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What Is TRS8BIT?

TRS8Bit is an active quarterly publication by Dusty over at http://TRS-80.org.uk/. You can download the issues there.

TRS8BIT - Vol 1, No. 1

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Issue Information:

Date:Summer 2007
Pages:4 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

TRS-80.org.uk web site
NATGUG
Review

GENERAL:

ARP: TRS-80 emulator - Matthew Reed
Easter date calculation
Electric Pencil ZAPS

TRS8BIT - Vol 1, No. 2

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Issue Information:

Date:Summer 2007
Pages:4 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Electrical components
Machine repairs
Roger Storrs, NATGUG News index
Disk and cassettes
Dr Michael Ecker - REC
Matthew Reed - emulator
Review

ARP:

1-liners
Sound and 32 character mode

GENERAL:

Catch a character - 1-liner
Ultra-simple RS232 serial interface

TRS8BIT - Vol 1, No. 3

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Issue Information:

Date:September 2007
Pages:6 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

TRS-80.com downloads
Alan Pound - Aculab floppy tape
Quick Printer 2 manual download
Review

ARP:

Loading Visicalc file into Pencil
Printing blocks of graphic characters
Laurie Shields - re-enter Pencil after a crash
Saving a byte

GENERAL:

Racing program - 1-liner
Double helix - 1-liner
Android Nim
Patern - 1-liner
Screen dump
1-liner
Derived function list correction

TRS8BIT - Vol 1, No. 4

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Issue Information:

Date:Christmas 2007
Pages:11 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Tandy printers
1-liners
80-Micro
Aculab floppy tape
Review

ARP:

PRINTUSING
LSET and RSET
Level 2 or Disk BASIC?

GENERAL:

Brain training - 1-liner
Some thoughts on Radio Shack printers
Xmas printout
Display - 1-liner

TRS8BIT - Vol 2, No. 1

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Issue Information:

Date:March 2008
Pages:8 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Ebay prices
Model 100
Video Genie
Review

ARP:

BASIC XOR
PRINTUSING

GENERAL:

Display - 1-liner
Null modem
Video Genie edge connector cross-reference
Electric Pencil - single page printing on the cassette version
File transfers via serial interfaces
Lower case driver
Conversion for upper-case only systems

TRS8BIT - Vol 2, No. 2

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Issue Information:

Date:June 2008
Pages:10 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

ND80
PLAYCASS
Ebay prices
Change of ISP
Review

ARP:

ND80 and interrupts - CMD"T" and "R"

GENERAL:

Calculating Prime numbers - 1-liner
Radio Shack hard drives parameters
Packing and super graphics
More miles from Epson ribbons

TRS8BIT - Vol 2, No. 3

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Issue Information:

Date:September 2008
Pages:7 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Freebies - 64K RAM chips, 8 inch disks and LX80 ribbons
Ebay prices
Sudoku
Review

ARP:

HEX and OCTAL constants
Disable BREAK key
Check MEM size
Check for lowercase
DOS 2.3 buglett

GENERAL:

1-liner
48K in Model I keyboard
MOD function
'At a glance' printer comparison chart
Hide you BASIC code

TRS8BIT - Vol 2, No. 4

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Issue Information:

Date:Christmas 2008
Pages:12 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Using Electric Pencil and Visicalc
Review

GENERAL:

Hand and eye co-ordination - 1-liner
ROM routine - flashing star
Text conversion using assembler within BASIC
Xmas card
Sudoku creation
Visicalc crib sheet

TRS8BIT - Vol 3, No. 1

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Issue Information:

Date:March 2009
Pages:8 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

NADSBOX for the Model 100
Checking PDRIVE settings - P. Ereaut
Ebay prices
Donations to the site - Peter Stevens
Review

ARP:

Speedup POKE Model 4 running under Model I II
Model 4 sound
Model 100 and the Exatron
Level 2 register usage

GENERAL:

Model 100 NADSBOX Review
Dec to Hex - 1-liner
Screen sort - 1-liner
Expansion interface memory
Bell ringing on a Model I

TRS8BIT - Vol 3, No. 2

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Issue Information:

Date:June 2009
Pages:15 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

LDOS on Tim Mann's website
NEWDOS 86/90 - Warwick Sands, Bill Allen
Z80 Assembler series - Peter Stone

ARP:

LD A,(IY)
ND80, Visicalc system settings
Matthew Reed's TRS32 emulator

GENERAL:

NADSBOX Review
Racing - 1-liner
Personalising ND80 disks
The history of ND86/90
Assembly language made easy - Part 1
ND80 and EDTASM quick reference sheet

TRS8BIT - Vol 3, No. 3

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Issue Information:

Date:September 2009
Pages:14 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Ebay prices
Matthew Reed and Tim Mann, emulator upgrades
Exatron String Floppy ROM
TC-8 cassette system - John Benson
Miguel Dutra's website
Demise of the U.K.'s magazine, PCW

ARP:

System tape name
How MEM works - Don Bannister

GENERAL:

Cassette loading problems - a hardware fix
Programing EPROMS service via Ebay
Copying the Exatron I/O program
Assembly language made easy - Part 2

TRS8BIT - Vol 3, No. 4

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Issue Information:

Date:Christmas 2009
Pages:20 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Website passes the 4k hit count
80-US index available for downloading
Teleprinter Handbook
Ebay prices
TRS8BIT on Ebay!
Miguel Dutra's virtual disk reader
Microline-80 freeze-up Model 100 REX upgrade

GENERAL:

TRSDOS printers and Microsoft Windows
Printing CHR$(0) with an Epson MX80
Xmas card
'REX' for the Model 100/102 - Review
Tiny Typer - 1-liner
1-liner
Assembly language made easy - Part 3

TRS8BIT - Vol 4, No. 1

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Issue Information:

Date:March 2010
Pages:23 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Stan Slater
Ebay
TRSTOOLS
Club100 comp
CP/M

ARP:

Disk or Level 2 BASIC
Exatron wafers
PRINT@

GENERAL:

Sorted directory
Electronic mail
Disk name one-liner
Passing parameters to DOS
CP/M comparison table
Part-page printing
Enigma
Soldering
Assembly language made easy - Part 4

TRS8BIT - Vol 4, No. 2

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Issue Information:

Date:June 2010
Pages:20 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Ebay
Aculab Floppy Tape

ARP:

Editing
Max line nos.
Pencil restart

GENERAL:

Zorlof Review
Illegal Z80 commands
Using Zorlof
POKEing changes to a program
One-liner memory training
REX2
Model 100 bar codes
Steganography
Bits Bytes and Nibbles
Repeatable randomness

TRS8BIT - Vol 4, No. 3

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Issue Information:

Date:September 2010
Pages:16 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Tides
Floppy Tape
Model 100 comp.
Software upgrades

ARP:

MSB/LSB conversion
Twisted pair mod problems
Printers
Video Genie expansion box port addresses
CLOAD jams

GENERAL:

BASIC-like strings in 'C'
Code breaking
Model 100 comp results
Another one-liner memory training
@Love
BASIC-like strings in COBOL

TRS8BIT - Vol 4, No. 4

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Issue Information:

Date:Christmas 2010
Pages:20 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Emulator updates
Ebay
Floppy Tape
Workshop Day
Check digits

GENERAL:

PROZAP Review
The inner planets program and one-liner
Xmas card
Creating a ROM image
HxC Floppy disk emulator project

TRS8BIT - Vol 5, No. 1

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Issue Information:

Date:March 2011
Pages:19 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

LEbay report

ARP:

LPVII ribbons
Scripsit in ND80'DFG'
Byte saving

GENERAL:

