TRS8BIT – Vol 19, No. 1
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Starting our 19th year with a bumper 150+ page edition of TRS8BIT! Thanks to everyone who have contributed articles. There’s first sight of the main 2025 competition ‘IMPOSSiPUZZLE25’. Great prize on offer, so get your thinking-heads on! There’s also a comp/comp for you to enter too. (See page 60). So, down to the March issue. Part one of Jim Norris’s ‘Disk Files’, (a rare find!). Debug routines coded, Model 16 roundtable and servicing old hardware from Ken Brookner. Latest re-engineering details from Pascal Holdry. There’s a one-liner from E.T. Fonehume just for Scrabble fans. Ian Mavric has articles on M3 video board repairs, reviews the Model 12 and looks forward to Tandy Assembly 2025. Randy Kindig interviews Don French and Steve Leininger. And finally, Vince Otten completes his Software Tools series with episode 7 and has details of a new series featuring Dr. David Lien’s book, from back in the day, ‘it’s easier than you think’. And of course, there’s all our regular features too.
You can download it from http://www.fabsitesuk.com/tandy/trs8bit1901.pdf
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: 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 12?” by Ian Mavric