontier by Alan J. Zett Remember the short demo program at the end of our last installment? This time we'll take it apart and see how it works.

June 21, 2009 - New Softside Cover #41 from Thomas McNair
		SoftSide Magazine Issue: Vol 6 No 08 / 41 Year: 1983 TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 6 No 08 (1983)(SoftSide Publications) Pages: 80 SIZE: 53.1MB

Table of Contents:

FEATURES
10	THE WORLD CONNECTION Tim Knight Discover the many entertaining pastimes available on the large user networks.
12	CALC/SIDE: The VisiCalc Spreadsheet Comes Home David Peters Learn how to merge VisiCalc models to compare sets of data.
16	ENTERTAINMENT TOMORROW: The Ubiquitous Bar Code Allen L. Wold Library catalogues and book checkout systems, and books for the blind are among the myriad potential uses of the bar code.
19	Adventuring Is Best! Judy Neyhart Society questions the influences of arcade games on today's youth, but what about adventure games? Some important benefits include improving the children's problem solving, imagination and reading skills.
22	Joystick Alternatives Sheldon Leemon If you've puzzled over the many joysticks on the market today, wondering which one's right for you, take heart! This review will help to make a difficult choice easy.
28	FINANCIAL OPERATING SYSTEM J. M. Keynes We welcome a new columnist, who (in the few odd moments he spends away from his yacht) shares his insights on using a computer to help build your personal fortune.
33	Computers And Personal Values David De Long Take a group of computer people, challenge them with hard questions about the role of computers in society, and you have the makings for spirited debate.
DEPARTMENTS
4	Editorial
6	Input/Output
9	Bugs, Worms & Other Undesirables
37	The Sides of SoftSide
70	New Products
73	Market/Side
74	Advertisers' Index
74	Machine Head
PC/SIDE
47	Tales of The Bewildering: Writing Machine Language On The IBM PC Kerry Shetline Explore the mysteries and rewards of learning to write Machine Language for the IBM PC.
51	Filemanager + Reviewed by Steve Birchall
APPLE /SIDE
54	Apple Diskourse, Part 6 by Cary Bradley Come along as we explore ASOFTCOMPARE, a debugging utility which finds differences between two versions of the same program.
58	Kraft Apple Compatible Joystick And Game Paddles Reviewed by Fred Condo
60	Pinball Construction Set Reviewed by William Kubeck
TRS-80/SIDE
38	Dunzhin Reviewed by Allen L. Wold
42	The Eliminator Reviewed by Chris Calwell
44	The Magic Of INKEY String Charles M. Morrison This tutorial shows you how to use INKEY$ to edit keyboard input effectively.
ATARI/SIDE
64	Exploring The Atari Frontier Alan J. Zett Meet Atari's Player/Missile Graphics - the lazy person's way to create complex, animated game graphics.
63	Graphic Master Reviewed by Richard E. Herring
69	Slime Reviewed by Richard E. Herring

June 21, 2009 - New Softside Cover #40 from Thomas McNair
		SoftSide Magazine Issue: Vol 6 No 07 / 40 Year: 1983 TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 6 No 07 (1983)(SoftSide Publications) Pages: 96 SIZE: 63.7MB

Table of Contents:

