I've never seen a TRS-80 in the wild, and have only recently began to tinker with them via emulation. One of my colleagues here was a TRS-80 nut back in the day, and he's always reminiscing about some kind of dinosaur game he loved.
It would have been so cool if our schools had more systems for us to play on. I fought (and lost) even here at SCSU to get us a lab with all three major platforms. My vision was to have Windows, Macs, and Linux machines in the same lab--so that people could come in and try them out. That got dashed instantly because the techs felt it would be a nightmare for them to maintain those incompatible systems. But I still think it would be a neat idea. Maybe one day I'll build a history lab where you can come in and play on not just those but also old systems like the TRS-80 and TI-99 4/A. Wouldn't that be a blast!
I've never seen a TRS-80 in the wild, and have only recently began to tinker with them via emulation. One of my colleagues here was a TRS-80 nut back in the day, and he's always reminiscing about some kind of dinosaur game he loved.
It would have been so cool if our schools had more systems for us to play on. I fought (and lost) even here at SCSU to get us a lab with all three major platforms. My vision was to have Windows, Macs, and Linux machines in the same lab--so that people could come in and try them out. That got dashed instantly because the techs felt it would be a nightmare for them to maintain those incompatible systems. But I still think it would be a neat idea. Maybe one day I'll build a history lab where you can come in and play on not just those but also old systems like the TRS-80 and TI-99 4/A. Wouldn't that be a blast!
Matt Barton, Managing Editor
Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA
Email: matt@armchairarcade.com