Dec 27, 2013
Second part on the TRS-80 Model I:
Personal memories from Terry Stewart (Tezza).
Second part on the history of the machine, beginning with its introduction.
Second part of the interview with David and Theresa Welsh of Priming the Pump.
News, tech specs, peripherals, software, books, magazines, emulation, Web sites, modern-day upgrades.
Links mentioned in this episode:
New Acquisitions
CFFA3000 CF interface for the Apple II -http://www.dreher.net
SIDE 2 CF interface for Atari 8 bits - http://www.lotharek.pl
MyIDE II CF interface for Atari 8 bits - http://www.atarimax.com
Vintage Computer Shows
World of Commodore - http://www.tpug.ca/category/woc/
Vintage Computer Festival East - http://www.midatlanticretro.org/
Chicago CoCoFest - http://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest/index.shtml
Vintage Computer Festival Europa - http://www.vcfe.org/E/
KansasFest - http://www.kansasfest.org/
Other News
“Sophistication and Simplicity” Book by Steven Weyhrich on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0986832278/?tag=flodaypod-20
“CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy’s Underdog Computer” Book by Boisy Pitre and Bill Loguidice on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1466592478/?tag=flodaypod-20
“Vintage Volts” Podcast by Jeff Salzman - http://vintagevolts.com
Magazines
TRS8BIT - http://trs-80.org.uk/Tandy_Page_2x.html
Books
“Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Spark the PC Revolution” by Welsh, Theresa; Welsh, David (2011-02-23). The Seeker Books - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004P8JNIS/?tag=flodaypod-20
Modern Upgrades
SVD, Semi Virtual Diskette - http://www.thesvd.com/SVD/index.php
Model I System Expander (MISE) - http://home.comcast.net/~bartlett.p/MISE/
FreHD TRS-80 Hard Drive Emulator - http://www.vecoven.com/trs80/trs80.html
Ian Mavric’s TRS-80 Store http://ianmav.customer.netspace.net.au/trs80/emulator
Alan Page Using the Raspberry Pi to emulate the TRS-80 floppy drive - http://virtualfloppy.blogspot.com/
Emulators
TRS32 - http://www.trs-80emulators.com/
Popular Websites
Terry Stewart Model I video on YouTube - http://youtu.be/wgKWV8C3e7M
Ira Goldklang's TRS-80 Revived Site - http://www.trs-80.com
The Humongous TRS-80 Archive - http://www.classiccmp.org/cpmarchives/trs80.php
Newsletter and manual downloads at TRS-80.ORG.UK - http://trs-80.org.uk/Tandy_Page_1x.html
TRS-80.ORG - http://trs-80.org
PlanetEmu TRS-80 Software Site - http://www.planetemu.net/roms/tandy-radio-shack-trs-80-model-1
MarmotKing TRS-80 Software Site - http://vintage.marmotking.com/trs80_m1/categories.html
OLDCOMPUTER.COM - http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Tandy-Radio-Shack/TRS-80-Model-I/Various/
Other Sites Used for Reference
TRS-80 Model I on Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Model_I
It was great hearing the interview with David and Theresa Welsh on the TRS-80 book "Priming the Pump". I never had a TRS-80, and had only minimal contact with them back in the day. We got them in the computer lab at High School my last year but I got a Commodore 64 and back in the day you really only had contact with people generally who had the same computer you had. Mostly because everyone you knew generally wanted to get the same computer.
I ran into them at the VCFE where they were selling the book and picked it up being interested in computer history in general. Even not ever having much contact with TRS-80 nor owning one, I could not put this book down. It was a great history of both the computer, and a personal history of the times and running a small software business back in the day.
Glad to hear it is available now in digital form and i intend to get that as well. Since thepictures are in color it would be nice to see them