Floppy Days 80 - Tandy Pocket Computers, Part 2 with Ian Mavric

Tandy Pocket Computers, Part 2 Welcome to episode 80 of the Floppy Days Podcast, for December, 2017! This episode is part 2 of the coverage of the TRS-80 pocket computer line.  In the timeline we’re still in the year 1980, with the first of the pocket computer line, the PC-1, having been released in that year.  Again, the TRS-80 icon known as Ian Mavric will be walking through various aspects of that computer line with me.  We will be covering newsletters, magazines, emulation, Web sites, modern upgrades and much more. Web site: http://floppydays.com email: [email protected] Twitter: @floppydays Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/floppydays on iTunes and Stitcher (www.stitcher.com) part of the Throwback Network (www.throwbacknetwork.net ) Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I5bhao6ixoxkzq52qlku5mfb43q?t=FloppyDays_Vintage_Computing_Podcast Links Mentioned in the Show: New Acquisitions CoCoSDC - http://cocosdc.blogspot.com/ REX - http://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.php?title=REX NADSBox - http://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.php?title=NADSBox Model 100 Disk/Video Interface - https://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v10n12/89_Tandy_DiskVideo_Interfac.php Paleotronic Retro-Technology Magazine Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paleotronic/paleotronic-retro-technology-magazine-microm8-3d-e/description News Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Spark the PC Revolution by David and Theresa Welsh - http://www.microcomputerpioneers.com/prime/order.html Upcoming Shows Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-pacific-northwest/ When: Saturday February 10th and Sunday February 11th, 2018 Where: Living Computers: Museum+Labs, 2245 First Avenue South, Seattle, WA CoCoFest - http://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest/ , April 21 & 22, 2018, Heron Point Convention Center, 645 West North Avenue, Lombard, IL Vintage Computer Festival East - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/ When: May 18-20, 2018 Where: InfoAge Science Center, 2201 Marconi Rd., Wall, NJ KansasFest - https://www.kansasfest.org/ , July 17-22, 2018, Kansas City, Missouri other shows that will definitely occur but not yet announced: VCF Southeast - Roswell, GA - April VCF Midwest - Elk Grove Village, IL - September Tandy Assembly - OH - October TI International World’s Faire - Chicago - Oct/Nov World of Commodore - Toronto - Dec Atari Party - keep eye open Magazines/Newsletters Pocket Computer Newsletter - http://www.pc-1500.info/ Status1500 - http://www.pc-1500.info/ TRS-80 Microcomputer News - http://www.os9projects.com/MAGAZINES/MicroNews/MicroNews.html Compunotes - ads in Interface Age Magazine (could not find any links to these) Books 62-2086 TRS-80 Pocket Computer Programs, by Jim Cole ($1.95), published by Radio Shack - https://archive.org/details/119practicalprog00john 62-2312 Problem Solving on the TRS-80 Pocket Computer, by Don Inman and Jim Conlan, published by Radio Shack ($9.95) - https://www.amazon.com/Problem-solving-TRS-80-Pocket-Computer-Self-teaching/dp/0471092703 119 Practical Programs for the TRS-80 Pocket Computer, TAB Books, by John Clark Craig - https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Programmes-TRS-80-Pocket-Computer/dp/0830613501 26-3620 Getting Started on the PC-2, by HC Pennington, Gary Camp, Ralph Burris, published by Radio Shack ($12.95) - https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Started-Sharp-Radio-Shack/dp/0936200111 Ads Isaac Asimov ad for PC-1 - http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/t80ppc/ad82a.jpg PC-2 ad - http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/t80ppc/h/pc2cat83.jpg PC-2/PC-3/PC-4 combined ad - https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2178/2468545035_68bb455023_b.jpg Emulation Pock'Emul Multi pocket computers emulator Forever1500 Sharp pockets emulator project in HTML5/JavaScript PC-1500A emulator MESS - http://www.mess.org/ Modern Upgrades http://www.tramsoft.ch/sharp_erweiterungen/index_en.html Toolkit: Four program-packages to extend the operating system DISCONTINUED E-Box: Allows to connect up to four devices to a PC-1500/A or CE-150 Parallel/Floppy-Interface: Allows to connect a printer and a floppy drive DISCONTINUED A/D Converter Standard Version: Eight channel 12-bit analog to digital converter for mobile data acquisition Memory module: Increase the memory (RAM) to 32K Community Community Mailing Lists [email protected] Forums AtariAge - http://atariage.com/forums/forum/174-tandy-computers/ Web Sites http://www.pc1500.com/ Tandy! Pocket! Mania! @ Floodgap Retrobits - http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/tpm/ - Cameron Kaiser Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_Pocket_Computer All and more about the Sharp PC-1500 and PC-1600 - http://www.pc-1500.info/ http://www.trs-80.com/trs80-models-pocket.htm http://pocket.free.fr/html/tandy/tandy_e.html http://radioshackcatalogs.com