Category: TRS-80
Retrocomputaria blog brought to my attention this incredible complete site about CP/M software, Humongous CP/M Software Archives. With this name, you can guess they carry a large collection of software for the CP/M operating system, once dominant OS before the MS-DOS era. They also have software for the TRS-80, CP/M or not. The site is not really new, but since it…
TRS-80 is one of the most iconic retro-computers you can think of. The model I or III don’t have high-resolution of fancy sound chips. It doesn’t have even colors! With all these limitations, the TRS-80 computers are still a nice machine capable of many things that you can probably not even dreamed. To me, the TRS-80 Model I is by…
Hosted by the Glenside Color Computer Club, CoCoFEST! is an annual festival centered around the Radio Shack Color Computer and other 6809-based hardware and operating systems, bringing together retro computing enthusiasts from around the globe. The organizers want to make clear that other 8-bit computers and operating systems are also welcome! The event will happen on April 23 and 24,…
(This article is written by Jim Gerrie on his blog entitled “January 2016 Retrochallenge 8: New 10-Liner Puzzle Game ‘Dash’” and reproduced here with permission) Dave Maunder (Bushy555), a member of the Yahoo MC-10 group and an avid user of the VZ200/300 posted that there is an up-coming 10-Liner Basic game programming contest being hosted by the Retrocomputing site Homputerium and posted…
Just go the Kickstarter backer’s update email from 8bitkick saying that the cards are already in production. The estimated delivery has been updated to February. This is later than estimated at the beginning of the Kickstarter. Don explains that the project was bigger than what he first estimated, but now everything is on target to start the delivery in February….
Usually retro computer enthusiasts have a “thing” for pixelated graphics. This is so true that you can see the myriad of modern games mimicking 8 or 16 bits graphics being released all the time. I have to confess that I am one of those, but I sometimes go further and graphics like the TRS-80 and ZX81 just makes me happy….
A new version of the Z88dk development environment for Z80 based computer like the Amstrad CPC, Cambridge Z88, MSX, Sinclair ZX 81, Sinclair ZX Spectrum was just released. The release is a transition release on the way to v2.0 which aims on using the SDCC compiler instead of the Small-C compiler, which was used before. This leads to much faster…
PC Magazine likes its slide shows, and sometimes they are really interesting. This one goes through the golden age of TRS-80. It shows only the main computers Tandy-Radio Shack had released since 1977 with the TRS-80 Model I. If you don’t know much about the TRS line, take a ride down the memory lane, following the link below. Link: PCMag
Imagine Google Streets inside a museum. This is exactly what this virtual tour is at the Living Computer Museum in Seattle, WA. Made by Tosolini Productions, the virtual tour really takes you to any place inside the museum. You can walk, look around, check the computers, etc. The only thing better than this would be to visit the museum in…
We have been hosting a forum for many years, but with so many good forums around the internet, we assume we never were able to gain regular members, helping to increase the interest. For many months, we’ve been using the Facebook groups more actively, and the results are really amazing, with interesting discussions, news, photos and whatever comes to your…