Numbers puzzle
Random lottery numbers
Simulating FORTH
AJEDIT Review
TIME

TRS8BIT - Vol 5, No. 2

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Issue Information:

Date:June 2011
Pages:16 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Death of Rick Hanson
Website stats
Tandy Hi-res graphics
LDOS date extension
Ebay Review

ARP:

ROM versions
Data storage
Level 3 Review

TRS8BIT - Vol 5, No. 3

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Issue Information:

Date:September 2011
Pages:16 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Death of Roy T Beck
Tandy Ebay prices
Matthew Reed's website
DroidTRS

ARP:

Numbers divisable by 9
In Mav's workshop
Accel 3 upgrade improvements
Line editing
Working with TRS-80's

TRS8BIT - Vol 5, No. 4

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Issue Information:

Date:Christmas 2011
Pages:24 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

N/L downloads
Leighton Davies sales
10K hit count milestone
Repairer register
1 day meetup

ARP:

Digit extraction
Von Neumann pseudo random numbers

GENERAL:

Extra Terrestrial Messages?
Introduction to twin prime clusters
Xmas card
In Mav's workshop - building the super micro part 1
Cryptography - Vigenere Cipher

TRS8BIT - Vol 6, No. 1

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Issue Information:

Date:March 2012
Pages:(Unknown)

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Miguel Dutra
Vernon B Hester
Matthew Reed
Ebay Review
UK repair service

ARP:

Sorting 'direct' with CMD"O"
Rounding numbers
SBE - Simple But Effective" - machine code generation

GENERAL:

Model I HiRes graphics
In Mav's workshop: Building the super micro Part 2
Problem solving
Restoration workshop

TRS8BIT - Vol 6, No. 2

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Issue Information:

Date:June 2012
Pages:(Unknown)

Table of Contents

NEWS:

U.K. Tandy servicing
Ebay Review
Model I HiRes
Issue Review

ARP:

HiRes, Model I's

GENERAL:

Model I HiRes graphics
45000 year calendar
One-liners
In Mav's workshop: Building the super micro Part 3
CRT repair/replacement

TRS8BIT - Vol 6, No. 3

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Issue Information:

Date:September 2012
Pages:(Unknown)

Table of Contents

NEWS:

One liners
CP-500
Mav's CRT upgrades
Ira's Catalogue database
Lotharek

ARP:

Arrow keys
MEM?
DEFFNC
Model I I tips
Games Review
SPACEV/CMD

GENERAL:

Solve-it
In Mav's workshop: Building the super micro Part 4
Adding a hard drive

TRS8BIT - Vol 6, No. 4

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Issue Information:

Date:Christmas 2012
Pages:(Unknown)

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Mav's videos on Utube
Ebay report
File conversion requests
TRS8BIT style change

ARP:

Writing cassette headers
EPROM ROMs

GENERAL:

Matthew Smith - The Miner Designer
Xmas card
In Mav's workshop - Model I II and 4 hard drives
Pigeon Post

TRS8BIT - Vol 7, No. 1

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Issue Information:

Date:March 2013
Pages:(Unknown)

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Death of Lance Wolstrup
Ebay report
Matthew Reed updates
Miguel Dutra upgrades
Model 100 club competition
Terry Stewart semi-vitrual disks
BBC disk drives

GENERAL:

Large numeral generator
Model I RS232 Serial Board woes - Part 1
MacInker
Laurie Shield's Assembler Notes - Part 1
Keyboard Practice
Setting up Model I II and Model 4 Hard Drive Partitions

TRS8BIT - Vol 7, No. 2

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Issue Information:

Date:June 2013
Pages:(Unknown)

Table of Contents

NEWS:

New Model I power supply
Matthew Reed emulator upgrades
2 new emulators, Jim Eadie and Arno Puder
Ebay report
Disks to Ira for conversion
Clustermap
The National Museum of Computing

GENERAL:

Laurie Shield's Assembler Notes - Part 2
How to upgrade a TRS-80 hard drive
Serial printer driver
TRS-80 Model 2000
Believe it or not! - Termites

TRS8BIT - Vol 7, No. 3

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Issue Information:

Date:September 2013
Pages:(Unknown)

Table of Contents

NEWS:

FreHD
Matthew Reed upgrades
Model I onboard memory upgrade
TNMOC

GENERAL:

Model I RS232 Serial Board woes - Part 2
Laurie Shield's Assembler Notes - Part 3
Model I Toroid power supply
Ivan Kennedy's Model I I's

TRS8BIT - Vol 7, No. 4

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Issue Information:

Date:Christmas 2013
Pages:(Unknown)

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Ebay report
M 1 internal memory upgrade
Biggest issue yet

GENERAL:

Water marking a BASIC program
Ivan Kennedy's Model 4
Laurie Shield's Assembler Notes - Part 4
In Mav's Worlshop - Hard Drives and the TRS-80 Model I
Xmas card
Updating the TRS-80 Model I to 48K with 64K Chips
Virtual Floppy Disks using the Raspberry PI
Missile Dodge - one liner
Model 4 hardware questions
FreHD
Believe it or not! The 'Ultimate' Model I ?
Babyroot - root out your defective memory locations

TRS8BIT - Vol 8, No. 1

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Issue Information:

Date:March 2014
Pages:(Unknown)

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Ian McNought-Davis
MISE
Diagnose and repairing Model I's

GENERAL:

In Mav's workshop- how to build the FreHD
Level 2 ROM upgrade to Version 1.3
Ask Mav - Model I II
ZEN85 Version 6.2
Mounting a FreHD in a Model I disk drive case
Business Time - Model I I and Model I 6's
Dr Who adventure game - Model I and Model I II Part 1
Creating Image and DSK files
MISE and 64K

TRS8BIT - Vol 8, No. 2

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Issue Information:

Date:June 2014
Pages:(Unknown)

Table of Contents

GENERAL:

NEWS:

Travelling FreHD
Ebay report
TRS-IDE vs FreHD
Business Time - Model I I and Model I 6
In Mav's workshop - making a composite video cable for the Model I
On the shoulders of giants - Gottfried Leibniz
How to install a 3 1/2 drive in a Model I II or Model 4
Mounting a FreHD in a hard drive case
Developing a disk definition from scratch
MISE update
Ask Mav - above the TRS-80 Model I
Dr Who adventure game - Model I and Model I II Part 2
Dr Who graphics competiton
Testing the Z80 address lines

TRS8BIT - Vol 8, No. 3

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Issue Information:

Date:September 2014
Pages:(Unknown)

Table of Contents

GENERAL:

Open Day
Exchanging my Model 4P keyboard
Cutting down on garbage
Re-inking old dot matrix printer ribbons
Revival of a Model I I and sorting a 30 year bug!
On the shoulders of giants - Norbert Wiener
How to convert a Model I a FreHD auto-boot
Cartridge drive or Stringy-Floppy (Exatron, Aculab)
In Mav's workshop - Understanding the Model 4 gate-array motherboard
Trouble shooting guide for a non-booting Model 4
Business Time - Model I 6
Ask Mav - Model 4P
Dr Who graphics competition
Useful programs from the past, still in use - John Scheer's Model 4 screen saver

TRS8BIT - Vol 8, No. 4

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Issue Information:

Date:Christmas 2014
Pages:(Unknown)

Table of Contents

GENERAL:

Dr Who competition results
Model I keyboard printer interface problems
Model I II graphics board into a Model 4
Open day - 8-Bit computer event
CoCo SDC Project
Memory eating bug one liner
How to convert a Model I II and Model 4NGA to a FreHD autoboot
Xmas card
Ask Mav - Model 4D
Business Time - Model I 6
On the shoulders of giants - J Lyons and Co Ltd
In Mav's workshop - Understanding the Model 4P gate-array motherboard
Useful program sfrom the past, still in use - ZEN editor assembler