FEATURES
12	Entertainment Tomorrow by Fred D'Ignazio Robots scurrying through your home, computerized TV gameshows and a boom in educational computer games are the author's predictions for the not-so-distant future.
16	The World Connection by T R Knight In this installment, we take a look at the "little guys" of computer data communications - bulletin board systems.
20	Where Has All the Resolution Gone? An Introduction to Video Tom Flynn Bridge the communication gap between television broadcasting and computer graphics.
22	Cardboard To Cable: Computer Graphics Promote Community Awareness Ame Choate Flynn Publicizing their efforts and their upcoming activities has always been a headache for the non-profit, underbudgeted organization. An innovative new service utilizing computer graphics is 1 changing all that for non-profit groups in NYC.
27	The BASIC Conversions Handbook Reviewed by Stephen G. Stone III If the many dialects of BASIC confound you, you'll appreciate this little book.
28	Speaking Easy Reviewed by Peter J. Favaro So you want your amputer to talk to you? The author reviews three of the most popular speech synthesizers on the market today,and suggests some practical applications for them, as well.
36	The Documentation Doctor: The User-Programmer Gap Michael L. Sanders Writing your own software? This article is chock full of helpful hints for writing effective documentation.
40	Bytes In Toyland Peter J. Favaro The author reports on his trip to the American Toy Fair - a veritable blizzard of innovative games and entertainment systems for the younger generation.
43	Symposium on Small Computers and the Arts Ame Choate Flynn Small and friendly, this conference highlights microcomputer graphics and music.
DEPARTMENTS
4	Editorial
6	Input
10	Hints and Enhancements
10	Bugs, Worms & OtherUndesirables
45	The Sides of SoftSide
81	New Products
83	Market/Side
84	Advertisers' Index
85	Machine Head
APPLE/SIDE
46	LPS II - THE GIBSON LIGHT PEN Reviewed by David Robitaille
52	BOLO Reviewed by Kenneth S. Close
53	APPLE BACKPACK: Humanized Programming in BASIC Reviewed by Steve Birchall
PC/SIDE
56	MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR Reviewed by Jay Marrone
ATARI/SIDE
60	MAKING WAVES WITH THE ATARI By Bill Williams This article details the process of turning your Atari into an inexpensive oscilloscope.
63	GRAPHICS 8 WRITING by Sol Guber This informative article explores the versatility of the Atari's GRAPHICS 8 mode.
68	EXPLORING THE ATARI FRONTIER Alan J. Zett More on the mysteries of the GTIA chip. In this installment, the author demonstrates the uses of the GTIA with Machine Language.
65	ASTROCHASE Reviewed by David Plotkin
76	PROTECTOR II Reviewed by David Plotkin
77	SUBMARINE COMMANDER Reviewed by Rick Koenig
TRS-80/SIDE
78	KEY COMMANDER Reviewed by Tim Knight
79	TIME RUNNER Reviewed by Mark E. Renne
80	ARMORED PATROL Reviewed by Andre Chen

June 21, 2009 - New Softside Cover #38 from Thomas McNair
		SoftSide Magazine Issue: Vol 6 No 05 / 38 Year: 1983 TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 6 No 05 (1983)(SoftSide Publications) Pages: 116 SIZE: 76.1MB

Table of Contents:

