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