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The podcast TRS-80 Trash Talk # 31 is out now.
In this episode, they discuss the latest Tandy Assembly 2019 updates, the 40th Anniversary of the TRS-80 Model II, archiving of rare Radio Shack Dealer Franchise documentation, the third Connecticut Vintage Computer Auction and a lot of acquisitions. Then, in the latter segment, Pete interviews Tandy Radio Shack Engineer Valerie See.
You can download or listen at http://www.trs80trashtalk.com/.
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Dusty has released the June 2019 issue of the TRS8Bit newsletter on the download page of his web site.
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| Page 04 | Now You See It! Just For You L2 16k’ers, Here’s A Nice Little Article | Hubert C Borrmann |
| Page 05 | In Mav’s Workshop Trs-80 Printers – Part 9 | Ian Mavric |
| Page 16 | Binary Conversions Revisited E.t. Remembers A Novel Way Of Binary Conversions | E.t. Fonehume |
| Page 20 | The Exatron Stringy Floppy Keith Gives A Review Of The Exatron. | Keith Carlson |
| Page 33 | A Frehd For The 8″ Systems? Conversations With Pascal Holdry, Eric Dittman, Hans Rietveld, Frederic Vecoven And Ian Mavric On The Latest Developments For The 8″ Range | |
| Page 39 | The Way We Were A Couple Of Different, But Unique Items Of Interest From The Day | |
| Page 47 | 2019 Competition – Full Details Have You Entered Yet? Check-out The Prizes! | |
| Page 48 | In Mav’s Workshop Trs-80 Coco Deluxe Rs232 Program Pak | Ian Mavric |
| Page 56 | The Aculab Data Buffer – D89 A Brief Look At The Db9, A Data/printer Buffer From The Day | |
| Page 58 | In Mav’s Workshop What Was Newdos/86 And 90? | Ian Mavric |
| Page 67 | A Short Review Of The Aculab Floppy Tape | |
The podcast TRS-80 Trash Talk # 29 is out now.
In this episode, In this episode, Peter Cetinski talks with Steve Leininger. Steve was the designer of the first TRS-80 microcomputer which became known as the Model I. In the interview, Steve talks about his early life and how he came to be hired by Tandy Radio Shack to design their first computer in 1976. He tells us what it was like to work at the fabled company with a number of interesting stories, many of which you you probably haven’t heard before. Then, he finishes up by discussing what he’s been working on since leaving the company up until the present day.
You can download or listen at http://www.trs80trashtalk.com/.
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Dusty has released the March 2019 issue of the TRS8Bit newsletter on the download page of his web site.
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| Page 03 | TRS-80 8MB Hard Drive Three Wire Fix | Peter Cetinkski |
| Page 08 | TRS80GP – New Version v2.1.0 | George Phillips |
| Page 10 | Splicing Paper Tape | Bill Degnan |
| Page 13 | In Mav’s Workshop TRS-80 Printers Part 8 Colour Printers |
Ian Mavric |
| Page 26 | Magic Squares | E.T. Fonehume |
| Page 28 | Model I Hardware Developments | Joe Rounceville |
| Page 30 | For Sale And Wanted | |
| Page 31 | In Mav’s Workshop Building Your Model I Power Supply |
Ian Mavric, Dean Bear And David Mutimer |
| Page 36 | Stop The Drop | E.T. Fonthume |
| Page 38 | Virtual Floppy Boogaloo Gotek For A M3 |
Kyle Wadsten |
| Page 45 | In Mav’s Workshop Journey To F48, a Frehd For 8″ TRS-80’s |
Ian Mavric |
| Page 52 | Trapped Knight | George Phillips |
| Page 56 | Review Of ‘x-bas’ For The Aculab Floppy Tape | Adrian Hancock |
| Page 64 | U.K. Ebay Bargain Did You Miss Them? |
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| Page 66 | TRSnic | Peter Cetinski |
| Page 73 | ** Hooj-toons ** The 2019 Competition | |
| Page 75 | News From Ira’s TRS-80.com | Ira Goldklang |
TRS-80 Trash Talk # 24 is out. In this episode, Trash Talkers Peter Cetinski and Ian Mavric welcome the Summer of 2018 (at least in the North) with a bunch of TRS-80 news and current events updates. We discuss the upcoming Tandy Assembly 2018, a new TRS-80 Model I diagnostics cartridge and do some eBay shopping. Then, we interview former Tandy Radio Shack employee Ken Brookner. Ken served in many roles at Tandy Radio Shack in Fort Worth, as he climbed the ladder in technical support, starting as a phone rep and ending up as director of the department.
