(Or maybe the video below) Geez, I actually remember I’m actually old enough to remember MTV when it came on the air. I specifically sat and watched it. I wanted that excitement and feeling about this post. Too bad the first video wasn’t appropriate. Not because of lyrics, nudity, etc. Because it was called, appropriately, “Video Killed The Radio Star”…
Tag: Model I
Network Connectivity: From Local Lab to Global Reach
(Not going to be published in this article) My address – 192.168.33.247, Apartment 2323 If you’ve been following this closely. And I know not even my mother has been), the whole point of this project was to get this working to be available over the internet. It now works in my lab at telnet://192.168.33.247:2323 , but how to make it…
TRS-80GP Debugger: Debugging Adventures and Triumphs
(I’ll even take 9600 7E1) trs80gp comes to the rescue! So I started to read the RS-232 manual to see whats going on. I started to wonder if at some point during the whole thing the driver maybe was hardcoded to go 300. I didn’t want to believe this, since I did move from 300 to 1200 with the Dataphone…
Troubleshooting TRS-80 Serial Communication Woes
(Open the flood gates) ROGER. BCS ARM switch is on So, this is it. The moment we all (Ok, maybe just me) waited for. I’ve spent nights and weekends working to get to this point. I’ve cleaned, tested, retested, POC’d, and got everything tested by itself. Now, it’s time to see all of them work together. SO – This is…
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…
Triumph and Tribulations: Restoring the TRS-80 Model I Power Supply
Power to the …. Model I (People can get their own power) Model I power supply The next piece to get running would be a TRS-80 Model I Power Supply. Its not really a difficult piece to look at. There are 3 real pieces to it. The 2 prong power plug, the “wall wart” part, and a 5-PIN Din connector.…
Smooth Sailing: Testing the TRS-80 Model I Monitor
SHOW ME THE VIDEO! (All your work is for naught if you can’t see it.) The first thing I decided that to go any farther, I needed to ensure that I’d be able to see the fruits of my labor. I found 2 monitors in storage, but it was very easy to recognize mine. It was in bubble wrap, so…