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Tandy Color Computer 3 128K $300

VCFed about 5 months ago

I have a pretty much NIB Tandy Color Computer 3 128K verision. Picked it up years ago from a guy down the street who used to manage a Radio Shack. Pretty sure it had never been out of the box till I took it out to test it several years ago. Had to deoxi …

EdTech, Inc ROMs for TRS-80 PC-2 / Sharp PC-1500 - educational financial calculator - Carleton Memory Expander

VCFed about 5 months ago

Little oddity snuck into my recent collection of Pocket Computer goods. Two expansion cards - one lodged in the bottom of a non-functional Sharp PC-1500, and one odd box calling itself a "Carleton Memory Expander". For what it's worth, I'll also …
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The PC-88 Classic Silpheed Blasts Its Way Onto The Switch eShop on December 21st

Time Extension about 5 months ago

Christmas comes early!The classic shoot 'em-up Silpheed has been announced as the next title coming to the Nintendo Switch as part of D4 Enterprise's Egg Console series of rereleases. It will arrive on the Nintendo Switch eShop on December 21st (as spotted …

December edition of TRS8BIT newsletter.

VCFed about 5 months ago

The December 2023 edition of TRS8BIT is now available from the Downloads page at www.trs-80.org.uk Thanks to everyone who has sent in such a super collection of articles for this edition. In this issue, the competition winner, Matt Boytim, explains, in d …

TRS-80 Pocket Computer (PC-1) software tapes from Tandy: degraded leader adhesive, break-away

VCFed about 5 months ago

I recently acquired an entire mountain of Pocket Computer goods... a big chunk of it was about 30 boxed copies of PC-1 and PC-2 software on cassette. Going through them, the first one I wanted to review and sell was the Business Statistics software. (yuck …

For Trade of for sale TRS 80 Model 4D

VCFed about 5 months ago

I have a fully functional TRS 80 Model 4D (well it turns on and boots in dos but the top floppy drive won’t close. I don’t know why maybe it’s simple I’ve never opened it up) I don’t have enough room for it so if your near the Central Florida are …

TRS-80 PC-2 (Sharp PC-1500) regulator teardown

VCFed about 5 months ago

Got a PC2 for parts to fix another unit's trashed buttons and took the opportunity to tear down the potted regulator module so I could replicate it should I ever kill one, or get a PC2 with a dead regulator. Good news is that the Iq is pretty high so that …

Modern update of the CE-158 for the TRS-80 PC-2

VCFed about 5 months ago

I Found what I hope is a source for a CE-158 serial interface so that I can get one to wring out the operational details in person. Been looking for one on Ebay etc but they are very rare, however a company in Germany has new ones available; at least it a …
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Radio Shack TRS-80 Modem II (26-1173)

VCFed about 6 months ago

I have a Radio Shack TRS-80 Modem II (26-1173) up for offers. …

Help using FluxEngine to read 5.25" created with trs80-III circa 1983.

VCFed about 6 months ago

I have an original 1983 Radio Shack trs-80 single sided 5.25" floppy with some old basic progams on it. I have a greaseweazle that's able to read via a 5.25 drive and I have softare called "FluxEngine" installed which was recommended by gr …

Sharp PC-1211 tape loading problems (TRS-80 PC-1)

VCFed about 6 months ago

Hi, I just finished refurbishing a Printer/Cassette interface CE-122 for the Sharp PC-1211. I am still waiting for my replacement LCD to arrive for the computer itself, but the old LCD is still partly usable. The PCB of the CE-122 interface had some corr …
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The Source Code For Infocom's Amazing Code-Porting Tools Has Now Been Preserved

Time Extension about 6 months ago

Thanks to the interactive fiction designer Andrew Plotkin.Earlier this month, a bunch of source code for Infocom's code-porting tools was finally preserved online, thanks to the efforts of influential interactive fiction designer and industry figure Andrew …

