November 1, 2023 – The Alternate Source Update – Issues 6-9, 10-13

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

November 1, 2023 – Fairfield County, Connecticut TRS-80 User’s Group

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

October 8, 2023 – TRS80-TOOL Updated to v2.5.0

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.

September 10, 2023 – Tandy Assembly is coming up!

Tandy Assembly 2023 will take place September 29 through October 1, 2023 in Springfield, Ohio.

Attendees Can Now Pre-Register!

  • Registration is $10 per attendee for Saturday and Sunday.
  • If you want to attend the Tandy Tech Track on Friday the fee is $30 for all 3 days.
  • Children 12 and under free.
  • All proceeds pay for the costs of running the event.

More information can be found at http://www.tandyassembly.com/.

September 9, 2023 – Color Genie Catalogs and Flyers

Tarkie has scanned some Color Genie Catalogs and Flyers

Title: EG3401 Genie Expansion Box Flyer
Publisher: Lowe Electronics
Year: 19xx
Size: 674,853
Pages: 2
Title: Genie I Product Flyer
Publisher: Lowe Electronics
Year: 19xx
Size: 564,052
Pages: 2
Title: Lowe Electronics Catalog 1982-04-21
Publisher: Lowe Electronics
Year: 1983
Size: 26,797,212
Pages: 30
Title: Lowe Electronics Catalog 1983-03-07
Publisher: Lowe Electronics
Year: 1983
Size: 7,273,140
Pages: 10

September 6, 2023 – CoCo Manuals

Curtis Boyle has scanned some CoCo manuals …

Title: ChessD
Publisher: Software Dynamics
Year: 1984
Size: 7,643,559
Pages: 20
Notes: [Coco]
Title: FHL O-Pak
Publisher: Frank Hogg Laboratory
Year: 1983
Size: 43,694,966
Pages: 55
Notes: [CoCo]
Title: SDOS Supplement
Publisher: Computer Systems Distributors
Year: 1984
Size: 12,836,779
Pages: 26
Notes: [Coco]
Title: Starblazer v1.0
Publisher: Ark Royal Games
Year: 1983
Size: 9,854,483
Pages: 9
Notes: [CoCo]
Title: Word Power v3.2
Publisher: Microcom Software
Year: 1988
Size: 26,939,521
Pages: 44
Notes: [CoCo]