(As if Reality TV is real. 😉 ) Can I EVER be trusted again? So I need to let you in on a little secret. Things really haven’t gone EXACTLY as I’ve said here. Yes, I know, astonishing!! I admit I’m actually not as organized, not as waterfall about doing this as it might come across. I’ve actually had a…
Serial Communication: Raspberry Pi to Lantronix EDS1100
(Did we, did we really?) (Whisper on)it’s been too easy (Whisper off) I’m just as impatient as you are to get this going. I see there is data on the drive, and I want to complete Raspberry Pi & Lantronix EDS1100 and be able to bring this journey to a close. Having it booted and not able to do anything…
Reviving My MEGADISK – A Journey with DG’s EMU
Last stop California, I promise (As much as I love the ocean, I love my Atlantic Ocean spot) Get on with it, won’t you Tuc?! Sorry, no tricking, yes, we have one more diversion until I get back to the actual RACS III system. But it’s for a good reason, I promise. Given the fact there is only one real…
Exploring TRS-80 Virtualization and File Management Tools
Is that Arizona? (Quite a long left turn) I feel like that bunny (No, not Barbie Benton) It was really great to be able to use these images as virtual drives in the Model I, but given I had problems getting the 2nd drive to be physical (I think it was probably a terminating resistor issue, but I contacted Gotek…
Revolutionizing TRS-80: The Gotek Floppy Drive Emulator Journey
Left turn at Albuquerque (That’s whats up doc) Yet another diversion So I apologize dear reader, but after Tandy Assembly I had another diversion. I’d been reading about people having another device besides the FreHD that would allow them to be able to have a disk drive attached to the system. As part of my care package from Ira I…
Vintage Computing: A Weekend Dive into Tandy Assembly 2023
Tandy who, in where? (Assembly, and in Springfield Ohio) A Tandy Assembly gathering you say? Of likeminded people? While I was conversing with Ian Mavric, who as previously mentioned is “dr.ians_junque/TRS-80 Universe” and where I got a box full of goodies from, he mentioned that he was going to be in the US for “Tandy Assembly”. I was previously unaware…
Reviving Vintage Drives: A Journey into TRS-80 Disk Restoration
Back to sureality (That’s a surreal reality if you weren’t sure) We gotta DRIVE this home So the next step is getting the drives online. I was actually very disconcerted when I found the drives in the storage unit. I found 2 disk drives without covers and with power supplies, and 2 drives without any sort of power supply (Or,…
Printing Revival: Restoring the Epson MX-80 for Vintage Computing
And now for something completely different (Well, not COMPLETELY, but close) Gears shift a little I decided to change what I wanted to do next. The next steps were of course to start getting the disk drives online, and then the hard drive, and give you all the secret sauce to get there. Looking at the desk, though, my entire…
Triumphs and Trials: Restoring the TRS-80 Expansion Interface
Things are busting out all over (Time to expand the reach of this machine) Time to Interface for Expansion With the base tested using the universal method for ensuring a properly functioning system – and having it work, its time to focus on the Expansion Interface. I had 3. I was definitely able to rule out the top right one,…
Overcoming Obstacles: Restoring the TRS-80 Model I
Road meet rubber (Time to see the blueberry of my labor) Let’s see how bad this is going to be Now its time to get my main piece going. I’ve got a table, I’ve got video (I think), and a power supply. Just need to clean up, reseat, and check out my main piece running. I put what I had…