FRONT RUNNER
37	Deluxe Personal Finance - The Budget Program Lance Micklus In the second installment we present a budget program to help you manage your money more efficiently.
FEATURES
12	My Side Of The Page Lance Micklus Everything you need to know about the Electronic Bulletin Board.
16	News From The Source A report on the nation's first electronic novel.
18	The World Connection - Part I Tim Knight Get into the world of computer data communications.
22	Entertainment Tomorrow Fred D'Ignazio Did you ever visit a haunted house? New technology, illustrated by the Epcot Center, may make the traditional attractions pale by comparison
28	The Electronic Cottage Industry - Telecommuting Comes of Age Katherine Ackerman Someday, in the near future, our offices may be our living rooms.
32	Modem Gaming Roe R. Adams, III If you love games, and own a modem, you can enjoy this exciting new field.
34	The Gripe-A-Gram Machine Steve Birchall With this article, you'll learn how to use your computer to personalize, beautify and streamline your correspondence.
DEPARTMENTS
5	Editorial
6	Input/Output
10	Hints and Enhancements
10	Bugs, Worms & Other Undesirables
55	General Information Concerning SoftSide Line Listings, SWAT and Media Versions
103	New Products
107	Market/Side
110	Advertisers' Index
111	Machine Head
PC/SIDE
56	WORD SEARCH PUZZLE GENERATOR David W. Durkee You'll enjoy matching wits with your computer in this game.
58	TYPE FACES FOR THE IBM� PC Reviewed by Steven Ringwood
APPLE/SIDE
61	CONCENTRATION Glenn Archer If you enjoyed the television game show, you'll love playing this memory challenging game on your Apple
68	SUPER QUEST: The Quest For The Mega Crown Jeff Hurlburt This fantasy-adventure game takes you into the 23rd century on a quest for the elusive Mega Crown.
65	THE ARCADE MACHINE Reviewed by Hartley G. Lesser
72	THE ACCOUNTANT Reviewed by Cary W. Bradley
74	LEGEND 64 KC MEMORY CARD Reviewed by Fred Condo
TRS-80/SIDE
75	TRS-80 DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS Reviewed by Stuart Hawkinson A Guide to the Operation of TRS-80 Microcomputers as Communication Devices
87	SUPER DIRECTORY Reviewed by Mark E. Renne
76	SQUARES A DEUX by Sanford Deutsch You'll enjoy this challenging computer adaptation of a little puzzle of long ago.
82	ST80-DUC by Lance Micklus With ST80-DUC you can operate a computer in another room, or in another part of the country.
ATARI/SIDE
89	POKEY PLAYER III Craig Chamberlain and Harry Bratt This third and final Pokey Player installment offers enhancements to the Editor program and ties up all the loose ends.
98	SPACE MINES Jeff Wilkes You are the sole defender of Earth against the ruthless Vahrenian spaceiiners. To reach and destroy the enemy, you must dodge deadly space mines and space creatures along the way. Good luck!
96	T.H.E. TERMINAL AND TELELINK Reviewed by Arlan R. Levitan
102	HUMAN ERRORS Doug Tuttle This set of three utility programs takes the drudgery out of dealing with program errors .

June 13, 2009 - Fake Ad from Mike Yetso
(Click to Download)		Mike Yetso provided this fake ad, which used to be on a 24x36 glossy photoprint (which he no longer has). He writes: "This is a real ad. Well, it was real, but it wasn't to the general public. It was for an industry magazine. If I remember right, it was called 'The Yellow Jaundice'. I think it was a 'trade journal' that dealt with sunday newspaper supplements. Anyway, every April they would make a 'spoof' ad. They did one with three guys standing at urinals, and one had a PC (pocket computer in those days). The ad read "The PeeWee computer that goes where you pee", or something like that. When some people at Tandy saw it, they said if you're going to poke fun at us, at least make it a good one. The magazine responded with "Ok, YOU do one next year", and the ad was what was actually published in the magazine. Tandy actually got coupons from the ad back! If I remember right, one of the guys in the ad was Sal Greski (sp?)"

May 8, 2009 - LNW Research Expansion Board
A site visitor from Ann Arbor, Michigan has found a LNW Research Expansion Board, and many, if not all of the parts to go into the board. He is asking for $50 (which includes U.S. shipping & handling). If you are interested, please contact me. So long as this "ad" is up, the item is still available. Once it is struck out, it is gone.

May 31, 2009 - New Book Covers from "Katz"
		Directory of Microcomputer Software for Libraries Year: 1986 Publisher: Oryx Press Pages: 586 TOSEC: Directory of Microcomputer Software for Libraries (1986)(Oryx Press) 24,658,727

		Educational Software Directory Year: 1982 Publisher: Libraries Unlimited Inc Pages: 298 TOSEC: Educational Software Directory (1982)(Libraries Unlimited Inc) 59,381,017

		TRS-80 for Kids from 8 to 80 - Volume 1 Year: 1982 Publisher: Howard W Sams Pages: 146 TOSEC: TRS-80 for Kids from 8 to 80 - Volume 1 (1982)(Howard W Sams) 77,962,762

		TRS-80 for Kids from 8 to 80 - Volume 2 Year: 1982 Publisher: Howard W Sams Pages: 210 TOSEC: TRS-80 for Kids from 8 to 80 - Volume 2 (1982)(Howard W Sams) 91,273,244

		Z-80 Microcomputer Design Projects Year: 1980 Author: William Barden Jr. Pages: 210 TOSEC: Z-80 Microcomputer Design Projects (1980)(Bill Barden) 42,763,455