TRS8BIT - Vol 9, No. 1

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Issue Information:

Date:March 2015
Pages:(Unknown)

Table of Contents

GENERAL:

MISE - HiRes Graphics - Travelling FreHD
Model I II, black wires and a FreHD
Fixing a TRS-80 or Osborne power supply
Test you Psychic ability
In Mav's Workshop, a cheap, neat box for your FreHD
Useful programs from the past, still in use - Trashman
Business Time - Model I 6B
In Mav's Workshop - Kevin Parker's Model I 6B
On the shoulders of giants - Konrad Zuse
String Pack using your BASIC editor
The Dr Who competition
Hotrod Model 4P
Ask Mav - Model 2000 PC
Emails to the editor

TRS8BIT - Vol 9, No. 2

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Issue Information:

Date:June 2015
Pages:(Unknown)

Table of Contents

GENERAL:

CGP-115 printer - High-Res graphics board - FreHD - 2015 competition
In Mav's workshop - Using DSK/DCT to make 'real' TRS-80 disks
PCW's Tandy TRS-80 Model I The Great Leveller
On the shoulders of giants - Leonardo Torres
Guess the number one-liner
Useful programs from the past, still in use - Line Printer I/F cable
In Mav's workshop - Radio Shack Hi-RES graphics
Model I II video problems
Business Time with Kev
In Mav's workshop - Hi-RES graphics - cable kit for the Model 2
TRS-80 Model I - FreHD expansion interface
TRS-80 Model I - Qinterface

TRS8BIT - Vol 9, No. 3

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Issue Information:

Date:September 2015
Pages:(Unknown)

Table of Contents

GENERAL:

Graphic cards - Ira's hit count - speech recognition
Protected SCIPPSIT
Emails to the Editor - SYDTRUG
Patches to the MISOSYS disassembler disk version 2.4
TRSWiki
BASIC translation
On the shoulders of giants - Herman Hollerith and James Powers
Business Time with Kev
Binary Countdown
Give your computer a voice
Computervoice - computer speech synthesiser
In Mav's workshop - Hi-RES graphics pt 3 - Micro-labs Inc
Dans I'atelier de Pascal
In Pascal's workshop = why build a compatible graphics card
Model 2 Operating Systems (in chronological order)

TRS8BIT - Vol 9, No. 4

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Issue Information:

Date:Christmas 2015
Pages:(Unknown)

Table of Contents

GENERAL:

SYDTRUG newsletter - Mav's new reduced prices - 2015 competition - Clustrmaps
Cyclejump
Xmas card
'SOLE' explained
Problem sorting - edge connectors
In Mav's workshop - 80Micro Hi-RES programs
Tandy 1100FD
On the Shoulders of giants - George Boole
Software for your Hi-RES Model 4
A Review of 'SIR'

TRS8BIT - Vol 10, No. 1

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Issue Information:

Date:March 2016
Pages:68 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Kryoflux - Tandy Screen Printer - Model 100 8K memory - Model I I add-on boards - Model I 512K RAM - USBorne downloads - CP/M for the Model I Mappa-1
SYDTRUG
Emails to the Editor - one-liners - metal cogs for CGP-115

GENERAL:

In Mav's Workshop - Transformers Explained
Instant sort/search database advert
The Naming of Planets, BASIC one-liner
Gnomic feature ROMS A and B for the Video Genie
In Mav's workshop - Radio Shack Expansion Interface Part 1
Flying Birds, BASIC one-liner
512K prototype card 'SUPERMEM' for the Model I
Cleaning a Model I II keyboard
On the Shoulders of giants - Herman Hollerith
TRS-Box, Model I , Model I II and Model 4 using Dropbox
Back from the dead, resurrection of a System80
CP/M on the Model I , Mappa-1
Mav Quarterly
Introducing the DraCo64 for the CoCo and Dragon64

TRS8BIT - Vol 10, No. 2

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Issue Information:

Date:June 2016
Pages:72 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

TrashTalk - Dutch TRS-80 user group - TRSTOOLS upgrade - Jim McGinlet's presentations
Japanese Model I
Emails to the editor - character displaying one-liner

GENERAL:

OCR'ing a .PDF file
Mav's Quarterly - the state of the business
A new hone for a FreHD
One-liner competition with prizes!
The Ultimate copying machine
The ROMDOS/80 expained
On the Sholders of giants - Grace Hopper
Surf the net with a Raspberry PI and a Model 100
The 'New' FreHD Clearly Superior series
Maze making

TRS8BIT - Vol 10, No. 3

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Issue Information:

Date:September 2016
Pages:72 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Model I I's - TrashTalk live link-up - 'Big' Tandy survey - Drop-Box serial program - 'REGUSB' - Blandford Box

GENERAL:

An Atari joystick for the TRS-80
FREE TRS-80 fonts for you P.C.
Pascal Holdry's re-engoneering projects
35 Years ago - a week-long workshop, lower-case mod. and full screen editor
On the Sholders of giants - Charles Babbage
The History of the Co-Co
Character generation with the Motorola MCM667X
In Mav's workshop - Fixing problems with Model I II, Model 4, Model 4D and Model 4P's serial interfaces
Clearing 'snow' from Model I video displays
In Mav's workshop - Installing a FreHD auto-boot on a Model 4 G-A and Model 4D

TRS8BIT - Vol 10, No. 4

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Issue Information:

Date:Christmas 2016
Pages:52 Pages

Table of Contents

GENERAL:

Configuring a Sony MPF 920 on a Model I ,Model I II,Model 4 and Model 4P
Colour Computer (Co-Co) disk drives
2016 Competition results
NEW_PERC Doubler
First impression of CP/M on the Omikron Mapper
Notes on CP/M +
CP/M a new user tutorial
FreHD Auto boot EPROM Part 4 - The Model 4P
On the Shoulders of giants - Alan Turin
Updates of the state of the business
Advanced release details of Peter Cetinski's TRS-PIC
Ebay activity - Model I I 'depository' - Trashtalk - CP/M and MAPPER-1 - competition winner

TRS8BIT - Vol 11, No. 1

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Issue Information:

Date:March 2017
Pages:60 Pages

Table of Contents

NEWS:

Ebay activity - Exatron wafers - Trashtalk

GENERAL:

Printer cable for the Model I , Model I II, Model 4 and Model 4P
Meccano and a Harmonograph
Tandy's CGP-115 printer
Musikey Mk2, a revamped onr-liner
The 'Monty Hall Problem' a BASIC one-liner
A 'Matrix'-like screen saver
Repairing keys on the Model I and Model I II
Recasing an expansion interface
MAPPA-1 update for Radio Shack DDA
Lower case ROM patch
The Tandy LP1
Tandy on a chip
The Tandy TP-10 arrives

TRS8BIT - Vol 11, No. 2

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Issue Information:

Date:June 2017
Pages:52 Pages

Table of Contents

GENERAL:

NEWS:

Ebay activity - TrashTalk
Level 3 BASIC
PMC 50/40 interface for the Radio Shack Expansion Interface
The Video Genie, System-80 and PMC-80
Video Genie memory expansion
Extra memory for your Video Genie
Comment on the Genie III
Modifications to SCRIPSIT for the Video Genie
The Dick Smith SYSTEM-80
TRS-80 disaster recovery : Model I II, Model 4 and Model 4D keyboard damaged in transit
Review - Ebay item that caught my eye
DOM card interface for the Model I I
TRS-80 printers from the beginning - Lineprinter II

