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I talk about fitting hi-res graphics, RS232 and a simple speed up, and a hard drive to the Model 4 Super Micro.

I just saw a great video on YouTube the other day in which a gentleman who goes by the name of Vintage Volts, and shows a method of connecting his Tandy TRS-80 Model 4D to a PC via its RS232 serial port and transfer software downloaded from the Web to use on…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e08bQWkWFI0

More and more people from outside Australia have been finding my little web site here and have been asking me about the possibility of sending my items to them in other countries?  The short answer is YES, anything is possible. The longer answer is that please bear in mind that Australia…

I talk about making 80-track bootable disks for LS-DOS, LDOS, and NEWDOS/80 to boot on the Super Micro, and I also talk about TRS-80 Model I/III/4/4P/4D CRT tubes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_JbYGis0a8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sMXSMSsCZU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYkfu1BymFY

I talk about adding 4 internal disk drives into the super micro, how I restored the Yass Service Station Model I and a solution to the problem of yellowed keys.

Some of you may have noticed I’m on the list of TRS-80 repairers on Ira’s www.trs-80.com web site and I’ve had a good response from people who have sent me their machines.  Of the 3 people who have contacted me and sent 4 systems (as at 11th Feb, 2011) only one…