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September 5, 2019 – New Issue of TRS8Bit

By Ira in Magazine September 5, 2019 0 Comment

Dusty has released the September 2019 issue of the TRS8Bit newsletter on the download page of his web site.

Contents:
Page 04	Simple tune	George sets out details of a ‘simple’, but very effective, sound routine (George Phillips)
Page 08	In Mav’s U.S. travels	Mav tells us what to expect at this years ta it’s still not too late to book!
Page 12	Push button technology	An unusual car boot find which i thought might interest some of you Tandy fans.
Page 14	Newdos v2.0 86/90	A further update on this upgrade (rainer)
Page 17	Ports!	Just how many of these things are there?
Page 18	In Mav’s workshop	An ‘accelerator pedal’ for the Model 1. Mav introduces the ‘new-Sprinter-II’ board the big zero! (Ian Mavric)
Page 27	The big zero!	Testing your reaction time with this rather sneaky, original one-liner (E.T. Fonehume)
Page 30	U.K. eBay bargain over the last 3 months.	Did you manage to get your hands on one?
Page 33	The way we were	A look-back in time to see what was making some of the news ‘in the day’
Page 39	Trials & tribulations with wafers	But still loving it!!
Page 45	Stretch your mind	Just something a bit different to make you smile (Harold Finch).
Page 46	News from Ira at TRS-80.com
Page 47	News from Pascal & colleagues in Europe	Chroma-Basic (Pascal Holdry, Mike Friedman, Ian Mavric, Ira Goldklang, Eric Dittman and Hans Rietveld).
Page 55	In Mav’s workshop	Mav gives us the low-down on the Norcom TC-III (Ian Mavric).
Page 64	Parsing Level 1 BASIC	Kyle Wadsten.
Page 66	For sale & wanted

June 6, 2019 – New TRS-80 Trash Talk Podcast

By Ira in Magazine June 6, 2019 0 Comment

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/.

June 1, 2019 – New Issue of TRS8Bit

By Ira in Magazine June 3, 2019 0 Comment

Dusty has released the June 2019 issue of the TRS8Bit newsletter on the download page of his web site.

Contents:
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

March 5, 2019 – New TRS-80 Trash Talk Podcast

By Ira Goldklang in Magazine March 5, 2019 0 Comment

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/.

March 4, 2019 – New Issue of TRS8Bit

By Ira Goldklang in Magazine March 4, 2019 0 Comment

Dusty has released the March 2019 issue of the TRS8Bit newsletter on the download page of his web site.

Contents:
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?
Page 66	TRSnic	Peter Cetinski
Page 73	Hooj-toons The 2019 Competition
Page 75	News From Ira’s TRS-80.com	Ira Goldklang

July 1, 2018 – TRS-80 TrashTalk – Episode 24

By Ira in Magazine July 1, 2018 0 Comment

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.

June 3, 2018 – New Issue of TRS8Bit

By Ira in Magazine June 3, 2018 0 Comment

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

September 6, 2017 – New TRS8Bit Magazine

By Ira in Magazine September 6, 2017 0 Comment

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 Keyboard. Can Anyone Help Please?

March 6, 2017 – New TRS8Bit Magazine

By Ira in Magazine March 6, 2017 0 Comment

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.

December 5, 2016 – New TRS8Bit Magazine

By Ira in Magazine December 5, 2016 0 Comment

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.