TRS-80 Model 1 won't boot from disk

VCFed about 6 months ago

I have a Japanese TRS-80 model 1 that I can't seem to boot from a floppy disk. I'm creating the floppy disks using a cassette input and Büssert's Bootstrap program. The creation of the disks seems to go through without errors. I've tried to write three …

WTB TRS-80 Model 12 or Tandy 2000 keyboard

VCFed about 6 months ago

I have a Model 12 that’s coming to me without a keyboard, and that won’t do. Doesn’t need to be collector condition or even fully functional, just physically complete. …

Building a Clone MITS 8800

VCFed about 6 months ago

I'm starting to think about diving down the rabbit hole of building an 8800 clone. It goes back to the first computer I was exposed to back in the 70s, which I'm fairly sure was an 8800. I learned to program in 1979 on the TRS-80 Model 1, and I have severa …

Display/CRT on TRS-80 Model 3 - too bright

VCFed about 6 months ago

Per my original post on 9/29/2023, I purchased a TRS-80 Model 3 that had a lot of mouse damage. I've fixed the visible issues on the video board (disconnected wire, chewed insulation). Now the issue is, the display is too bright. I see there was a simil …
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New Releases • Free Release - Tristam Island by Hugo Labrannded just Updated Minimum Price to $0.00

Lemon64 about 6 months ago

https://hlabrande.itch.io/... Author:After crashing your plane at sea, you end up drifting to a small island, with not much to survive. You explore, and find out the island was inhabited, years ago. But why did the people leave? And why is th …
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Found a Coco3 at Goodwill. Need help with diagnoses of problem.

VCFed about 6 months ago

Found a Tandy Color Computer 3 at goodwill for 3USD. Quite a find. It seems to power on but wont show me a boot screen. Just a blank screen. (pictured below) …
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TRS80-4P memory problem

VCFed about 6 months ago

Hi all, first post Been a lurker for a while. I have my family TRS-80 Model 4P, which until recently, has been working pretty well. Upgraded the PSU with Jay Newirth's awesome replacement PSU, added a hi-res card from Ian Mavric (along with a FreHD), an …
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Video via EasyCAP to USB

VCFed about 6 months ago

I recently purchased an EasyCAP to use my TRS-80 Model 1 on a notebook or tablet. Unfortunately without success so far. Has anyone gotten this to work? …

A few items for sale

VCFed about 6 months ago

$90. Apple Macintosh SE $200 IBM PC 5150 rev A $200 IBM PC 5155 Portable 640 KB, Two 5.25 drives, XT-IDE, Denim carrying bag $200 IBM PC 5155 Portable . Original box, 640 KB, Two 5.25 full-height drives $150 Commodore 64 $150 with EasyFlash and Disk Drive …

How to get video out of a TRS-80 2000 PC

VCFed about 6 months ago

Hello all! The Wisconsin Computer Club and I are hosting a "Tandy" themed event on November 25th, and I've finally pulled the TRS-80 2000 out of deep storage for the lineup. Unfortunately, I do not have a monitor for it, which rather dampens any …

Help: CM-1 Monitor for TRS-80 Model 1 no longer displaying Model 1 Output Correctly!

VCFed about 6 months ago

Important troubleshooting Information: 1) It is not smoking or popping the fuse, 2) Upon turning off, a very bright small dot appears in the center of the screen for 1 second. And most important for why I believe it is an issue with the monitor: 3) If I tu …

TRS-80 model 2

VCFed about 6 months ago

Picked up a TRS-80 II system with eight-inch drive, printer and lots of documentation and software. Going to assume that this was a larger version of the TRS-80 system that was maybe intended for business? Or something back in the days before DOS ruled the …

Radio Shack TRS-80 II System, printer and software

VCFed about 6 months ago

Ok, this is a weird one but just picked up a bunch of Radio Shack TRS-80 model two stuff, it’s the computer with the eight-inch floppy drive, keyboard, dot matrix printer, dust covers and two big boxes of manuals and program binders. No idea of working c …