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
