Ira Goldklang's TRS-80 Revived Site

September 12, 2011 – eBay Auctions to Support the Site

Ira — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:01:19 +0000

September 12, 2011 – eBay Auctions to Support the Site
Since the site needs support, I have listed another 2 TRS-80 items on eBay with more to come over the weekend. All auctions end on Sep 19, 2011 at approximately 08:11AM PDT Your bids are appreciated!

TRS-80 – NewScript by Prosoft – Original Manual/Ref Card	TRS-80 – Micro-Computer Technical Reference Handbook 1st Ed.	TRS-80 – Mister Ed Pro-Wam Editor by Misosys – Original Manual

TRS-80 – The Toolbox by Breeze/QSD – Original Manual/Disk	TRS-80 – Haunted House Adventure – Original Manual/Cassette	TRS-80 – Level I Games Pack – Binder/Manual/Tapes

TRS-80 – Mostly BASIC Applications for your TRS-80, 1st Ed. – Book	TRS-80 – BASIC Computer Games by Dave Ahl, 1st Printing – Book	TRS-80 – Mark * Collection by Misosys – Original Manual

TRS-80 – 3 Student Manual Workbooks	TRS-80 – HartForth by Molimerx – TWO Original Manuals	TRS-80 – Terminal Emulation System – Original Manual

TRS-80 Level II Course Parts I and II – Orig Binder/Tapes/Manuals	TRS-80 – Pyramid 2000 Adventure – Original Manual/Cassette	TRS-80 – MicroChess v1.5 – Original Manual/Cassette

TRS-80 – Budget Management by Radio Shack – Original Manual	TRS-80 – PowerDraw v1.3 by PowerSoft – Original Manual	TRS-80 – TRS-80 Pocket Handbook, 1st Edition – Book

TRS-80 – Lair of the Dragon MegAdventure by Misosys – Original Manual	TRS-80 – Programming Techniques for Level II BASIC – Book	TRS-80 – BASIC Computer Language: Easier Than You Think – Book

TRS-80 – Getting Started with TRS-80 BASIC – Book	TRS-80 – DSM4 by Logical Systems – Original Manual/Disk	TRS-80 – Alien Defense by SSM – Original Manual

TRS-80 – RPM by Prosoft – Original Manual

September 8, 2011 – eBay Auctions to Support the Site

Ira — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:58:16 +0000

September 8, 2011 – eBay Auctions to Support the Site
Since the site needs support, I have listed another 2 TRS-80 items on eBay with more to come over the weekend. All auctions end on Sep 13, 2011 at approximately 09:07AM PDT Your bids are appreciated!

TRS-80 – Dnieper River Line Game (Avalon Hill)

TRS-80 – Guns of Fort Defiance Game (Avalon Hill)

August 24, 2011 – Roy T. Beck

Ira — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:18:28 +0000

August 24, 2011 – Roy T. Beck
Lance Wolstrup, editor in chief of TRSTIMES, has advised that Roy T. Beck passed away in March of 2011. Roy was a member of all the Greater Los Angeles TRS-80 user groups, and a regular contributor to TRSTimes, where he wrote about hardware, primarily Hard Drives. He was 80 years old and is survived by his wife, Barbara.

August 16, 2011 – Non-working Network 2 Switchbox

Ira — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:02:58 +0000

August 16, 2011 – Non-working Network 2 Switchbox

A site visitor is offering a non-working Radio Shack TRS-80 Network 2 switchbox (e.g., for parts or for tinkerers) for free for local pickup or the cost of shipping from Baltimore, Maryland

– model no. 26-1211, serial # 003505
– 16 channel mux, using rotary dial, leds indicating selection
– undamaged, dirty but it looks like it’ll work
– no power supply or cables
– no disks or manuals

Owner originally bought it, but didn’t really use it. Recently found cleaning out some old stuff.

~~As always, first come first served. If you want it, please Contact Me. The posting will be taken down once I pass on the first offer.~~

July 29, 2011 – Extracting Files from CP/M Images

Ira — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:41:05 +0000

July 29, 2011 – Extracting Files from CP/M Images
Larry Kraemer has provided the disk definitions needed to use the 1994 program 22DISK to extract Montezuma Micro CP/M files to the PC. The definitions are found on the CP/M Conversion Utilities Page.

July 23, 2011 – Guide to creating DSK and DMK images

Ira — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 01:12:52 +0000

July 23, 2011 – Guide to creating DSK and DMK images
For those of you new to emulation, Larry Kraemer has created a PDF guide on creating DMK and DSK images. It can be downloaded here.

July 13, 2011 – Emulator Updates

Ira — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:52:19 +0000

July 13, 2011 – Emulator Updates

George Phillips has updated his GP2000 TRS-80 Model I/III/4 Emulator to v1.8. That emulator can be downloaded here or from George’s Web Site. Changes include

		Works on displays whos width is not a multiple of 4.
		Recording in Flash video format (.flv).
		Supports Model 4 with hi-res graphics adapter.
		Debugger improved.
		Z-80 profiling has legend and branch taken percentages.
		HALT instruction now emulated properly.
		Model I double-wide video.
		Added “-time emulation” option to show CPU emulation time

Stephen James Hurd and Ken Pettit have updated their Model 100 emulator, Virtual T, to v1.5. The update can be downloaded either from their sourceforge page or via direct links on the emulator page.

David Keil’s site appears to have gone down. Since that site was the only source of David’s emulators (and also because David’s emulators were entirely incompatible with Windows XP or LCD monitors since Dave chose to use direct hardware writes for screen updates) references to David’s emulators on the emulator page have been removed.

July 10, 2011 – Installing a 3.5″ Drive

Ira — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:30:44 +0000

July 10, 2011 – Installing a 3.5″ Drive
Larry Kraemer has provided instructions on how to install a 3.5″ standard ibm floppy drives in a TRS-80 Model III or 4. The file is on the Hardware Modifications page.

July 10, 2011 – Tutorials for Linux

Ira — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:12:02 +0000

July 10, 2011 – Tutorials for Linux
Larry Kraemer has developed some step-by-step tutorials on how to run David Keil’s DOS Emulators and Tim Mann’s XTRS Emulator under Debian and Ubuntu. Check out the link page here.

June 30, 2011 – Update to TRS-80 in Java

Ira — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:59:41 +0000

June 30, 2011 – Update to TRS-80 in Java
Peter and George Phillips’ TRS-80 Emulator in Java has been updated to v1.3. To use the emulator, click Here.