		Library Micro Consumer MRC Guide to Library Software Year: 1986 Publisher: Metric Research Corporation Pages: 336 TOSEC: Library Micro Consumer MRC Guide to Library Software (1986)(Metric Research Corporation) 16.2MB
		Computer Discovery: Junior High Year: 1981 Publisher: Science Research Associates Pages: 130 TOSEC: Computer Discovery - Junior High (1981)(Science Research Associates) Size: 78MB

May 22, 2009 - New Software Manual (cover) Thanks To David Cooper
		Stratos Year: 1982 Publisher: Adventure International Pages: 12 Size: 3.7MB TOSEC: Stratos (1982)(Adventure International)

May 19, 2009 - Beta Testing New Search Function

With Horacio having finished scanning the rest of the 80 Micro's, and with Thomas McNair busily scanning missing SoftSide's, I have used my extremely limited knowledge of HTMLized SQL to expand the (now deleted) "80 Micro Magazine Search Page" to a "TRS-80 Magazine Search Page". Right now it can accept Softside or 80 Micro (through some fairly sloppy coding which will NOT scale well once additional types of magazines are added), and I have added SoftSide Issue 39 to the NEW Database.

If anyone is interested in helping convert tables of contents to lines of database code, please contact me. It will basically involve typing in the tables of contents in a specific way, and you can do as little or as much as you want.

May 19, 2009 - Last 80 Micro Cover from Horacio

80 Microcomputing - Volume 101 - June, 1988

Horacio has finished scanning the 80 Micro's!!!! The data for Issue 101 has been added to the 80 Micro 1988 web page, and the searchable Magazine Table-Of-Contents database.
Thank you for all your hard work, Horacio.

Issue Information:

Table of Contents:

FEATURES
27	User's Guide To Tandy 1000 Add-Ons David S. Veale Our editors round up a herd of hardware upgrades that will help you get the most from your Tandy.
36	Adding an XT-type Hard Drive To Your 1000 David S. Veale The secret to making hard drives compatible with the 1000 is in the disk controller.
38	The All-Important ROM BIOS Alan L. Zeichick Installing the latest ROM BIOS version ensures greater compatiblility.
43	The Virtues of A Virtual Disk Jack Alban Cut access time by using part of the computer's RAM as a pseudo disk drive.
49	Unconventional Characters Lorenzo Jimenez Briceno Print customized characters with your DMP 105 or DMP 106 printer.
54	Video Hardcopy Ed Clinton Print out text files on your screen before sending them to your printer.
DEPARTMENTS
6	The 80 Micro Disk Series Index
8	Side Tracks Michael E. Nadeau
10	Feedback Loop
16	Pulse Train Ron White
18	Info Line
22	Reviews Memory Mate, Quicken 2.0, Excel, Hard Disk Management with MS-DOS and PC-DOS, In/o-XL 1.0, Supramodem 2400, Nibble Theory 2.1
65	Index to Advertisers
70	How to Use 80 Micro Program Listings
71	Reader Forum
72	Curious Notions Harry Bee
74	The Next Step Hardin Brothers
80	Input

May 19, 2009 - New 80 Micro Cover from Horacio

80 Microcomputing - Volume 100 - May, 1988

Horacio has provided another 80 Micro, and the data for Issue 100 has been added to the 80 Micro 1988 web page, and the searchable 80 Micro Table-Of-Contents database.
This brings the count up to 100 out of 101 with only one (1) issue from 1998 remaining.
Thank you Horacio.