The podcast’s home page is http://www.trs80trashtalk.com.
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Dusty has released the June 2018 issue of the TRS8Bit newsletter on his trs-80.org.uk web site. You can find all of the issues on his downloads page.
Contents:
| PAGE 04 | Random Numbers |
| PAGE 08 | Rick Dickinson Obituary |
| PAGE 12 | Frank Durda IV Obituary |
| PAGE 13 | In Mavs Workshop – Lineprinter VII |
| PAGE 23 | Sierpinski’s Sieve – One liner |
| PAGE 24 | The Way We Were – Articles from 80US |
| PAGE 30 | In Mavs Workshop – New products |
| PAGE 41 | Update on M2 Repair |
| PAGE 43 | Competition Page |
| PAGE 46 | EBAY Bargains |
| PAGE 48 | Curing the Model 1 Screen Wiggle |
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Dusty has released the September 2017 issue of the TRS8Bit newsletter on his trs-80.org.uk web site. You can find all of the issues on his downloads page.
Contents:
| PAGE 03 | Donations To The Site Thanks To The Generosity Of Keith Hand, Various Goodies Are Available – Free To Good Homes |
| PAGE 05 | In Mav’s Workshop Ian Mavric A Warning To Frehd Builders |
| PAGE 10 | What Makes A Number Et Fonehume An Original Quick Online Program For Junior Mathematicians Trying Out Number Guessing |
| PAGE 12 | Model 2 Software Review Snapp Inc’s Utilities And Dos Fix. |
| PAGE 19 | News From Pascal Catch Up With The Latest News From France And Pascal Holdry’s Reverse Engineering Website |
| PAGE 25 | In Mav’s Workshop Ian Mavric Lower Case Characters On The Model I – A 2017 Update |
| PAGE 29 | An Ebay Surprise Fancy A Chrome-plated Ml? The 100,000th Ml is for Sale On eBay |
| PAGE 32 | MMS ‘Forth’ Information |
| PAGE 36 | A Plea For Help! I’m Looking For A M2 |
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Dusty has released the March 2017 issue of the TRS8Bit newsletter on his trs-80.org.uk web site. You can find all of the issues on his downloads page.
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Dusty has released the December 2016 issue of the TRS8Bit newsletter on his trs-80.org.uk web site. You can find all of the issues on his downloads page.
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Dusty has released the March 2016 issue of the TRS8Bit newsletter on his trs-80.org.uk web site. You can find all of the issues on his downloads page.
Contents:
PAGE 03 – In Mav’ S Workshop – Transformers Explained – Ian Mavric
PAGE 09 – Iss – Instant Sort & Search Database – Molymerx Ltd
PAGE 10 – Systrug Meeting News – Errol Rosser
PAGE 13 – The Naming Of Planets – Et Fonehume
PAGE 14 – Emails To The Editor
PAGE 18 – Gnomic Video Genie Rom ‘a’ And ‘ B’ Reviews – Pete Bamfield And Lynn Smith
PAGE 23 – In Mav’s Workshop – Ian Mavric
PAGE 29 – Flying Bird – Et Fonehume
PAGE 32 – 512k Ram For A Modell I – Pascal Holdry
PAGE 37 – Cleaning A Model 3 Keyboard – Robert C Baruch
PAGE 44 – On The Should Ers Of Giants – Herman Hollerith
PAGE 45 – Trs-box – Peter Ceti Nski
PAGE 47 – Back From The Dead! – Garry Howarth
PAGE 49 – In Mav’ S Workshop – Cp/m On The Model 1 With Mappa-1 – Ian Mavric
PAGE 58 – Mav ‘ S Quarterly – Ian Mavric
PAGE 61 – Drac064 – Bas Gialopsos