Exhibitors
Exhibitor: Peter Cetinski
Hometown: New York
Title: TRS-80 Model II ARCNET
Website: https://pski.net/category/retro/
Pete will have a working Model II ARCNET network with at least two TRS-80 Model IIs, including a File Processor and an Application Processor, along with a 8MB Hard Drive and a Line Printer. This will be an example of a typical Model II ARCNET setup used by businesses and schools over 40 years ago.
Exhibitor: Ian Mavric
Hometown: Melbourne, Austrailia
Title: The Right Stuff (TRS)
Website: http://www.frehd.com
FreHD, Hi-Res graphics, Quinnterface, adapters, cables, memory upgrades, kits for the Model I/III/4/Coco.
Exhibitor: Robert Hardin
Hometown: West Virginia
Title: Sounds of Tandy
See and hear the Orchestra, SN76498, CoCo3 DAC, PSSJ (Tandy DAC), Adlib Clone in the Sensation and more.
Exhibitor: Matt Massie
Hometown: Ironton, Ohio
Title: F256Jr Nitros-9 / TTRS-80 FPGA
Website: https://custom-builtpcs.com
I plan to have a port of Mathew Boytim's TRS80 to a Digilent FPGA board, and also working on a Foenix F256Jr Nitros-9 port.
Exhibitor: Michael Hill
Title: Retro Products from the Tech Dungeon
Website: https://techdungeon.xyz
We will have various products and hardware for the Tandy line of computers as well as a mix of 3D printing and design items for sale.
Exhibitor: Tim Halloran
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Title: 5V (USB-A) powered TRS-80 Model 1 and CoCo 3
Website: https://github.com/hallorant/bigmit
This table will exhibit a TRS-80 Model 1 that does not need power bricks. The CoCo3 removes the internal transformer and runs entirely off of USB-A power (5V DC). Will also have a logic analyzer from the tech talk to show off.
Exhibitor: Jay Newirth
Hometown: Pikesville, MD
Title: newSOFT
Website: https://jaynewirth.wixsite.com/newsoft
Selling Power Supplies for the Model 3/4/4D/4P, CASE Badges and RAM Badges, Drive Sleds for GOTEK/FREHD and Custom Cables.
Exhibitor: Brendan Donahe
Hometown: Lago Vista, TX
Title: PiKey-10 and CoCoVGA
Website: http://www.pikey.tech
Website: http://www.cocovga.com
PiKey-10 enables the use of wired USB keyboards and Atari joystick/Sega joypads with the TRS-80 MC-10. It includes a 3D-printed riser that is installed between the MC-10's case halves to provide room for such enhancements.
CoCoVGA is an enhancement for 6847-based systems such as the Color Computers 1 and 2 and MC-10. It outputs VGA, supports all of the graphics and text modes of the 6847, and provides some additional features such as 16-color graphics, 64-column text, and software configurable character/tile sets.
We will also be demonstrating other related software projects which take advantage of CoCoVGA and the PiKey-10.
Exhibitor: Arno Puder & Matt Boytim
Hometown: San Francisco, CA & Kokomo, IN
Title: TRS-IO and Friends
Website: https://github.com/apuder/TRS-IO
An assortment of TRS-IO and TRS-IO-inspired projects.
Exhibitor: Kenneth Vrana
Hometown: Overland Park, KS
Title: Ken likes to fix things, but has has too much of it around the house
Lot's of TRS-80s and related equipment for sale. I enjoy restoring these vintage computers, but like a lot of us, I have a lot of duplicates. It would be nice to provide computers that people can try and not have to risk breaking something in shipping. Items include 1 or 2 Model 2s + Disk expansion box, a Model 12, several M100 / M102, aModel 4p GA, pocket computer(s?), books, manuals, other stuff I can't think of.