Issue Information:

Table of Contents:

FEATURES
26	Low-Cost Integrated Software	Eric Grevstad	We compare the top five contenders. Which is best for you?
30	Integrated Alternatives	Eric Grevstad	Don't need all the features usually found in integrated packages? Check out these products.
34	David S. Veale	The Tandy 1400 LT: MS-DOS to Go	Tandy hits a bull's-eye in the PC-compatible laptop market.
36	Maximizing NiCad Life	Joe Carr	Money- and battery-saving tips for the laptop user.
41	To Graph Where None Have Graphed Before	Gerry Lennox	Create line, pie, and bar graphs from data in Deskmate's spreadsheet module.
47	David Williams	Make a Note of It	Save great ideas, to-do lists, or whatever in a pop-up notepad.
DEPARTMENTS
6	The 80 Micro Disk Series Index
8	Side Tracks	Michael E. Nadeau
10	Feedback Loop
16	Pulse Train	Ron White
18	Info Line
22	Reviews		Asksam 4.0, Varsity Scripsit, Dac-Easy Accounting, DOS Help!, Tech Help!, Word for Word
63	How to Use 80 Micro Program Listings
65	Index to Advertisers
66	Fine Lines	Harry Bee
68	Reader Forum
70	The Next Step	Hardin Brothers
80	Input

May 18, 2009 - New Book Cover from Rainer Fredrich
		Programming Microprocessors Year: 1981 Author: M. Stubs Publisher: Ing W Hofacker Pages: 217 TOSEC: Programmieren mit TRS-80 (1981)(Ing W Hofacker) 8.9MB

May 18, 2009 - New Softside Cover from Thomas McNair
		SoftSide Magazine Issue: Vol 6 No 06 / 39 Year: 1983 TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 6 No 06 (1983)(SoftSide Publications) Pages: 88 SIZE: 57.3MB

Table of Contents:

FEATURES
12	Starcross: Interlogic Science Fiction Reviewed by Jay Marrone
14	Entertainment Tomorrow: Disney's EPCOT - Technology or Magic? Fred D'Ignazio Explore the history and the wonder of EPCOT, the world's premier theme park. The legacy of Walt Disney's genius has brought entertainment technology to the brink of magic.
20	The Battle For Your Mind? Secrets of Game Software Design Peter J Favaro What keeps us sitting at our computers for hours on end? Why can't we fight that irresistible urge to press SYSTEM RESET one more time? Mr. Favaro discusses his theories here.
26	The World Connection II Tim Knight Terminal software is hard to shop for. This time, we cover some of the more popular versions and offer a checklist for choosing the features you need.
28	Calc/Side: Balancing the Outgo to the Income David Peters In this installment, we present a budgeting feature for VisiCalc which can save you from unpleasant surprises.
31	Smith-Corona TP-1 Daisy Wheel Printer Reviewed by Harry Temple
32	The Brother HR-1 Printer Reviewed by V.S. Gavande
DEPARTMENTS
4	Editorial
6	Input/Output
10	Hints and Enhancements
10	Bugs, Worms & Other Undesirables
73	New Products
76	Market/Side
78	Advertisers Index
79	Machine Head
PC/SIDE
36	Review: AQUA-RUN Reviewed by Robert C. Gray
APPLE/SIDE
42	APPLE DISKOURSE, part 5 Cary W Bradley With CONV, the program for this installment, you simplify and speed up decimal/hexadecimal conversion.
39	Review: BATTLE OF SHILOH Reviewed by Mike Shadick and Sallie Stephenson
48	Review: GLOBAL PROGRAM LINE EDITOR Reviewed by Michael R. Sullivan
TRS-80/SIDE
51	Review: PANIK Reviewed by Mark E Renne
52	OKIDATA OKIGRAPH GRAPHICS ROM Reviewed by John Ratzlaff
56	Review: THE ALTERNATE SORT Reviewed by Mark E Renne
58	Review: MINER 2049ER Reviewed by David Plotkin
60	Review: FILEMANAGER + Reviewed by David Plotkin
66	EXPLORING THE ATARI FRONTIER by Alan J Zett In this installment, you will explore the wonders and mysteries of the GTIA chip.

May 14, 2009 - New Pages
Added: NEWDOS/80 v2.0 Program Reference

May 12, 2009 - New Pages
Added: NewDos/80 Unofficial Zaps page Added: Electric Pencil Zaps Page.

