Floppy Days Episode 28 - TRS-80 Model II

Main Topic: The TRS-80 Model II   At this point in the podcast run, we are still in the late 1970’s time frame, and the TRS-80 Model II falls into that time frame for its release.  As usual, we’ll cover the history, technical specs, peripherals, Web sites, books, emulation and much, much more.  I am joined by special guest host Myles Wakeham who will help me cover this machine.  But first, I’ll cover new acquisitions, news, feedback, and an interview with Myles before diving into the TRS-80 Model II. Links Mentioned in the Show: New Acquisitions Holmes Engineering IM-2 TRS-80 Model I Memory Upgrade - http://www.trs-80.org/holmes-internal-memory/ News CoCo Coding Contest - http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/CoCoCoding_1980_Contest The MISE Project - http://home.comcast.net/~bartlett.p/MISE/ DynoSprite - https://www.github.com/richard42/dynosprite RetroChallenge - http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/retrochallenge-2012sc/ VCF East X - http://www.vintage.org/2015/east/exhibit.php Feedback OSI Challenger advertisement on the back cover of the Dec 1980 Byte magazine - https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1980-12/1980_12_BYTE_05-12_Adventure#page/n403/mode/2up Magazines/Newsletters/Books/Manuals manual for the TRS 80 Model II in PDF - http://electrickery.xs4all.nl/comp/trs80m2/doc/Model_2_Operation_Manual_(19xx)(Tandy).pdf Trs-80 Means Business: Trs-80 Model II, With 64K (Diskette and Book) Hardcover – July, 1982 by Ted G. Lewis - http://www.amazon.com/Trs-80-Means-Business-Model-Diskette/dp/0471875651 User's Handbook to the Trs-80 Model II Computer Paperback – June, 1983 by Jeffrey R. Weber - http://www.amazon.com/Users-Handbook-Trs-80-Model-Computer/dp/0938862014/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418176303&sr=1-5&keywords=trs-80+model+II VisiCalc for the TRS-80 model II and model 16 computers (Microcomputer power series) 1982 by Edouard J Desautels - http://www.amazon.com/VisiCalc-TRS-80-model-computers-Microcomputer/dp/0697099555/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418176303&sr=1-7&keywords=trs-80+model+II Ads Marketing brochure for the Model II - http://www.trailingedge.com/trs80/TRS80Mod2.pdf Modern Upgrades FreHD hard drive emulator - http://ianmav.customer.netspace.net.au/trs80/emulator Emulation MESS - http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=trs80m2 Videos Model II  Ramblings - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG0ABstKl4Q Unboxing a TRS-80 Model II by Devin2277 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTc7ceIwREA Reassembling the TRS-80 Model II (4 parts) by Devin2277 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKtbOwDVed0 Current Web Sites oldcomputers.net - http://oldcomputers.net/trs80ii.html home page of Kees Stravers - http://home.iae.nl/users/pb0aia/cm/modelii.html Ira Goldklang’s TRS-80 Revived Site @ trs-80.com - http://www.trs-80.com/wordpress/trs-80-computer-line/model-ii/ VanNatta Computer History - http://www.vannattabros.com/history2.html old-computers.com - http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=243 Dave’s Old Computers - http://classiccmp.org/dunfield/trs80/index.htm Digibarn Computer Museum - http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/trs80-model2/ PDF documentation for the Tandy TRS-80 model II - http://electrickery.xs4all.nl/comp/trs80m2/doc/index.html Bill Degnan’s Model II Restoration Project - http://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=184 Computer Museum of FJKraan (Yet Another Computer Museum) - http://fjkraan.home.xs4all.nl/comp/trs80m2/ References Wikipedia - http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80#Model_II_and_12