TRS8BIT – Vol 18, No. 1
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We have the first news of the 2024 competition from George Phillips. There are articles from Ian Mavric on replacing Co-Co 2 keyboard membranes, a very detailed account of the FB series of disk drives and looks forward to the 2024 T.A. Jim Adams hunts down the start of BASIC making, what is a ‘must go to’ guide. E.T. Fonehume creates a BASIC one-liner to print a 5×5 magic square using consecutive numbers. Juergen Buessert explains how to create a ‘WAV’ file from a DMK image. Vince Otten continues his series ‘Software Tools in BASIC’ with episode 3, ‘Open For Business’ and an article using ROM calls from TRSDOS. Tony G sends details of various pieces of hardware he created, ‘back in the day’. And, of course, there’s the regular features of ‘The Way We Were’, U.K. Ebay bargains, various finds from ‘Surfin the Net’ and finally, there’s a BASIC one-liner game for all you M2 fans. (Is this a first I wonder?)
Issue Information:
Date:
March 2024
Pages:
92
Table of Contents:
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
“5×5 Magic Square: A Basic One-liner Creating A 5×5 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