Floppy Days Episode 9 - The TRS-80 Model I (Part II)

Second part on the TRS-80 Model I: Personal memories from Terry Stewart (Tezza). Second part on the history of the machine, beginning with its introduction. Second part of the interview with David and Theresa Welsh of Priming the Pump. News, tech specs, peripherals, software, books, magazines, emulation, Web sites, modern-day upgrades. Special guest host Earl Evans!!   Links mentioned in this episode:   New Acquisitions CFFA3000 CF interface for the Apple II -http://www.dreher.net SIDE 2 CF interface for Atari 8 bits - http://www.lotharek.pl MyIDE II CF interface for Atari 8 bits - http://www.atarimax.com   Vintage Computer Shows World of Commodore - http://www.tpug.ca/category/woc/ Vintage Computer Festival East - http://www.midatlanticretro.org/ Chicago CoCoFest - http://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest/index.shtml Vintage Computer Festival Europa - http://www.vcfe.org/E/ KansasFest - http://www.kansasfest.org/   Other News “Sophistication and Simplicity” Book by Steven Weyhrich on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0986832278/?tag=flodaypod-20 “CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy’s Underdog Computer” Book by Boisy Pitre and Bill Loguidice on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1466592478/?tag=flodaypod-20 “Vintage Volts” Podcast by Jeff Salzman - http://vintagevolts.com   Magazines TRS8BIT - http://trs-80.org.uk/Tandy_Page_2x.html   Books “Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Spark the PC Revolution” by Welsh, Theresa; Welsh, David (2011-02-23).  The Seeker Books - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004P8JNIS/?tag=flodaypod-20   Modern Upgrades SVD, Semi Virtual Diskette - http://www.thesvd.com/SVD/index.php Model I System Expander (MISE) - http://home.comcast.net/~bartlett.p/MISE/ FreHD TRS-80 Hard Drive Emulator  - http://www.vecoven.com/trs80/trs80.html Ian Mavric’s TRS-80 Store http://ianmav.customer.netspace.net.au/trs80/emulator Alan Page Using the Raspberry Pi to emulate the TRS-80 floppy drive - http://virtualfloppy.blogspot.com/   Emulators TRS32 - http://www.trs-80emulators.com/ XTRS - http://www.tim-mann.org/xtrs.html SDLTRS - http://sdltrs.sourceforge.net/index.html   Popular Websites Terry Stewart Model I video on YouTube - http://youtu.be/wgKWV8C3e7M Ira Goldklang's TRS-80 Revived Site - http://www.trs-80.com The Humongous TRS-80 Archive - http://www.classiccmp.org/cpmarchives/trs80.php Newsletter and manual downloads at TRS-80.ORG.UK - http://trs-80.org.uk/Tandy_Page_1x.html TRS-80.ORG - http://trs-80.org PlanetEmu TRS-80 Software Site - http://www.planetemu.net/roms/tandy-radio-shack-trs-80-model-1 MarmotKing TRS-80 Software Site - http://vintage.marmotking.com/trs80_m1/categories.html OLDCOMPUTER.COM - http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Tandy-Radio-Shack/TRS-80-Model-I/Various/   Other Sites Used for Reference TRS-80 Model I on Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Model_I