Tandy Assembly is happening September 27th – 29th, 2024 in Springfield, Ohio

The big news this year is that TRS-80 creator team of Don French and Steve Leininger will be joining us for the first time and Steve will be giving a keynote speech with Q&A.
All the usual events will be back, like the Friday Tech Track classes, the Saturday afternoon auction and the Saturday evening trivia contest hosted by none other than Ian Mavric!

You can get more information at https://www.tandyassembly.com/

I have listed some items for sale in support of the site.

• TRS-80 – Magazine – Full Run of TRSTimes Magazine
• TRS-80 – Software – Level II BASIC Instruction Course Part 1 (Original)
• TRS-80 – Software – Model III SuperScripsit and Proofread Manual/Disks/Binder
• TRS-80 – Model I Tape Editor/Assembler – Manual/Tapes/Binder
• TRS-80 – Model I Fortran – Manual/Disks/Binder
• TRS-80 – Software – Model III SuperScripsit and Proofread Manual/Disks/Binder
• TRS-80 PC-2 – Software – Business Finance (Shrinkwrapped)
• TRS-80 PC-2 – Software – Personal Finance
• TRS-80 – Software – Videotex / Compuserve Information Pack

I have listed some items for sale in support of the site.

• TRS-80 – Model I Tape Editor/Assembler – Manual/Tapes/Binder
• TRS-80 – Model I Fortran – Manual/Disks/Binder
• TRS-80 – Model III Fortran – Manual/Disk/Binder
• TRS-80 – Model I DOSPLUS v3.4D – Manual/Disk/Binder
• TRS-80 – Model I Disk Operating System – Manual/Disks/Binder
• TRS-80 – Software – Model III SuperScripsit and Proofread Manual/Disks/Binder
• TRS-80 PC-2 – Software – Business Finance (Shrinkwrapped)
• TRS-80 PC-2 – Software – Personal Finance
• TRS-80 – Software – Videotex / Compuserve Information Pack

TRS8BIT – Vol 18, No. 3

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In this 100 page edition of all things Tandy, Ian Mavric updates us with the latest news of TA24, he details information on Type2 HDA’s for the Model 2 family and reviews the Tandy model 1200. TRS-80 BASIC floating points are described in another detailed article by Jim Adams. Pascal Holdry shows his latest work for the 68000 computer boards. ‘At The Ready Prompt’ is back with 2 very neat ways of checking for odd or even. George Phillips ‘Tunes-up’ the Co-Co randomising ability. ‘The Way We Were’ looks at the Exatron Stringy Floppy for the TRS-80. There’s details of some of the recent U.K. Ebay bargains. ‘Where Are They Now’ highlights a prolific contributor to Tandy section of Softside magazine, James Garon. (Sorry about the photo though!). There’s time for a bit of fun, checking a maze. E.T. Fonehume checks-out check digits, using a one-liner of course! There’s a quick surf around the net. Mark Casteleijn steps through his adventures with the FreHD and TRSVID. Vince Otten explains how to error trap ROM calls from TRSDOS 2.3 And finally, just a reminder, time is running fast to get you competition entries in.

A new upgrade to George and Peter Phillips’s TRS-80 emulator. trs80gp (version 2.5.4) will be available shortly. Full details of all the options are available from their website. This really is THE best TRS-80 emulator on the planet. It even has, just for the U.K., Aculab Floppy Tape emulation. Just as ‘in the day’ but, of course, without any media problems! You can also use the upgraded version of Level 2 BASIC, “TWOHAF” (Level 2.5), using the AFT as well as ordinary cassette BASIC.

I have listed some items for sale in support of the site.

• TRS-80 – Software – Model 4/4P Disk Systems Owner’s Manual/Disks/Binder
• TRS-80 – Software – Model I/III Series-I Editor Assembler Manual/Disks/Binder
• TRS-80 – Software – Model III SuperScripsit and Proofread Manual/Disks/Binder
• TRS-80 – Software – Videotex / Compuserve Information Package (Original)
• TRS-80 PC-2 – Software – Business Finance (Shrinkwrapped)
• TRS-80 PC-2 – Software – Personal Finance

Dennis Brent, Kim Watt’s partner at PowerSoft, has passed away.

You can read the obituary here.

I have listed some items for sale in support of the site.

• TRS-80 – Book – TRS-80 Micro Computer Technical Reference Handbook (1st Ed)
• TRS-80 – Magazines – 32 Issues of LSI Journal/LDOS Quarterly/Misosys Journal
• TRS-80 – Manual – Level I Users Manual
• TRS-80 – Software – Galactic Mail File System (Original)
• TRS-80 – Software – Videotex / Compuserve Information Package (Original)
• TRS-80 PC-2 – Software – Business Finance (Shrinkwrapped)
• TRS-80 PC-2 – Software – Games (Shrinkwrapped)
• TRS-80 PC-2 – Software – Personal Finance

Jens Guenther has updated his Windows/Linux fork of the SDLTRS Emulator to v1.2.30

Changelog:

• Added LNW80 Model II banking and 80×24 text mode support.
• Added 1024 KB memory support for Alpha Technology SuperMem.
• Added Alpha Technology SuperMem for TRS-80 Model 4/4P.
• Added Real Time Clock/Calendar Card (RTCC) for TRS-80 Model I.
• Added TRS-80 Model I printer address aliases.
• Added maskable interrupt in IM0 and IM2.
• Added turbo mode deactivation while any keys are pressed.
• Fixed scaling of block graphic characters for Model 4/4P.
• Fixed Z80 HALT action to run debugger.
• Fixed bugs and internal improvements.

You check it all out at https://gitlab.com/jengun/sdltrs.

The Model 4 ROMs have been disassembled. The same single page houses v1, v2, and the Network Student Edition ROM.

You can check out the page here.

Jim McGinley has start up a GAMES I USED TO PLAY webpage.

The site uses TRS80GP to highlight 30 of his favourite TRS-80 games (6 so far are posted). A snapshot feature is present which allows the games to be saved and loaded, so people can start at higher levels.

You can check out the site at http://www.bigpants.ca/gamesiusedtoplay.