13 Jan
2005
13 Jan
'05
4:08 a.m.
I'd be interested to hear about your experiences
with
this board. Do you like it?
All I've done is play around a bit. With the column of keys
inoperative I can't do much until I fix it.
Too bad you lost the literature. I'd love to find out more
about it. Was it ever advertised or written about in "80
Micro"?
My original Model I is not working properly at this
time. My friend Tom and I will have to take a look at
it more closely.
It powers up, and will work stand-alone, but when
attached to my E/I or an LNW E/I I have, it does not
see the RAM in the E/I or access the floppies.
I may simply have to resolder the gold plug on the
expansion connector, OR something more insidious is
wrong.
Could the cable have been damaged in storage?
This particular Model I has the Dennis Kitsz
LowerCase
Mod from his book (very similar to the Electric Pencil
Mod), Dennis's High Speed Upgrade (4mhz if I remember
correctly) with a special circuit that slows down the
Mod for Cassette or Disk Access (along with a
Tri-Color LED that goes Red for normal, Green for High
Speed, and Orange for Auto Switch).
We also built in an Audio Amplifier, Composite Video
Out (for an Amber Monitor OR a TV through an RF
Modulator), AND an Alpha Joystick Connector one can
attach ANY Atari-Style Joystick to.
I miss those days...
I find that some of the old games on the TRS-80 are more fun
than games I see on today's consoles and PCs. There was more
emphasis on gameplay back then.
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net