20-10-2022, 05:43 PM
Hey Folks,
Got the System 80 set up the other day, and with some help from Terry Stewart's resources, I got video organised and booted it up enough to run the obligatory "Hello World" BASIC programme.
The question I have now is: What next?
Obviously I can download some of the tape images from the Repository and try those out initially, but further down the track, I'd be interested in expanding this machine somewhat.
Cheers, and thanks in advance!
John
Got the System 80 set up the other day, and with some help from Terry Stewart's resources, I got video organised and booted it up enough to run the obligatory "Hello World" BASIC programme.
The question I have now is: What next?
Obviously I can download some of the tape images from the Repository and try those out initially, but further down the track, I'd be interested in expanding this machine somewhat.
- Should I upgrade the RAM internally to 48K? I see many people seem to piggy-back another two chips on top of the initial 16k. I assume you just tie additional address pins to the Z80 Address pins? Is this really the best approach?
- Am I likely to find the S100 bus expander for less than the price of a small family car?
- If not, are there any modern expansions for the expansion bus? (Something that does the 32K and a Disk Controller would be nice)
- What maintenance will the system need? I inspected the caps and they looked fine.
- Is there anything else I should be doing? Anything to improve TRS-80 compatibility, for instance?
Cheers, and thanks in advance!
John
John "CheshireNoir" Parker
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