TRS8BIT - Vol 11, No. 3

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Issue Information:

Date:September 2017
Pages:40 Pages

Table of Contents

GENERAL:

Tandy assembly - ebay activity - model II keyboard wanted
Donations to the site
Frehd update - warning to kit builders
Shape 80, model i i emulator for windows
What makes a number? - one-liner
Review - Model II dos fix and snapp inc. utilities
News from pascal - GENDON3, card tray for the model i 2, model i 6B, 600 - DOM interface for the model i i
Lowercase characters on the model i , everything you need to know in 2017
Chrome plated model I on ebay
Mms forth
Plea for help, keyboard for model II required (original or generic)

TRS8BIT - Vol 11, No. 4

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Issue Information:

Date:Christmas 2017
Pages:68 Pages

Table of Contents

GENERAL:

Tandy Assembly:Model I I:Model I lowercase:M6000 Xenix dropbox:3D printer
Super Card Pro
In Mav's workshop - Tandys commitment to Agriculture Part 1
DOSPLUS
Happy Christmas 2017
ALP80
Review - TA17
Review - Ebay 'Gems'
In Mav's workshop - Lower case characters for the Model I
Review - TA17
Xt-CF card for the Tandy 1400 Series
In Mav's workshop - Line Printers Part 3 - LPIII, V, DMP-500

TRS8BIT - Vol 12, No. 1

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Issue Information:

Date:March 2018
Pages:56 Pages

Table of Contents

GENERAL:

One-liner booklet:Model I I:XTRS4.9D:TA18:competition
In Mav's workshop. Using Co-Co disk drives on the Model I /3 and 4
From .JPG to /BAS
The Colour Genie
In Mav's workshop. Line Printers Part 4 - LPVI,DMP-400,DMP410
One-liner - Binary Countdown
Postcard to the Editor
The FreHDaptor. A FreHD for the System80 and Video Genie
In Mav's workshop - Tandys commitment to Agriculture Part 2
Enter to win a FreHD or a HRG Board or a RE-FD502. Complements of Mav.
U.K. Ebay 'Gems'
Deal or No Deal game
In Mav's workshop. The Model 4 Roundup

TRS8BIT - Vol 12, No. 2

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Issue Information:

Date:June 2018
Pages:56 Pages

Table of Contents

GENERAL:

2 obituary notices - Rick Dickinson and Frank Durda:Episode 23 of TrashTalk
Random Numbers
Obit. Rick Dickinson
Obit. Frank Durda
In Mav's workshop. Line Printers Part 5 - LP VII,DMP-100,DMP-110
One-liner - Sierpinski's Sieve
'The way we were' - Tandy Topics,MX-80 mods for the Model I . 80-US
In Mav's workshop - New products - CC_NEW_JFD-CP,CC_RE-MAX,DOM interface for Model I I and up,HANS-05 ULTRA LO-TECH IDE Model I II/4/4P/4D
Progress on my Model I I, It's alive again !
Competition Enter to win a FreHD or a HRG Board or a RE-FD502. Complements of Mav.
Competition Update
U.K. Ebay 'Gems'. Were YOU lucky?
In Mav's workshop. Curing the Model I screen wiggle

TRS8BIT - Vol 12, No. 3

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Issue Information:

Date:September 2018
Pages:56 Pages

Table of Contents

GENERAL:

Hi-Res-Low results - Congratulation to Kyle Wadsten
TRS80GP V2.0.4 Model I ,2,3 and 4 emulator released (model 2 N.B.)
In Mav's workshop. DOM and extender cards for the Model I I, 12, 16,16B and 6000 Reviewed
One-liner BASIC program 'Palindromes'
TA2018 news/views
'The way we were' - Chess, LDOS for beginners, ZBASIC V2 compiler
In Mav's workshop - Extender boards for the Tandy 8" range
U.K. Ebay 'Gems' - did you find them?
In Mav's workshop - Part 6 TRS-80 Printers - LPVIII, DMP-200, DMP-120

TRS8BIT - Vol 12, No. 4

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Issue Information:

Date:Christmas 2018
Pages:68 Pages

Table of Contents

GENERAL:

TRS-IMAGE Kyle Wadsten shows how he created his winning competition entry
Ian Mavric Reviews the Tandy Assembly 2018. A great time was had by all.
Xmas greetings - New Zealand style
In Mav's workshop - Ungrades to the Model I power supply
Obituary - Paul Allen, co-founder of MicroSoft
Pick 2. A BASIC guessing game 'for all the family'
'The way we were' - Keyboard Input, Z80 fact sheet,
Tandy related items
One-liner BASIC program 'The Great Snail Race' for the Model I I
U.K. Ebay 'Gems' - bargains galore
In Mav's Workshop - Part 7 TRS-80 Printer- Daisy Wheel printers
Flower Power - BASIC program inspired by 'Numberphile'
A taste of Mav's and Kyle Wadsten's products for 2019
Software development package, 'TBA' - The BASIC Answer

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Date:March 2019
Pages:76 Pages

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GENERAL:

REM 80:Microcomputers Applications catalogue:Aculab DB9, Floppy Tape:TrashTalk
8Mb Hard Drive 3-wire fix
Trs80gp emulator
Splicing papertape
In Mav's Workshop - Part 8 TRS-80 Printers - Colour printers
One-liner BASIC program - 'Magic Squares'
Model I Hardware Developments
For sale/Wanted - Model 4P
In Mav's Workshop - Building your Model I power supply
One-liner BASIC program (2 line option!!)
Virtual Floppy Drives - GOTEK for a Model I II
In Mav's Workshop - Joutney to the F49 - FreHD for 8" TRS-80's
Trapped Knight BASIC program
Extended BASIC, 'X-BAS' for the Aculan Floppy Tape
U.K. Ebay 'Gems' - bargains galore
Trsnic
Hooj Toons - create music on your Tandy and WIN
Report from TRS-80.COM. 17,000 screen shots now available

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Date:June 2019
Pages:68 Pages

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GENERAL:

Trashtalk Ep30:Competition:NATGUG website:FreHD v IDE
Save and restore screen contents in 24 bytes
In Mav's workshop - Part 9 TRS-80 printer - Low-end and oddball
Binary conversion - one-liner
The Exatron Stringy Floppy - Review
For sale/Wanted - QP2
U.K. Ebay bargains galore
8" system developments
'The Way We Were' - Space photography, Model I I CP/M
Hooj Toons
In Mav's Workshop - CoCo Delux RS232 Program Pak
Aculab Data Buffer DB9 - Review
In Mav's Workshop - NEWDOS 86/90
Aculab Floppy Tape - Review

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Date:September 2019
Pages:68 Pages

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GENERAL:

Simple sound
Events at the coming Tandy Assembly
Push-button technology 1980's style
A further update from Germany of NEWDOS 86/90
Various styles of computer ports
In Mav's Workshop - Accelerator for the Model I , NEW_SPRINTER_1L
The Big Zero - a one-liner BASIC program to test your reactions
U.K. Ebay 'Gems' from the last 3 months
'The Way We Were' - Snapp enhancements for the Model 2 and unlimited user calls for a Model 2
Problems reading wafers on an Aculab Floppy Tape
Stretch your mind with this problem
News from Ira at TRS-80.com
Pascal and colleagues are on to CHROMA BASIC
In Mav's Workshop - the low-down on the Norcom TC-III
Parsing Level 1 BASIC programs
Can you help?

