13 Jan
2005
13 Jan
'05
3:07 a.m.
All this talk of TRS-80's on the list (Those two
S-100
Systems sound COOL!!!), prompts me to ask if anyone
remembers a garage project called "The Trash
Compactor".
Basically, some guy (a REALLY SMART guy!)
reimplemented the entire Model III logic Board on a
board that would fit inside a Model I case.
It also incorporated the E/I and the RS-232 port, and
did some other cool things.
I lost the literature I used to have on this board.
Anyone remember it?
I have a board that sounds like what you described. The company
silkscreened on the board is "Norcom".
The Model I case has part of the back plastic hacked out for the
additional connectors. The keyboard is one of the later-model
Model I keyboards with keypad.
It works with the exception of one column of keys, which should be
easy to fix when I get a chance.
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net