May 11, 2009 - Model I / Free for Pickup
TRS-80 Model I with expansion interface, floppy drive, cassette recorder, and Line Printer VII (with complete dust covers), as well as TRS-80 power strip, joystick, and a bunch of manuals and books, are free for pickup	Click for Bigger Picture
As for the working status, here's what I am told: The Model I does power up and does operate, but there may be an issue as the letters not all right. A test program ran. The E/I may or may not work (hard to tell), so it was not possible to test the floppy or the printer.
The items are in Auburn, California (Sacramento area).	View Larger Map
~~As always, first come, first served (through emailing me only - not through usenet postings). If you are willing to pickup, please let me know, and I will put you in contact with the donator.~~

May 5, 2009 - Mythical Model III, Level I Found

David Cooper has located, with the aid of John Benson, a Level I Model III, and has taken pictures of the insides as well as dumped the ROM. David wrote:

Well, folks, the Model III, Level I ROM is no longer an extinct species!  I have
purchased a Model III, Level I machine and have made an image of it's ROM.

Before I continue, please allow me to thank John Benson of Australia for locating
this machine.  He notified me of the machine for sale so that I could purchase it.
Without his locating the machine, I would never have been able to obtain the
machine and image the ROM.

It appears that the ROM is a 4K ROM, even though it's plugged into the ROM A
socket on the Model III motherboard (which supports 8K ROMs).  I say this because
when I read the ROM, the A12 line *appeared* to be ignored.  This makes sense because
Model I, Level I ROM was only 4K.  But, it'd be nice to see a datasheet on this ROM.
I couldn't find one anywhere.  The chip number is SCM91616P, which is a Motorola ROM..

May 6, 2009 - Update to Matthew Reed's TRS32 Emulator

Matthew Reed, creator of the fantastic TRS32 (Model I, III, 4 emulator for Windows) has just released an update to v1.19.

Changes include:
(i) Corrected problem with flickering and incorrect colors while in full-screen mode
(ii) Fixed problem with double-wide status in Model I mode (Thanks to Al Wallace)
(iii) Added a new Level I, Model III mode

The new emulator can be downloaded either here, from the emulator page, or from Matthew's emulator site. If you enjoy Matthew's emulator, you are encouraged to register.

May 1, 2009 - Additional Site Updates
I apologize for the serious lack of updates to the site, but things at work have been fairly intense. The following has been added to the site:
Putting tape FS1 on Disk
Backing Up Tape FS1
Concatenating TABLE/CIM into DISASM/CMD
Modifying ORCH-85 and PIANO-85 to Take Command File Inputs
Disabling Passwords in DOSPLUS 3.4
Forcing VERIFY in DOSPLUS v3.4
Undocumented Z-80 Opcodes
Set MEMORY SIZE from BASIC
Added 'To get print arrows to print in a BASIC program' in Keyboard Tips and Tricks

March 30, 2009 - New CLOAD MAGAZINE Page
Took the better part of a day, but I have added a CLOAD MAGAZINE page which includes 'cover' scans and the listing of the contents of each cassette in the series.

March 29, 2009 - New 80 Microcomputing

Horacio has provided another 80 Micro, and the data for Issue 99 has been added to the 80 Micro 1988 web page, and the searchable 80 Micro Table-Of-Contents database.
This brings the count up to 99 out of 101 with only two (2) issues from 1998 remaining.
Thank you Horacio.

Issue Information:

Name:	80 Micro
Issue:	99
Date:	April 1988
Pages:	86
Load-80:	No
Status:	COMPLETE

Issue Contents:
FEATURES
28	Smaller Is Bigger John M. Gregg Adding a 3-1/2 inch drive to your 1000 is cheap and easy.
33	Sending Printer Codes from Your 1000 Bill Newmiller Learn how to write batch and command files that give you greater control over your printer.
39	Tandy's 1000 HX: Easy Home Companion Eric Grevstad Innovative ideas hit the home market in the right spot.
43	Making Macros Jack Alban Save keystrokes by assigning often-used key combinations to macro commands.
51	A Routine to Watch Over Me Leonard Jackson Catch typing mistakes on the fly with this error-trapping subroutine.
DEPARTMENTS
6	The 80 Micro Disk Series Index
8	Side Tracks Michael E. Nadeau
10	Feedback Loop
16	Pulse Train Ron White
18	Info Line
22	Reviews Konan KXP-230Z, Drive Maximizer, Universal Keyboard Adapter, Enhanced Keyboard, Magic Mirror, Microhelp Utility, Zoom / Moderm HC 2400, Rightwriter 2.1
65	Index to Advertisers
69	Reader Forum
70	Fine Lines Harry Bee
72	How to Use 80 Micro Program Listings
73	The Next Step Hardin Brothers
80	Input