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Date:December 2019
Pages:76 Pages

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TA19 Tandy Assembly 2019
Kennett Classic Vintage Computing
Stretch your mind
Roll 'em - BASIC one-liner
In Mav's Workshop - Recent TRS-80 games and 2020 Competition
U.K. Ebay 'Gems' from the last 3 months
Xmas greetings, Canada style
News from Ira at TRS-80.COM
Model I , 3 and 4 Lotech IDE Driver for LDOS/LS-DOS
'The Way We Were': Coms between a Model 100 and Model I
COMPAK
Servo to the Model I
ARCNET development
A Block-Strucured Language - XPLO
In Mav's Workshop - CN80 Model 4 mouse Pt 1

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Date:March 2020
Pages:88 Pages

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"Adding Ml6 Emulation To TRS80GP" - Wow! Peter And George Phillips Have Released v2.3 With Yet Another Worlds First Facility
"Mapping The TRS-80 Into The Big Time" - Henry Baggs Came Across This Article Re CP/M On A Model I
"Classic Trek-80" - Richards Shows Us The Details With His Classic Tandy 'Trek' Game For The Iphone And Ipad
"Pam" - Et Brings On His One-liner Talents Giving A New Twist To A Classic Game
"In Mav's Workshop" - Revisiting The CN80 Model 4 Mouse Project - Part 2
"Interesting Photo" - An Interesting Photo I Came Across, Which Patrick Bureau Posted On The Facebook Group "TRS-80 Model I , II, IIII, And 4 Owner's Group". It Shows, Quite Clearly The Differences In Keyboards Between Qwerty And Azerty On A Model I II
"The New Chromatrs" - Pascal Has Re-engineered Chromatrs, Here Are The Details For Us All To Enjoy. Check Out His Website For The Full Story
"Stretch Your Mind" - Harold Has Sent Us All Another Puzzle Just To Get The Little Grey Cells Motoring
"Jens Guenther Has Updated His Forked SDLTRS To v1.2.1.
"TRS80MX" - JM Introduces Us To His Brilliant Modular Expansion System For A 21 Century Model I
"Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I /3/4" - Mathew, Who Was The Author Of The Lotek Article In The Last Edition Of Trs8bit, Shows Us Details Of His Drivewire For The Co-co Linked To A PC
"The Way We Were" - Here's A Selection Of Articles 'from The Day' Which First Appeared In The Uk's Natgug News
"A Tandy/ Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I Microcomputer Clone" - Glen Builds A Model I Using Modern Day Parts.
"In Mav's Workshop" - Mav Attaches An Accelerator 'pedal' to a Model I II
"TRS-80 Screen Designer" - Kyle Has Released His Screen Designing Program Which Will Help Those Entering This Years Competition!
"Competition Details" - 2 Comps And 2 Prizes
"In Mav's Workshop" - Mav Gives Us All Orchestral Music For The Model I II

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Date:June 2020
Pages:104 Pages

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"TRS-80 Model 4 Drive Re-alignment" - Floppy Doctor and Tezza Sort Out Disk Alignment
"Mav's Workshop" - Mav Gives Us The Lowdown On The Ml's Different Keypads
"Irs-xenix Information Sheet"
"A Portable TRS-80 Model I " - A Truly Portable Model I Complete With 7" Tft Monitor!
"Armstrong Numbers" - Here's A One-liner To Produce Them.
"Differences Between The Azerty And Qwerty Keyboards" - Check Out The European Tandy Keyboards
"Stretch Your Mind" - Harold Finch Set Us Another Of His Puzzles
"The Way We Were" - Here's A Selection Of Articles 'from The Day'
"Ebay.co.uk Bargains From The Last 3 Months" -
"Model I No-chip Vblank Modification" - Details Of Tim's Demonstration At The 2019 Tandy Assembly
"Spreadsheet For A Model I On An Aculab Floppy Tape" - John Corbani's Original Spreadsheet Upgraded To The Aft
"In Mav's Workshop" - Revisiting The Cn80 Model 4 Mouse Project. Part 4
"The double-do 2020 Competition - Full Details" -
"A Track/sector Display" - Kyle Uses A Model I I Clock Interrupt
"USB FC5025 Floppy Controller" - 5 1/4 Disk Drive Support
"In Mav's Workshop" - Mav Comes Up With Some Complex Upgrade Projects

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Date:September 2020
Pages:84 Pages

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"Competition Q and A'S" - Get Those Entries In!
"In Mav's Workshop" - More Mojo for your Model 4! Mav Introduces the 4Cellerator
"Patching Big Five's Attack Force for TRSDOS 1.3" - Kyle Sorts Out How To Run Attack Force.
"Step by Step Instructions to Transfer Cassettes to your PC
"TRS-80 I?Basque Tournament" - A Review and Results From the Competition
"Time Calc" - Et Comes Up With Another One-liner To Calculate Hours Worked Over A 24 Hour Period (Rounded, Of Course!)
"In Mav's Workshop" - Ian Continues With Part 4 Of His CN80 Model 4 Mouse Project
"Stretch Your Mind" - Harold Sends Us Another 'Match Stick' Puzzle
"Line Surprise" - Here's A Super Little Basic Program From George Which Was Inspired From The 'Numberphile' Website
"The Way We Were" - Interesting Bit And Pieces 'From The Day'
"A Selection Of UK Ebay Bargains Over The Last Three Months - Did You Get Lucky?
"Competition Details - Time's Marching On" - Entry Is Free So Get Yours In Before The End Of November

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Date:December 2020
Pages:88 pages

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"REXCPM" - CP/M running on the Model 100! just unbelievable but brilliant. It's a must have for Model 100 fans
"Painting your Computer" - Brighten up your old Tandy with these tip from Patrick. He really makes a great job of it
"In Mav's Workshop" - Mav introduces some of his new ideas for 2021
"Back to the Future" - And thinks back and remembers when the world was quite a different place
"I.Santutxu Tournament" - A report and photos from the latest TRS-80 tournament from Spain
"Roman Nvmerals" - ET produces a rather nifty one-liner to convert decimal number to their roman equivalent!
"Gnomic - Alive and kicking (again)" - Shane has provided a report, with photos, of the work required to bring back to life my Gnomic DP2000 system
"Stretch Your Mind" - Harold has an Xmas theme quiz for us all
"TRS-80 Cassette Reader Website" - Check out this fantastic website where you can just 'drop' your cassette type file and check it for errors
"The Way we Were" - With CP/M available for the Model 100, I came across this article in 'personal computing' everything you need to know about CP/M, it says!
"In Mav's Workshop" - Mav completes his series of the CN80 mouse with part 5 for his article

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Date:March 2021
Pages:68 pages

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"Enhanced Co-Co" - Dave Veary Shows Us His Upgraded CoCo-2
"Talker/80" by Michael Wessel- Michael Gives Our Model I's a Voice
"Put and Take" by E.T. Fonehume - E.T.'s Grandfather Found Some 'goings-on'. We Get The Low-down and Some Interesting Facts and Figures
"Frehd and a M4p" by Andy, Ian and Jay
"Additional Roms" by Mr Threeplates - Additional Rom Images To Your Ml
"In Mav's Workshop" by Ian Mavric - Mav Sets About Building The 'Super Micro Mk2'
"Stretch Your Mind" by Harold Finch - Harold Produces Another Brain Teaser
"New From France" by Pascal Holdry - Pascal Show Us Some Recent Developments and Asks for Some Help
"My TRS-80" by Lawrence Kesteloot - Lawrence Shows Us Recent Developments On His Website
"CGA To VGA" - There's Been Quite a Bit Of Talk On The Forum About Video Out Puts and I Can Across This On Ebay!
"Flying Saucers" by E.T. Fonehume - E.T. With The Help Of George Phillips, Puts a New Spin On An Original Idea From Woody Pope.
"Mystery Item" - Don Bannister Came Across This Piece Of Hardware- From the Day. Have You Any Ideas On Its Original Use?
"Assembler Bytes Back" - A New Feature Which I Hope You'll All Contribute Your Hints and Tips On Assembly Programing.
"The Way We Were" - Looking Back At Some Of The TRS-80 From The Day
"U.K. Ebay 'bargains' Over The Last 3 Months" by -
"The 2021 Competition Be In It To Win It" by -
"In Mav's Workshop" by Ian Mavric - Ian Looks At Type 2 HDA Memory Problems and Offers a Solution

