Sept. 2021 edition of TRS8BIT now available

[Dustym]

Hi everyone
just to let you know the Sept. 2021 edition of TRS8BIT is now available from the downloads page at trs-80.org.uk

In this issue, E.T. Fonehume has a BASIC one-liner to run Kaprekar's Constant. Maurits Van Wijland upgrades a M4 from 16K to 64K in a very detailed article. Lawrence Kesteloot has an upgrade on TRS80-TOOL. 'Noel's Retro Lab' reviews a vintage chip tester in kit form. Ian Mavric sorts out 'contact fatigue' on a M3/4 bus and improves a heavy duty power supply. He also concludes his series of building the 'Super Micro Mk 2'. Pascal Holdry brings us news from France and finds there's a new type of enthusiast. Harold Finch sets us another brain-teaser. Paul T Metcalf shows a M1 using an MDHI monitor. There's also details of running trs80gp on a Raspberry Pi 400 (nothing less than a worlds first), a look at some of the Ebay (UK) bargains from the last 3 months and there's a bargain for someone in the 'For Sale & Wanted' feature. There's the usual feature of 'The Way We Were' and 'Assembler Bytes Back' and to end this veritable ‘feast-of-fun’, the final details of this year's competition. It's a must-read for any Tandy/TRS-80 enthusiast!

I hope you all find something of interest

Take care & stay safe
Dusty

 

[Trash-Eighty]

Thanks Dusty!

 

[Jenz]

There's also details of running trs80gp on a Raspberry Pi 400 (nothing less than a worlds first)

Sorry to say, but SDLTRS runs on the Raspberry Pi since 2016 ...

 

[Dustym]

with models 2, 3, 4, 12, 16, 6000 too? Not forgetting the M1 with the fantastic Aculab Floppy Tape platform!!

 

[Jenz]

Not forgetting the M1 with the fantastic Aculab Floppy Tape platform!!

Where can I find the Aculab-ROM and some tape files to experiment?

 

[gp2000]

Where can I find the Aculab-ROM and some tape files to experiment?

The trs80gp documentation has instructions on how to use the Aculab emulation: http://48k.ca/trs80gp.html#wafer

Just run "trs80gp -m1 -aft". Then look under the Wafer -> Manual... menu for information on how to activate the BASIC command extensions and what they are. You can insert a blank tape image and write new files to it.

That's all there is to it.

 

[Dustym]

There is an operators manual for the Aculab FT and other bits of FT information on the 'downloads' page at www.trs-80.org.uk

 

[Jenz]

The trs80gp documentation has instructions on how to use the Aculab emulation

I mean the ROM file that is already built into the trs80gp binary (like "esfrom.z80" for the Exatron in XTRS/SDLTRS) ...

 

[Jenz]

There is an operators manual for the Aculab FT and other bits of FT information on the 'downloads' page at www.trs-80.org.uk

Already known ... Latest XTRS and SDL(2)TRS emulates the Exatron Stringy Floppy, the Aculab seems to be very similar, so maybe some code can be "reused" ...