Pascal Holdry has reverse engineered the ChromaTRS!

For more information visit his site. Note: There is a translation pulldown at the top of the right menu.

Jens Guenther has updated his forked SDLTRS to v1.2.7.

Per Jens, this version runs on BSD, Haiku, Linux, MacOS(X), Solaris and Windows (95 to current).

Sone of the updates include:

• Runs under MAC OS Catalina
• Select and execute CMD files directly in the Emulator
• Save screenshot of the Emulator window as BMP file
• Show Z80 registers in the window title bar

Jan Vandenbos let me know that over at GlennsStuff.com there are instructions, schematics, ROMs, and gerbers to build a Model 1 Clone using 2020 sourced parts. The front panel is mind-blowing.

Check it out at http://www.glensstuff.com/trs80/trs80.htm.

Thanks, Jan

Site Updates since the last …

• RSC-03 through RSC-09 are now in the Catalog Search Page (special thanks to Jerold Stratton for assistance). If anyone wants to help enter the data from catalogs, please let me know.
  


• From time to time I try to reach out for permission to post software and from time to time the author is deceased. I have added a note to the Software Search results page if the author has passed away, and the year of passing. Right now, I have only 4 entries (Sparky Starks, Michael Shrayer, Lance Wolstrup, and Leo Christopherson). If you know more, please let me know.

Pete Cetinski has posted some TRS-80 Videos to YouTube:

• Using Your Model 4
• Using SuperScripsit on the Model 4
• Introduction to Model II Operations
• Disks and Disk Operating Systems

So far I have gotten RSC-03, RSC-04, RSC-05, and RSC-07 entered into the catalog search page. If anyone is in the mood to help, I would send you a PDF of a catalog, and would ask for an ASCII file in the format of ‘catalog number, price, page number’ for each item.

By putting this additional information into the catalog search page, you can see when products were added, when products were removed, and the prices in between.

if you are willing to help, please let me know.

Site Updates since the last …

• Figured out how to make the product entries far less ugly under the various Model pages, so will be updating those as time allows.
• Added Mark Blair’s Model 4 ROM EPROM Adapter Board to the Hardware Modifications and Fixes page.
• At the request of Pascal Holdry, added the ability to translate pages to other languages (top of the right navbar). Pascal’s thought is that it is about 80% accurate, but the other 20% is easy enough to figure out.
• Updated the Catalog Search Page to support Catalog ID (such as “RSC-03”) and Price (in that catalog; so it will change catalog to catalog). Now I need to go through the process of reviewing each catalog to enter that info. Right now only RSC-03 and RSC-04 have been entered. Possible uses include seeing when a product was first listed, when it was no longer listed, and what the prices were at each iteration.
  
  Anyone who wants to help enter the data from catalogs, please let me know.

Jason Weber has posted a step-by-step video for adding a JayCar Audio Amplifier inside a Model III so that the Model III has native sound.

TRS-80 Trash Talk will be having their next live episode on December 28th, from 9PM-11PM Eastern Standard Time.

At that time you can join on Zoom.US. Note: This requires the download of an executable file. Proceed at your own risk.

The podcast TRS-80 Trash Talk # 34 is out now.

“In this episode we cover some news, like the release of TRS-Box with TCP/IP support, the newest TRS8BIT newsletter and serial mouse support for the Model 4. Then we discuss a bunch of new acquisitions, including a MTI Mod III Plus hot rodded Model III and a Rochester Data Dynatyper. Finally, in the main segment, Pete interviews Dennis Báthory-Kitsz, the author of the fantastic “The Custom TRS-80″ book and all-around renaissance man.”

You can download or listen at http://www.trs80trashtalk.com/.