Category: TRS-80
LWTOOLS is a set of cross-development tools for the Motorola 6809 and Hitachi 6309 microprocessors. It supports assembling to raw binaries, CoCo LOADM binaries, and a proprietary object file format for later linking. It also supports macros and file inclusion among other things. The version 4.14 has been released bringing the following changes, including explanations from the author: The “forwardrefmax”…
Vintage Computer Festival East is starting today, March 31 and goes until April 2nd at InfoAge Science Center in New Jersey. The show is targeted for the whole family (but we know we would enjoy it the most!) with conferences, exhibit, vendor stands and more. In terms of presentations, the show will have Bill Herd talking about Surface Mount Technology,…
Matthew Hamilton has released a brand new TRS-80 Model III Emulator for Windows – Sharp80! It includes: Model III computer running at standard 2.03MHz (can be run faster) Full Z-80 emulation including all undocumented opcodes Emulation of a floppy disk controller supporting 4 virtual floppy drives Support for all major virtual floppy formats (DMK, JV3, JV1) Windowed and fullscreen (Alt-Enter)…
Introduction Back in the 80’s, the Brazilian government restricted the importation of microcomputers to help the local industry to develop. That was a great opportunity for those companies to create clones of the most important computers of the time: Sinclair ZX-81, TRS-80, Apple and later on, IBM PC. One of the biggest microcomputer manufacturers at the time was Prologica Computadores. The…
Z88DK is a C cross compiler package that targets the z80 and consists of a C compiler, an extensive set of assembly language libraries, an assembler / linker, and a tool for generating executables in a number of formats. Development in C, assembly language or a mixture of the two is directly supported. After one year since the last release, it…
Glen Hewlett has made a conversion from the Arcade version of Space Invaders, using Z80 CPU to the TRS-CoCo 6809 and we reported that a few days ago. Now he started a new project trying to port the Arcade version Pac-Man. Again the first runs on Z80, so Glen decided to write a blog about the steps he is following…
After three years of development, with several interruptions and side projects, the game Pop*Star Pilot for the CoCo3 has been released! Developed by Nick Marentes, the game consists of a colourful side-scroller in which the player controls an airplane that flies through different levels whilst popping up balloons. As well as taking care of the balloons, it is important you avoid buildings and keep…
Glen Hewlett has managed to convert Space Invaders from the original Intel 8080 Arcade source code to the Motorola 6809 that runs on the CoCo 3. He starts the article explaining that since he never understood Interrupts back in the 80’s, he decided to try to write something for the CoCo to practice some of the information he learned from John Linville…
CoCo Crew is the podcast about the TRS-80 Color Computer and episode 17 has been released, bringing announcements, news, and technical information about the CoCo. Some of the topics discussed during the podcast: What is the proper etiquette for extending someone else’s project? CoCo Dragon DOS controller compatibility Round Table – Six months until CoCoFEST! Games Corner – Color Max…
Episode 10 of the TRS-80 “Trash Talk” podcast is out. Trash talkers Peter B and Randy talk about VCF Midwest 2016. Pete C interviews programmer Lance Micklus. Also discussed: New kits for the MISE and M3SE Model I Double Density Adapter TRS-Box on the Model II and 16 Link: trs80trashtalk.com Subscribe: iTunes
