On Sat, Nov 12, 2022 at 12:27 AM B 9 <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 4:28 PM John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 4:00 PM B 9 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I wonder when the last book for Model T tinkerers was published? So much >>> new knowledge has been found since then. >>> The best books I've seen are >>> >> >> Inside The Model 100 (Oppedahl) >> Hidden Powers of the TRS-80 Model 100 (Morgan) >> > > Oppedahl's "Inside the M100" > <https://archive.org/details/InsideTheTrs80Model100> (1985) definitely > looks like a good book to read. I got a glimpse of it recently when I was > searching for a better description of the attribute flag in the RAM > Directory. (Side note: I notice that Carl Oppedahl now apparently runs a > patent/trademark/copyright law firm that still sells his book > <https://shop.oppedahl.com/?product=inside-the-model-100>, first > published in 1985! >
That is awesome. I have two printed copies. Maybe he sent them to me? I share orphan works... I'd rather they not be orphaned and buy them. > Unfortunately, they don't ship to my location.) > > Bummer... guess you'll have to live with samizdat > I haven't read Morgan's "Hidden Powers > <https://archive.org/details/HiddenPowersOfTheTrs80Model100>" (1984), > yet, but I recognize that cover. And I remember now trying to read it. I > think I got bogged down at the very start where he says, “First, type in > these five pages of code so we'll have a disassembler”. I wandered off to > look for a disassembler for my Tandy 200 and never came back. > > > While Tips, Peeks, and Pokes >>> <https://archive.org/details/ProgrammingTipsPeeksAndPokesForTheTandyPortableComputers/> >>> (Anderson, 1985) can't be said to be coherent, it is a carefully curated >>> collection of short, non-obvious tips, expressed succinctly. >>> >>> I've never read it, I will have to check it out. >> > > I found it useful, but I'm starting from a very different place than you. > Also, I should warn you, it's not very pretty to look at. I don't know how > you feel about line printer text, but it appears Anderson may have actually > written, formatted, and printed his book on a Model 100. You can read it > here: > > > https://archive.org/details/ProgrammingTipsPeeksAndPokesForTheTandyPortableComputers/ > > Thanks > > >> Yeah I've been thinking about writing something. It would mostly be a >> research project. And there's a lot I don't know, and a lot that only a few >> ever knew. >> >> How about >> >> "TRS-80 Model 100 Pet Tricks: Rediscovering The Lost Dark Art of >> Performant BASIC and ML Programming" >> > > Sign me up for the pre-order. I'd read anything titled that! > (Although, I admit I had a brief moment of cognitive dissonance trying to > figure out what the Commodore PET computer had to do with the Model T.) > > Hmm yeah. Meant "Stupid Pet Tricks" Cover will be a picture of me with lockdown beard and a Model 100 strapped on the back of my 286cc motorcycle. Where is he going? Nowhere exceedingly fast, but he's wringing it out for everything it's worth! -- John. >
