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Stefan Vogt is releasing a new TRS-80 adventure on December 2nd called The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor.

Take on the role of novelist Thomas King and his wife Cora as they move into a remote Scottish manor house, just days before Christmas 1986. Seeking inspiration for his next book, Thomas begins to explore the history of Blackwood Manor, only to uncover a dark secret that dates back centuries to the days of the Great Scottish Witch Hunts.
The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor is a complex interactive fiction piece written in Infocom’s advanced Z-machine format XZIP. The game has three different endings, a bad, a neutral and a good ending, depending on the player’s choices. It is very likely that the player, on a first playthrough, will not reach the good ending, even though it is possible. Reaching the bad or neutral ending first is part of the experience and helps the player understanding the true intentions of some of the NPCs and the impact of decisions made, so they may be reconsidered.

You can order or download the game at https://8bitgames.itch.io/ghosts

UPDATE: Claimed

A site visitor has a CoCo2 free for local pickup in San Diego, CA.

First come first served; will pass on in the order received. You can email me at contest at TRS-80 dot com.

Jay Newirth now sells Model III power cables for the CPU, FDC board, RS232 board and floppy drive(s).

For pricing, photos or more information contact Jay Newirth (newSOFT) at jaynewirth at verizon dot net.

Although the various Level II ROMs have been disassembled and commented, the Level 1 ROM had not been … until now. To see a commented (as best I could figure out; the floating point routines are very hard to follow) Model I Level 1 ROM disassembly, visit the Model I Level 1 ROM Page.

Special thanks to George and Peter for their excellent Z-80 Debugging features of TRS80GP, or I would never have been able to follow which Register Set was active at which moment.

The collection of Edward B. Congleton has sent over some newsletters and misc documents to archive.

Title: Voice of the 80s Newsletter
Issue: Vol 6 No 02
Publisher: Fairfield County TRUG
Year: 1985
Size: 14,341,699
Pages: 20

Title: Voice of the 80s Newsletter
Issue: Vol 6 No 03
Publisher: Fairfield County TRUG
Year: 1985
Size: 13,280,227
Pages: 20

Title: Soft Horizons Magazine
Issue: Vol 2 No 3
Publisher: Soft Horizons
Year: 1985
Size: 29,698,584
Pages: 20

Title: The Alternate Source Software Catalog
Publisher: The Alternate Source
Year: 1985
Size: 37,135,056
Pages: 18

The collection of Edward B. Congleton has sent over some newsletters and misc documents to archive. This next set is The Alternate Source Update.

Title: The Alternate Source Update No 06
Publisher: The Alternate Source
Year: 19xx
Size: 8,037,054
Pages: 4

Title: The Alternate Source Update No 07
Publisher: The Alternate Source
Year: 1984
Size: 7,013,096
Pages: 4

Title: The Alternate Source Update No 08
Publisher: The Alternate Source
Year: 1984
Size: 7,769,109
Pages: 4

Title: The Alternate Source Update No 10
Publisher: The Alternate Source
Year: 1985
Size: 4,539,568
Pages: 2

Title: The Alternate Source Update No 11
Publisher: The Alternate Source
Year: 1985
Size: 7,545,115
Pages: 4

Title: The Alternate Source Update No 12
Publisher: The Alternate Source
Year: 1985
Size: 7,541,812
Pages: 4

Title: The Alternate Source Update No 13
Publisher: The Alternate Source
Year: 1985
Size: 7,702,422
Pages: 4

The collection of Edward B. Congleton has sent over some newsletters and misc documents to archive. This first set is from the Fairfield County, Connecticut TRS-80 User’s Group.

