TRS-80 Resources

TRS-80 Model 1/3/4

Matthew Reed’s TRS-80.org — My other TRS-80 site, devoted to TRS-80 history and information about games.

Ira Goldklang’s TRS-80 Revived Page — Ira’s pages contain emulators and TRS-80 information galore. He also has a comprehensive TRS-80 news page.

Tim Mann’s TRS-80 Page — XTRS, Tim’s Model 1/3/4 emulator for UNIX/Linux, is available for download from his site, as well as most of the classic MISOSYS and PowerSOFT software and documentation that Roy Soltoff has released for public distribution. Tim also has a complete FAQ and useful technical documentation.

System 80/Video Genie/PMC-80 Microcomputer Archive Site — Terry Stewart created this site dedicated to the System 80, a TRS-80 clone popular in New Zealand and Australia. It features an excellent history of the System 80, as well as manuals, magazines, and books for download. Not only that, but he has now put his entire collection of TRS-80/System 80 software on the site for download!

LNW80 Main Page — An in-depth site describing the TRS-80 clones produced by the LNW Research Corporation.

trs-80.org.uk — This site looks at the TRS-80 from a UK perspective, with several newsletter indexes and a brand-new TRS-80 newsletter.

Big Five Software — “Welcome to the official site of Big Five Software, featuring the history of the company that produced arcade style games for TRS-80 and Atari home computers in the early 1980′s.” Big Five produced classic games like Galaxy Invasion, Super Nova, and Robot Attack.

Magic Chris’ ASYLUM Pages — This site contains a history of the MED Systems adventure games, including Asylum, Asylum 2, Deathmaze, and Labyrinth, as well as walkthroughs and hints.

My Video Genie System — Knut Roll-Lund’s page about his heavily expanded Video Genie computer (be sure to check out the photographs).

Radio Shack TRS-80 Microcomputer (25th Anniversary) — An account of the TRS-80 public debut, written by Richard Miller of Miller Microcomputer Services (they sold MMSForth).

Nickolas Marentes’ Project Archive — Nickolas Marentes wrote a number of games for the TRS-80 Model 1 and the Color Computer. On this site he describes the history of the games in detail.

Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Spark the PC Revolution — David and Theresa Welsh wrote this excellent book about the creation and early history of the TRS-80.

David Smith’s Volcano Hunter Page — Including history, screen shots, and a download of Volcano Hunter itself.

He Changed Our World — A tribute to the legendary TRS-80 Level 1 manual by David Lien.

Creative Computing Magazine Archive — You can read articles from old issues of David Ahl’s Creative Computing magazine here.

Nemesis NJYAWS (Not Just Yet Another Web Site) — Frank Durda’s web site includes the LS-DOS 6.3.1 Restoration Project and a lot of fascinating “inside information” from the early days of the TRS-80. Frank also runs M.A.D. Software, where you can still purchase replacement TRSDOS 1.3 and LS-DOS 6.3.1 diskettes (among other things).

TRS-80 Emulator for Mac OS — Yves Lempereur, the author of many fine TRS-80 games, such as Apple Panic and Time Runner, wrote this Model 1 emulator for the Macintosh.

The TRS-80 Model II — A nicely constructed page by Kees Stravers about the the Model 1′s less famous “big brother”.

The comp.sys.tandy Newsgroup — If you can read Usenet news, you will find discussions of all kinds of Tandy computers, emulators, software, and more on this newsgroup.

TRS-80 Model 100/102/200

Club 100: A Model 100 User Group — This is the site of Richard Hanson’s Club 100, with news, information, and a wide range of Model 100/102/200 products for sale.

Tri-Mike Network East — Mike Nugent sells Tandy Model 100/102/200 notebook computers in quantity.