TRS-80 Model II Lives Again
A lot of people had a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I. This was a “home computer” built into a keyboard that needed an external monitor or TV set. Later, Radio …read more Continue reading TRS-80 Model II Lives Again
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Hackaday Prize 2022: Modern Plug-in Gives TRS-80 its Voice Back
Like artificial intelligence, speech synthesis was one of those applications that promised to revolutionize computing in the 1980s, only to fizzle out after people realized that a robotic voice reading …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: Modern Plug-in Gives TRS-80 its Voice Back
TRS-80 Luggable Gets Fresh Face, New Gear
It’s true that this TRS-80 Model 4P “luggable” was in better shape than many of the vintage machines that pass through the hands of [Drygol], but that doesn’t make the …read more Continue reading TRS-80 Luggable Gets Fresh Face, New Gear
Vintage Computer Festival East Raises the Bar Again
When I arrived at the InfoAge Science and History Museum for this year’s Vintage Computer Festival East, I fully expected it to be a reduced event compared to last year. …read more Continue reading Vintage Computer Festival East Raises the Bar Again
1981 Called, Here’s Your Software
How many of us who have a few decades of adulthood under our belts would like to talk to our 17 year old selves? “Hey kid, it’s all gonna be …read more Continue reading 1981 Called, Here’s Your Software
S3 Ep44: Unreported holes, retro computing, and tech support for malware [Podcast]
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A Computer in Your Pocket, 1980s Style
These days, having a little computer in your pocket is par for the course. But forty years ago, this was a new and high tech idea. [The 8-Bit Guy] has a great video covering the state of the art in …read more
TRS-80 Clone Uses Modern Parts
Before RadioShack decided the best business model for an electronics store was to harass its customers into buying overpriced batteries and cellphones, it was a great one-stop shop for most discrete components, knobs, resistors, radio equipment, and even a popular computer. That computer, the TRS-80, is a popular one in …read more
A Trash-Steam-Machine-80
Sometimes for a retrocomputing enthusiast it can be challenging to see a surviving machine gutted and used for another purpose. But in the case of [Tom Pick]’s Radio Shack TRS-80 based Steam Machine PC we can forgive him, because it began with a very unpromising machine that had most definitely …read more
Designing Custom LCDs To Repair Retrocomputers
China, we’re told, can make anything. If you need some PCBs in a few weeks, there are a few factories in China that will do it. If you need a nuclear reactor, yep, there’s probably a factory in China that’ll do it because nuclear reactors are listed as one of …read more
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