https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:28:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://twiar.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-twiarlogo512px-32x32.jpg https://twiar.net 32 32 https://twiar.net/2025/09/03/via-hackaday-exploring-the-trs-80s-color-basics-random-number-function/ Wed, 03 Sep 2025 08:45:54 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34514 Although these days we get to tap into many sources of entropy to give a...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/07/02/via-hackaday-behind-radioshacks-cheapest-computer/ Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:45:42 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=33429 In the 1980s, there was a truly staggering amount of choice for a consumer looking...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/05/16/via-hackaday-hacky-shack-the-trs-80-model-i-story/ Fri, 16 May 2025 05:45:57 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=31858 The 1970s saw a veritable goldrush to corner the home computer market, with Tandy’s Z80-powered...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/08/28/via-hackaday-happy-birthday-to-dad-retrocomputer-style/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 10:49:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=22773 For those of us who lived through the early 8-bit computing revolution — the tail...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/07/28/via-hackaday-fauxtrs-is-definitely-not-a-trash-80/ Sun, 28 Jul 2024 23:27:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=22189 Among the 8-bit home micro boom from the late 1970s through early 1980s, the introduction...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/03/06/the-radioshack-story-from-boom-to-bust-to-reboot/ https://twiar.net/2024/03/06/the-radioshack-story-from-boom-to-bust-to-reboot/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:19:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20084 From its inception as a humble mail-order business catering to radio aficionados to its zenith...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/03/06/the-radioshack-story-from-boom-to-bust-to-reboot/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2024/01/15/via-hackaday-brand-new-pcb-makes-replica-trs-80-possible/ https://twiar.net/2024/01/15/via-hackaday-brand-new-pcb-makes-replica-trs-80-possible/#comments Mon, 15 Jan 2024 07:50:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=19173 If like us, you missed out on the TRS-80 Model I back when it first...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/01/15/via-hackaday-brand-new-pcb-makes-replica-trs-80-possible/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/03/04/via-hackaday-emulating-all-the-trs-80-software/ Sat, 04 Mar 2023 18:27:35 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=14655 Even if you didn’t own a TRS-80, the widespread footprint of Radio Shack in malls...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/09/28/via-hackaday-trs-80-gains-multiple-monitor-support-and-high-resolution-graphics/ https://twiar.net/2022/09/28/via-hackaday-trs-80-gains-multiple-monitor-support-and-high-resolution-graphics/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2022 17:12:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=12208 To call [Glen Kleinschmidt] a vintage computing enthusiast would be an understatement. Who else would add the ability...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/09/28/via-hackaday-trs-80-gains-multiple-monitor-support-and-high-resolution-graphics/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2022/09/20/via-hackaday-trs-80-model-ii-lives-again/ Wed, 21 Sep 2022 00:37:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=12011 A lot of people had a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I. This was a “home...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/06/17/via-hackaday-trs-80-luggable-gets-fresh-face-new-gear/ Fri, 17 Jun 2022 20:07:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=9439 It’s true that this TRS-80 Model 4P “luggable” was in better shape than many of...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/04/02/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1205/ Sat, 02 Apr 2022 21:01:04 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=8397 Release Date: April 2, 2022 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]>