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Date:June 2021
Pages:72 pages

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Teletype Model 33 Remembered by Andrew Wong
That M4 Non-syncing Feeling by Ian Mavric
TRS80-TOOL by Lawrence Kesteloot
The F12 Key by E.t. Fonehume
Rom Errors by Vernon Hester
Destiny Hunter - Will You Be The 1st To Discover The Orb?
Running The Model 100 Series From A USB Port
Basic Challenge by Kyle Wadsten - Drawing The U.S.A. Flag
Stretch Your Mind by Harold Finch
Basque Tournament Of TRS-80 II by Egoitz Campo
News From France by Pascal Holdry
Assembler Bytes Back
The Way We Were - A Look Back At What Was Making The News In The Day
Ebay Bargains - Were You Lucky?
Make VHD Version II by Hans Rietveld
2021 Competition Details
Building The Super Micro, Mk 2, Part 2 by Ian Mavric
Repairing The Keytronics Keyboard by Hans Rietveld
More Disk Drives On A HD System by Ian Mavric

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Date:September 2021
Pages:64 pages

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6174 - Kaprekar's Constant by E.T. Fonehume
Model 4 16K Upgrade To 64k by Maurits Van Wijland
For sale, Wanted & Free
TRS80-tool Ungraded To V2.0.10 by Lawrence Kesteloot
Vintage Chips Checker
In Mav's Workshop by Ian Mavric
TRS80GP On A Raspberry Pi
Stretch Your Mind
New From France by Pascal Holdry
Assembler Bytes Back
In Mav's Workshop by Ian Mavric
The Way We Were
Ebay 'Bargains' Since The Last Issue
Competition Details - Don't Miss Out On A Prize!
The Model I With A Modern Monitor by Paul T Metcalf III
In Mav's Workshop by Ian Mavric

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Date:December 2021
Pages:90 pages

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042021 TRS8BIT Competition: Kyle Wadsten Wins! by The Trash Talkers
09Replacing Model I Roms With A Single 27256 Eprom by Matt Boytim
17Speedy & Belter: Cassette Speed Up Routines
21TRSTOOL by Lawrence Kesteloot
22F For Freddie
28ML. Replacing The Original Roms With A 27C256 by Juergen Buessert
31Adde Unum by E.t. Fonehume
33Stretch Your Mind by Harold Finch
36Alpha Technology 5 Mhz Model 4 NGA Speed-Up: Upgrade Installation by Patrick Bureau
42The Way We Were: A Look Back To Some Future Watching
56I.TXORIERRI Tournament Of TRS-80 by Egoitz Campo
58UK Ebay 'Bargains': Were You Lucky?
60In Mav's Workshop: A Quick Weekend Restoration by Ian Mavric
65Saving To Cassettes
67Geometry Of A Hard Drive by Tim Mann
76In Mav's Workshop: Fix That M3 Or M4 O.A.F.A. by Ian Mavric
81News From France by Pascal Holdry
87Github Universe 2021 Report
90Just A Few Photos From The 2021 T.A.

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Date:March 2022
Pages:72 pages

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04Bootstrap - From Cassette To Disk: Create A Boot Disk From Cassette by Juergen Bussert
13Character 'Toggle-Boggle': M3 And Missing Characters? by George Phillips
16TRSTOOL Upgrade To V2.3.1 by Lawrence Kesteloot
18'Do The Shuffle': Basic At Its Best.  With A Prezzie Just For The Editor! by E.T. Fonehume
21Stretch Your Mind: Another Puzzle To Get You Thinking by Harold Finch
23The Quest For More Adventure: Shawn Sijnstra by The Next 'level' For Adventurers
32Assembler Bytes Back: Is This A Pointer For The Competition?
38In Mav's Workshop: M3 & ML Power Supplies Explained by Ian Mavric
44TRS8BIT's 2022 Competition
45The Way We Were: More Interesting Snippets From The Day
56TRS-80 Cassette Wave-Forms: A Fascinating Introduction by Peter Howard
62U.K. EBay Bargain: Were You One Of The Lucky Ones?
65'Big Tandys' by Kevin Parker

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Date:June 2022
Pages:68 pages

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04Basque Tournament by Egoitz Campo
07A Brief History Of Computer Storage by Kelly Ackford
14Parallel Lines - One-Liner by George Phillips
17Model III And 4 Case Screws by Jay Newrith
19MCLZ8 Z80 Emulator by Microcore Labs
23In Mav's Workshop: Model I Cassette Interface Repairs by Ian Mavric
33Gotek Upgrade For A Model I by Paul Thomas Metcalf III
37Stretch Your Mind by Harold Finch
38Update For The SV1-CAS
42Drop On Top: A Very Addictive One-Liner by E.T. Fonehume
43Assembler Bytes Back by Lewis Rosenfelder
462022 Competition
48The Way We Were: Everyday Electronics - Eprom Programmer
61U.K. EBay Bargains
63The Big Tandy's by Kevin Parker

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Date:September 2022
Pages:56

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05What To Expect At The Tandy Assembly And Why You Shouldn't Miss It by Ian Mavric
10Charles Babbage by Denise Goodwin and the Stem Club
16IV. Basque Tournament Of TRS-80 by Egoitz Campo
19Ian Mav's Workshop by Ian Mavric
29Morse Code Is My Super Power! by E.T. Fonjume and George Phillips
33Stretch Your Mind by Harold Finch
38Assembler Bytes Back by Keith Bedford
442022 Competition 'Beauty And The Beast'
46The Way We Were by Don Bannister and Derrick Rowe
52U.K. EBay Bargains From The Last Three Months
54Competition 2022 - Review Of Entries by George Phillips

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Date:December 2022
Pages:68 pages

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042022 Competition Winners by George Phillips
07Convert A TRS-80 Printer Cable For Multiple Computers Use by Texas Tandy Restorations
12Tandy Assembly Review by Ian Mavric
25For Sale And Wanted
27TRS-80 M4 Adapter Board by Mark J Blair
30Big Tandy Keyboards With Problems! by Hans
35Review Of 'Deathmaze 5000' by Ernst Krogtoft
40Stretch Your Mind by Harold Finch
41Applesauce Downloads Page
45At The Ready Prompt by George Phillips
48The Way We Were: Speech-Synth, Solo Load, And Lots More, From The Day!
57Merry Christmas One-Liner by E.T. Fonehume
58U.K. EBay Bargains: Were You One Of The Lucky Ones?
59'N' Easy Pieces by Peter Phillips
63What's New: Bits Of News I've Found On The Net

