Floppy Days Episode 9 - The TRS-80 Model I (Part II)

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.

• Special guest host Earl Evans!!

 

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/

• XTRS - http://www.tim-mann.org/xtrs.html

• SDLTRS - http://sdltrs.sourceforge.net/index.html

 

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