December 3, 2024 – New TRS8BIT Newsletter

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Dusty has released the December 2024 edition of TRS8BIT magazine.

In this edition, George Phillips announces the winner of the 2024 Competition. Egoitz Campo reports on the latest TRS-80 tournament. Ian Mavric reports on the 2024 Tandy Assembly, reviews the very rare Tandy 10 and wets our appetite with a preview of his work on the Tandy Model 1 reference numbers. Vince Otten has the penultimate edition of his ‘Software Tools in BASIC’. There’s a report on some of the Ebay ‘bargains’ since our last issue and E.T. Fonehume has a one-liner for checking if a number is PRIME. ‘The Way We Were’ takes us back-to-the-day. ‘Just for fun’ sets another maze for you to try and finally, there is the sad news of the death of T.E. Kurtz, a really forward thinker, who opened the world of computing to many, in a revolutionary way.

You can download it from http://www.fabsitesuk.com/tandy/trs8bit1804.pdf

November 30, 2024 – SDLTRS Updated to v1.2.31

Jens Guenther has updated his Windows/Linux fork of the SDLTRS Emulator to v1.2.31

Changelog:

  • Added TRS-80 Model III/4/4P NMI bug fix by Joshua Arnold
  • Added Model III/4/4P memory mapped printer port to be read-only
  • Added filter for supported file types in GUI file browser
  • Added window border in fullscreen mode
  • Added more shortcuts for command line options
  • Fixed command line options for memory expansion cards
  • Fixed TCS EG-64 Memory-Banking Adaptor
  • Fixed TCS Genie IIs/SpeedMaster RAM 192 B memory card
  • Fixed current date in LS-DOS for TRS-80 Model 4/4P
  • Fixed Hard Disk Activity LED for SDL2
  • Fixed Mouse cursor for selection in scaled SDL2 window
  • Fixed some bugs and other improvements

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

November 18, 2024 – TRS80GP Updated to v2.5.4

George and Peter Phillips have updated their awesome TRS80GP emulator to v2.5.4. TRS-80 Model I/III/4-related changes are:

New Features:

  • Event stream (-event endpoint) allowing external programs to blink LEDs, etc.
  • FreHD emulation supports DSK/DCT LDOS driver to mount read-only disk images.
  • Hardware serial port access on linux and mac via -r /dev/tty/USB0 or such.

Bug Fixes:

  • Cassette now starts if inserted while CLOAD or SYSTEM in progress.
  • Control of delay before cassette auto-save via -csd or Cassette -> Save menu.
  • Correct Model 3 and 4 memory mapped printer port to be read-only.
  • Less awkward breakpoint GUI with a single window and addr1:addr2 for ranges.
  • Minor .wav output correction as .wav files should be an even number of bytes.
  • Printer window auto scrolls to bottom again on output.
  • Printing on LDOS no longer reboots; emulator ignored printer interrupt disable.
  • Replaced patched TRSDOS with proper Japanese TRSDOS.
  • Show .wav files in cassette open dialog by default if supported.
  • Stop quadradic slowdown as printer output grows.

You can download it at George’s web site or by clicking here.

September 17, 2024 – Tandy Assembly is coming up

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/