Title: Voice of the 80s Newsletter
Issue: Vol 3 No 04
Publisher: Fairfield County TRUG
Year: 1982
Size: 75,821,283
Pages: 20

Title: Voice of the 80s Newsletter
Issue: Vol 3 No 05
Publisher: Fairfield County TRUG
Year: 1982
Size: 63,800,617
Pages: 20

Title: Voice of the 80s Newsletter
Issue: Vol 3 No 07
Publisher: Fairfield County TRUG
Year: 1982
Size: 31,207,622
Pages: 22

Title: Voice of the 80s Newsletter
Issue: Vol 4 No 10
Publisher: Fairfield County TRUG
Year: 1984
Size: 39,929,292
Pages: 22

Title: Voice of the 80s Newsletter
Issue: Vol 4 No 11
Publisher: Fairfield County TRUG
Year: 1984
Size: 28,907,945
Pages: 22

Title: Voice of the 80s Newsletter
Issue: Vol 5 No 03
Publisher: Fairfield County TRUG
Year: 1984
Size: 28,777,672
Pages: 22

Title: Voice of the 80s Newsletter
Issue: Vol 5 No 04
Publisher: Fairfield County TRUG
Year: 1984
Size: 30,697,797
Pages: 22

Title: Voice of the 80s Newsletter
Issue: Vol 5 No 05
Publisher: Fairfield County TRUG
Year: 1984
Size: 35,013,525
Pages: 22

Title: Voice of the 80s Newsletter
Issue: Vol 5 No 06
Publisher: Fairfield County TRUG
Year: 1984
Size: 27,264,194
Pages: 22

Title: Voice of the 80s Newsletter
Issue: Vol 5 No 07
Publisher: Fairfield County TRUG
Year: 1984
Size: 33,609,469
Pages: 22

Title: Voice of the 80s Newsletter
Issue: Vol 5 No 09
Publisher: Fairfield County TRUG
Year: 1985
Size: 32,977,273
Pages: 22

Title: Voice of the 80s Newsletter
Issue: Vol 5 No 10
Publisher: Fairfield County TRUG
Year: 1985
Size: 43,298,766
Pages: 22

Vernon B Hester has updated MultiDOS and Esoteric DOS!

Updates are on the MultiDOS v2 – Present Page.

DOS Downloads:

• Model I MultiDOS v5.10 in Double Sided Double Density Format.
• Model I MultiDOS v5.10 in Single Sided Double Density Format.
• Model I MultiDOS v5.10 in Single Sided Single Density Format.
• Model III MultiDOS v5.10 in Double Sided Format.
• Model III MultiDOS v5.10 in Single Sided Format.
• Model 4 Esoteric DOS v3.20 in Single Sided Format.
• Model 4 Esoteric DOS v3.20 in Emulator Format (too big to fit on a real floppy).
• Model 4 Esoteric DOS v3.20 in Single Sided Format.
• Model 4 MultiDOS v6.20 in Double Sided Format.
• Model 4 MultiDOS v6.20 in Emulator Format (too big to fit on a real floppy).
• Model 4 MultiDOS v6.20 in Single Sided Format.

FreHD Downloads (includes DMK, HFE, and HDV files):

• Model I MultiDOS v5.10 for the FreHD.
• Model III MultiDOS v5.10 for the FreHD.
• Model 4 MultiDOS v6.20/Esoteric v3.20 for the FreHD.
• Instructions for the FreHD Versions.

Updated Manuals:

• Zeus Editor/Assembler (11th Printing)
• MultiDOS v5.1 and Esoteric v3.2

Thank you, Vernon!

Lawrence Kesteloot has updated his TRS80-Tool to v2.5.0. This is the premiere tool for working with WAV file cassette images, although it does do a lot more.

Changelog:

• Display WAV metadata for info –version.
• Handle Level 1 cassette files.
• Can mount cassettes and floppies in run command.
• Handle arrow keys and paste in run command.
• Support EDTASM files (can convert to .ASC file).
• Stricter parsing of .CAS files to avoid misdetection of cassette headers.

You can get more information, as well as download the Binaries, from https://www.my-trs-80.com/tool/.

To download the source, go to Lawrence’s repo’s home page at https://github.com/lkesteloot/trs80 and hit the green button marked CODE.

UPDATE: Claimed

A site visitor has a Model I and Printer available for free. No idea if they work. He is willing to ship for the cost of pack and ship.

I will pass on emails as they come in. Please contact me at contest at trs-80 dot com.