March 28, 2009 - New SoftSide (Thanks to Thomas McNair)

Issue Information:

Name:	SoftSide Magazine
Issue:	Vol 3 No 03 / Issue ??
Date:	December, 1980
Publisher:	SoftSide Publications
Size:	57.3MB
Pages:	100
TOSEC:	SoftSide Magazine Vol 3 No 03 (1980)(SoftSide Publications)
Status:	COMPLETE

Table of Contents:

ARTICLES
23	SAY 'YOHO' Scott Adams For adventurers (All)
28	WHAT TO DO WHILE THE PROGRAM LOADS Sherry Taylor Make the most of those free moments (All)
30	SOFTSIDE'S DEVELOPING DATA BASE, PART 4 Mark Pelczarski, Rich Bouchard, Phillip Case Search routines (All)
95	REVIEWS Dave Albert, Glen Ohlund A look at Olympic Decathlon & Galaxy Invasion (S-80)
PROGRAMS
34	CONNECT-A-DOT Duane Barts The game we all played as kids (Apple)
38	WORD PROBLEMS Denslo Hamlin The thing I hated most in school (S-80)
43	MISSILE EVASION Thomas Harleman Here's the S-80 version of HEAD ON (S-80)
48	CHRISTMAS CARD Fred Pence With sound! (Apple)
52	KIDNAPPED Peter Kirsch Can you believe nine adventures? (S-80)
65	BASEBALL Dave Bohlke, Steve MacLeay Will you win in the last of the ninth? (Apple)
70	SPACE DODGE Mike McKenna, Rich Bouchard Can you cross the mine field? (S-80, Atari)
80	STATES & CAPITALS David Bohlke Do you know your country? (Atari)
88	SPEEDELLO David Bohlke A new twist for Othello freaks (Atari)
HEAVY STUFF
57	WHOA! Shane Causer Slow down those listings (S-80)
59	SQUISH-3 Dave Archibald Add 2K to your programs? (S-80)
61	COMMAND Denslo Hamlin Boot your disk any way you want (S-80)
DEPARTMENTS
4	EDITORIAL Mark Pelczarski
6	INPUT From our readers
51	CROSSWORD SOLUTION James Garon
94	BUGS, WORMS, AND OTHER UNDESIRABLES Kay Pasa

March 27, 2009 - WordPress Done (I Think)
Although some pages require a little tweaking (most notedly, those magazine issue pages which were backed out of WordPress due to WordPress limitations), I believe all of the pages that are going to be transitioned to WordPress have been transitioned.

I have updated the H&E Computronics page to provide for larger cover images, additional issue details, and, of course, the associated Tables of Contents from each of the issues.

Finally, the NEWDOS/80 Page is now complete. Of course, if anyone has additional information, tips, hints, patches, etc., I would love to hear!

March 25, 2009 - Developing DOS Pages
As I have been converting the site over to WordPress, I note that information surrounding many of the DOS's is splattered all over the site. While I will leave that information where it is, I am in the process of developing pages which are devoted to each DOS. The first of which will be NEWDOS/80.

March 24, 2009 - New SoftSide (Thanks to Thomas McNair)

Issue Information:

Name:	SoftSide Magazine
Issue:	Vol 3 No 02 / Issue ??
Date:	November, 1980
Publisher:	SoftSide Publications
Size:	60.6MB
Pages:	100
TOSEC:	SoftSide Magazine Vol 3 No 02 (1980)(SoftSide Publications)
Status:	COMPLETE

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