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Date:March 2023
Pages:92

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04"Model I on the Nabu" by Ted Fried
08"Time Tunnel" by E.T. Fonhume
10"Model I USB "A" Power Mod" by Tim Halloran
27"Help, Free, For Sale, and Wanted" by Unattributed
28"At the Ready Prompt" by Peter Phillips, ML Arnautov, and Clive Davidson
31"String Scanning" by Vince Otten
48"Genie III Lives Again" by Kris Garrein
49"News from France: Re-Engineered TC-80" by Pascal Holdry
57"TRS-80 Joke" by George Phillips
60"The Way We Were: Serial Printer Driver and Molimerx 250 Reward Comp" by Unattributed
66"The Running Cat" by George Phillips
68"Handy Hints: I'd Never Thought of That!" by Unattributed
69"SDLPT SD-Card Through the Printer Port: Just for the Tandy-PC Boys" by Unattributed
70"U.K. eBay Bargains: Were you one of the Lucky Ones?" by Unattributed
72"M100 U.K. and U.S.A. ROM Differences" by Sarah Libman
78"2022 Competition: Wrap-Up Details" by George Phillips
90"The 2023 Competition: Super Prize on Offer Again" by Unattributed

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Date:June 2023
Pages:80 pages

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04"Blast Off" by Patrick TTR
07Basque Tournament Results by Egoitz Campo
10Software Tools In Basic by Vince Otten
25Why Did Tandy Close? by Leon Heller and Nathaniel Meyersohn
26Warning On "AI" by Geoffrey Hinton
28At The Ready Prompt by Unattributed
30Mapping The Maze by E.t. Fonehume
34In Mav's Workshop: Frehd With A Joystick On A Model I by Ian Mavric
37System Cassette Tape Names by Peter Phillips
40Your Own Birth Date As A Magic Square! by E.T. Fonehume
42New From France by Pascal Holdry
43Box Shot by E.T. Fonehume
46In Mav's Travels: Are You Ready For TA 2023? by Ian Mavric
49The Way We Were by Unattributed
65Basic V2.5 For The Model I by George Phillips
68Integer Sequences by Neil James Alexander Sloane & E.T. Fonehume
70Handy Hints (From The 1950's) by Unattributed
71U.K. EBay Bargains From The Last 3 Months: Can You Believe Some Of These Prices! by Unattributed
73In Mav's Workshop:  A Co-Co 3 Running On 240 Volts? by Ian Mavric
79The 2023 Competition: Super Prize On Offer Again! by Unattributed

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Date:September 2023
Pages:88 pages

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04In Mav's Travels
T.A. 2023 And What To Look For
10Youtube 'Hacks'
14July 2023 Basque TRS-80 Tournament Report
Egoits Campo
17Solgor. A Mind-Bending, Sorting Game
Tu-bardh
21In Mav's Workshop - M3 And 4 Power Connectors
Ian Mavric
30'Zap The Stars': One-Liner Basic Game
E.T. Fonehume
31Software Tools In Basic: Part 2
Vince Otten
47At The Ready Prompt
Just A Little 'Quirk' I Came Across
50How It Happened
Andy
53The Way We Were
Compilers, TRS-80 Software, Model 2000 Review
64Handy Hints
Just For The Model Railway Buffs
65An 'Amazing Bug'
Peter Phillips
71Model I Failure And Miss-Prints Too!
Wellswang
74Ebay Bargains
76Restoring The Cheapest At The 'Swap-Meet'
Tom Nardi
79In Mav's Workshop: Co-Co 3, Restoring And Upgrading
Ian Mavric
85News From France
Pascal Holdry Reports On His Latest Exciting Hardware Project
86Stranger Than Fiction!
87The 2023 Competition
Super Prize On Offer Again!

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Date:December 2024
Pages:80

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04"2023 Competition Results: Matt Boytim Wins!" by Unattributed
05"Competition Entry Details" by George Phillips
07"Details Of The Winning Entry" by Matt Boytim
25"New And Improved 'Star-Trek'" by Al Wallace
27"In Mav's Workshop: M2 Rifa Caps - How To Sort Them" by Ian Mavric
32"Miniature TRS-80's" by Trevor Flowers
34"Using A.I. (Chatgpt)" by Unattributed
38"For Sale & Wanted" by Unattributed
39"The CGP115 - Keeping It Alive!" by Brian K White
47"Basic Level 2.5 (Twohaf): Enhanced - Now A Must Have Upgrade To L2!" by George Phillips
48"Mimic Mister Memory: Basic One-Liner Just For Christmas Fun" by Unattributed
51"T.A. 2023 Report: The Full Low-Down With Photos" by Ian Mavric
63"'Surfin The Net': Some Interesting Videos On Youtube" by Unattributed
66"The Way We Were: A Look Back To The Day" by Unattributed
72"Handy Hints: From The 1950's. Last Of The Series." by Unattributed
74"U.K. EBay Bargains: Were You One Of The Lucky Ones?" by Unattributed
76"In Mav's Workshop: CoCo Repairs - Pia Chip Mix-Up" by Ian Mavric

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Date:March 2024
Pages:92

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02"Blurb (Editorial Sounds Too Grand!)" by Unattributed
03"2024 Competition Details" by Unattributed
05"In Mav's Workshop: CoCo 2 - Replacement Keyboard Membrane" by Ian Mavric
12"The Basic Family Tree: Ever Wondered How Basic Started? Find Out With This Fantastically Detailed Article" by Jim Adams
35"5X5 Magic Square: A Basic One-Liner Creating A 5X5 Magic Square' Using Consecutive Numbers" by E.T. Fonehume
36"Creating A WAV File" by Juergen Buessert
39"Software Tools In Basic: Episode 3: Open For Business" by Vince Otten
57"The Way We Were: What Were We Up To, Back In The Day?" by Unattributed
62"In Mav's Workshop: Mav Gives A Detail Account Of The FB Series Disk Drives Which Were Prolific Back In The Day" by Ian Mavric
73"U.K. EBay Bargains" by Unattributed
74"Using TRS-80 Rom Calls From TRSDOS: More Useful And Helpful Hints From Vince" by Vince Otten
79"Real Hardware Made Back In The Day: Address Decoder, Midi Interface And Binary Coded Decimal Counter" by Tony G
85"2024 Tandy Assembly" by Ian Mavric
90"Surfin' The Net: Super Items/Ideas I've Come Across - Well Worth Checking Out" by Unattributed

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Date:June 2024
Pages:120

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02"Mav's T.A. Column - Latest News: Check Out The 'Special Deal' For CoCo Fans" by Ian Mavric
06"2024 Competition Details" by Unattributed
58"In Mav's Workshop: Sort CoCo 3 Keyboards" by Ian Mavric
14"Basic Dialects: Jim Has Compiled A Detailed List Of 18 Versions." by Jim Adams
33"Full Card Shuffle: Basic One-Liner" by E.T. Fonehume
40"TRS-80 M4GA" by John Mineur
48"In Mav's Workshop: Printer Problems With A Model I" by Ian Mavic
56"April Basque TRS-80 Tournament" by Egoitz Campo
59"Software Tools: Episode 4: Get Cracking" by Vince Otten
83"The Way We Were: The Latest Ideas From In The Day" by Unattributed
92"U.K. EBay Bargains: Were You One Of The Lucky Ones?" by Unattributed
95"Surfin' The Net: More New And Leading Tech Ideas From Youtube" by Unattributed
99"Where Are They Now?: Remembering Leading Figures From In The Day" by Unattributed
102"Amazing Fun-Time Puzzle: Just For A Break!" by Unattributed
103"Editor Assembler Plus" by Vince Otten
116"In Mav's Workshop: Model II Mostek Madness!" by Ian Mavric

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Date:September 2024
Pages:100