Exhibitor: Randy Kindig
Hometown: Indianapolis, IN
Title: Floppy Days
Website: http://floppydays.com
Exhibit for the Floppy Days Podcast, a podcast about vintage computers from the late 70’s through the 80’s; including lots of interviews. The exhibit will include information about the podcast, including Tandy-specific episodes and interviews, as well as a working setup of a Tandy computer model. Please come by and say hi to the host: Randy Kindig!
Exhibitor: Paul Burrell
Hometown: Oregon
Title: TBD
Exhibitor: Neil Blanchard
Hometown: Canada
Title: TBD
Exhibitor: Elizabeth Hayes
Hometown: Canada
Title: Pretty in Pink
Exhibitor: Simon Mccullough
Title: Tandy PCs
Exhibitor: Dayton Computer Museum
Hometown: Dayton, OH
Title: Dayton Computer Museum
Website: https://www.dma1.org
Learn about the DMA Dayton Computer Museum and our collection of Tandy Computers and Accessories. See a few operating artifacts and unique demos highlighting Tandy Radio Shack and items sold at Radio Shack stores. Learn the details of how computers work with an operating Relay Based Computer.
Exhibitor: Jeff Birt
Hometown: Woodstock, OH
Title: Hey Birt! What 'cha workin' on?
Website: http://www.youtube.com/c/HeyBirt
The Hey Birt! channel is an electric mix of retro and new tech, hardware and software. Focusing on passing on the repair techniques learned from a lifetime of tinkering.
Exhibitor: GranzTronix, LLC
Hometown: Jeannette, PA
Title: Model Ts
Website: https://www.granzeier.com/
We will have a collection of all of the Model Ts (100, 102, 200, 600)
Exhibitor: Paulo Garcia / ViTNOShop
Hometown: Ottawa, Canada
Title: Brazilian Radio Shack Clones
Website: https://www.vitnoshop.com/shop/44857425/vintage-computers
I will be displaying the TRS-80 CoCo clone CP-400 and my new TRS-80 Model 3 clone, the CP-300, also selling dust covers for Tandy computers.
Exhibitor: RETRO Innovations
Hometown: Iowa
Title: Classic Systems, Contemporary Gear
Website: http://www.go4retro.com/
Music and Memory Upgrades for your Tandy Color Computer
Exhibitor: Bill Bright
Hometown: Frankfort, Kentucky
Title: The Tandy Workshop
This is a table where anyone can bring a project system that they are having issues with and seek help from the collective genius that attends TA.
Exhibitor: Mark Pacan
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Title: PortaCoCo - Now You Can CoCo Anywhere
Website: https://portacoco.com
The CoCo is the easily the best 8-Bit computer of all time, and don’t you wish you could CoCo anywhere. Well now you can with the the help of PortaCoCo.com.
Exhibitor: Mark Marlette
Hometown: Delano, MN
Title: Cloud-9
Website: http://www.cloud9tech.com
Cool stuff for your Color Computer. Since 1994, Cloud-9 has been in the business of developing and marketing cool hardware and software products for users of the Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer 1, Color Computer 2 and Tandy Color Computer 3. The company’s goal is pushing the CoCo beyond what it was originally designed to do.
Exhibitor: WynDec Systems - Paul Fiscarelli
Hometown: Portsmouth, NH
Title: Retro Computer Solutions for the TRS-80 Color Computer
Website: https://www.tindie.com/stores/fiscap0768
WynDec Systems is a producer of retro-computer software and hardware for the vintage computer community. Creators of TRS-80 Color Computer Sprite Compiler, CoCo Floppy Disk Tools, and CoCo Joystick2USB & Keys2USB hardware products. We are also the producers of the Long Branch Never YouTube channel - a video blog to support our products and provide tutorials for the retro community.
Exhibitor: Frank Palazzolo
Hometown: Rochester Hills, MI
Title: The BBS I Always Wanted to Run
Website: https://github.com/palazzol/townecrier
This exhibit will show a modified Towne Crier BBS, as developed in 80 Micro magazine's "BBS Express" column from 5/84-5/85. It will be running on a TRS-80 Model III, using a Radio Shack Telephone Interface II 300 Baud Modem.