Table of Contents

02"TRSBBIT 2024 Competition: Beat Defence Command: Have You Submitted Your Entry" by Unattributed
04"TA 2024 Roundup" by Ian Mavric
13"TRS-80 Basic: What Are Floating Point Numbers Value Range" by Jim Adams
22"News From France: Pascal Reports The Progress As He Has Been Working On 68000 Boards" by Pascal Holdry
31"In Mavs Workshop: Type-11 HDA Boards" by Ian Mavric
42"At The Ready Prompt: Odd Or Even, Dont Forget Zero!" by Unattributed
44"Co-Co Randomising Tune Up" by George Phillips
50"The Way We Were: A Look Back At Things From The Day" by Unattributed
53"Ebay U.K. Bargains: Were You One Of The Lucky Ones" by Unattributed
55"Where Are They Now: James Garon" by Unattributed
57"Amazed: Just For Fun" by Unattributed
59"Check Digits: Basic One-Liners For Industry Standards" by E.T. Fonehume
64"Surfin The Net: Some Super Ideas I Recently Came Across" by Unattributed
70"My FreHD Update Story: Part One" by Mark Casteleijn
78"FreHD And TRSvid: Part Two" by Mark Casteleljn
84"In Mavs Workshop: Tandy 1200S" by Ian Mavric
92"ROM Calls From TRSDOS 2.3 With Error Trapping" by Vince Otten

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Date:December 2024
Pages:80

Table of Contents

04"2024 Competition Results: Bill Kewley Is The Winner!!" by George Phillips
08"Basque TRS-80 Tournament: Details And Photos Of The Latest Event" by Egoitz Campo
12"Tandy Assembly 2024: If You Missed This Year's TA Mav's Provided Us With Details Of Events And Any Available Youtube Videos" by Ian Mavric
25"Software Tools In Basic - Episode 5: 'A Close Call': Vince Produces The Penultimate Edition Of His Excellent Series" by Vince Otten
36"Tandy 10: Mav Reports On Pete's Recent Acquisition Of This Very Rare Tandy" by Ian Mavric
52"U.K. EBay Bargains: Were You Lucky With Your Bids?" by Unattributed
54"Igor, Is It A Prime?: Here's A One-Liner From ET, Just To Check If Your Number You're Thinking Of Is A Prime" by E.T. Fonehume
55"The Way We Were: Just A Quick Look At Things Tandy(ish) Back When 8 Bits Were The 'Thing'" by Unattributed
66"In Mav's Workshop: Mav Show Us A Preview Of A Model I Book He's Working On" by Ian Mavric
75"Just For Fun!: On The Lighter Side Of Life, Here's A Little Puzzle For You To Try When You've Had Too Much Xmas Pudding!!" by Unattributed
77"Surfin' The Net: Interesting Pages From The Internet" by Unattributed
79"Obituary: T.E. Kurtz" by Unattributed

TRS8BIT - Vol 19, No. 1

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Issue Information:

Date:March 2025
Pages:152

Table of Contents

03"2025 Competition - Impossipuzze25: Once Again Great Prizes So Get Your Entries in Quick" by Unattributed
04"TA25 News: Planning the 2025 Tandy Assembly" by Ian Mavric
09"Disk Files Part 1: A Rare Find Amongst a Batch Of Old Tandy Papers" by Jim Norris
22"Debug Routines: Coded Routines for Troubleshooting" by Ken Brookner
28"News from France: Pascals Latest Superb Re-Engineering Projects" by Pascal Holdry
39"Scrabble: A One-Liner Basic Program to Assist You Scrabble Fans" by E.T. Fonehume
41"Mode 16 Rollout: A Roundtable Conversation with Ken Sam Sawyer and John Elliott." by Ken Brookner
60"The Competition-Eompetition: Yet Another Chance to Win. a Rare and Unique Prize. Just a Simple Email Required." by Unattributed
62"In Mavs Workshop: Model 3 Video Board Repairs" by Ian Mavric
70"Servicing Your Tandy Radio Shack: A Case for Containment" by Ken Brookner
76"U.K. eBay Finds: Were You One Of the Lucky Ones?" by Unattributed
79"The Way We Were: Little Snippets from the Day" by Unattributed
83"Amazed: Give Yourself a Break and Have a Go. Try for 10 Secs." by Unattributed
85"Surfin the Net: Strange or Interesting Post That Have Caught My Eye" by Unattributed
89"Randy Kindig Interviews: Transcript Of Randy's Interview with Don French and Steve Leininger" by Randy Kindig
111"Power Of the Rom: Vince Start a New Series Using Dr. David Lien's Famous Book 'It's Easier Then You Think'" by Vince Otten
125"Software Tools in Basic: Episode 6: The Shell Game" by Vince Otten
142"Mav's History Workshop: What Was the Model I2?" by Ian Mavric

TRS8BIT - Vol 19, No. 2

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Issue Information:

Date:June 2025
Pages:92

Table of Contents

03"2025 Competition - Impossipuzzel25: Once Again Great Prize so Get Your Entries In Quick" by Unattributed
05"TA25 News: Planning the 2025 Tandy Assembly" by Ian Mavric
11"Disk Files (Part 2): A Rare Find Amongst a Batch Of Old Tandy Papers" by Jim Norris
23"Star Trek: Upgrade" by Alan Wallace
25"April Basque Tournament: Results from the Latest TRS-80 Basque Competition" by Egoitz Campo
28"Power Of the Rom: Part 2 Of His Series" by Vince Otten
49"In Mav's History Workshop:: What Was the Second Color Computer 1?" by Ian Mavric
60"I-Ching: Ever Wondered If it Works? Now's Your Chance!" by E.T. Fonehume
80"Our 2nd Competition: Have You Any Ideas that Would You Like To See? Get Your Suggestions Off To George ASAP" by Unattributed
85"The Way We Were: Just a Quick Look Back To How Some Of the Things Were In the Day. Did Anyone Have a Go With the 'Tiny Pascal'?" by Unattributed
89"Amazed: Have a Break And Have a Go - Try For 10 Seconds!" by Unattributed
91"Surfin' the Net: An Updated CP/M Option For a Model I" by Unattributed

TRS8BIT - Vol 19, No. 3

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You can download it from https://www.fabsitesuk.com/tandy/trs8bit1903.pdf or an OCR'd version here.

Issue Information:

Date:September 2025
Pages:104

Table of Contents

03"2025 Competition - Impossipuzzel25: Once Again Great Prize so Get Your Entries In As Time Is Running Out." by Unattributed
05"TA25 News: Planning the 2025 Tandy Assembly" by Ian Mavric
15"Power Of the Rom: Vince Continues His Series With Part 3 Using Dr. David Liens Book Its Easier Then You Think" by Vince Otten
39"Obituary: Matthew Reed by Unattributed
40"In Mavs Workshop: You Bought a Model 2000. What Now!" by Ian Mavric
53"Star Trek News by Unattributed
55"Creating Passwords: E.T. Has a One-Liner Basic Program To Create Modern Day Passwords With a Rather Sneaky Way To Allow Lower Case Letters On a Standard Model I Level 2!" by E.T. Fonehume
57"The Competition Competition: What Are Your Views? Please Let Us Know." by Unattributed
60"U.K'S eBay Bargains: Since Our Last Issue. Did You Manage To Win Anything Exciting?" by Unattributed
62"The Way We Were: A Look Back To Various Publications With Some Interesting Articles from Back In the Day. Did Anyone Out There Use a Microwriter?" by Unattributed
70"APL: Vince Reviews the Programing Language Which Was Implemented For the Model I" by Vince Otten
83"News from France" by Pascal Holdry
85"Basque Tournament Results - July 2025" by Egoitz Campo
88"Amazed: Just For Fun! Have a Go Trying To Beat 8 Seconds" by Unattributed
89"Linux Birthday!" by Unattributed
91"In Mavs Travels: Mav Reports On the Great Time He Had At VCF-SW" by Ian Mavric
103"Surfin the Net: Watch the Video For this Model I Upgrade!" by Unattributed