Speakers
Steve Leininger
"The REAL story of the TRS-80"
Steve Leininger will tell you how he got from Purdue to Silicon Valley to Radio Shack, and how that led to the Wilbur and Orville Wright experience of being a computer pioneer. Preparation meets opportunity.
Steve Leininger was the engineer that created the TRS-80 in 1977, one of the first personal computers available. Steve is retired, but he has not run out of things to do. Growing up with undiagnosed ADD. and dyslexia, Steve would often be easily distracted (SQUIRREL!!) but did well in school because he had so many interests and a mom that fed those interests. His current list of "things to do" include developing STEM presentations for elementary school students, being a mentor, maker, and board member for a makerspace in Colorado Springs, hiking the many trails in the Pikes Peak region, splitting wood for a firewood ministry in the mountain community up the pass from Colorado Springs, and orchestrating monthly training and resource meetings for leaders in the local Boys Scouts of America council. A partial list of other interests include embedded computers, crafts, mechanisms, toys, woodworking, carving, cooking, musical instruments, science, and magic.
Rick Adams
"CoCo War Stories"
Rick will discuss humorous "war stories" from his development of games for the Tandy Color Computer in the '80s such as Temple of ROM and Shanghai, the famous Last Ninja debacle, and his current development efforts.
Arno Puder, Matt Boytim & Lawrence Kesteloot
"TRS-IO++: The Swiss Army Knife for TRS-80 Enthusiasts"
TRS-IO++ is an all-in-one card that featuring a 40- as well as a 50-pin edge connector that can be connected to a TRS-80 Model 1, 3 or 4. In this configuration, TRS-IO++ is compatible with FreHD, offers Internet access via TRS-NIC and the RetroStore, as well as many other features. TRS-IO++ can also act as PocketTRS, modeling various TRS-80 machines. In this configuration, the 40- and 50-pin edge connector can be used to attach peripherals, such as external hard-disks. In this presentation we give an overview of TRS-IO++, some of the technical challenges, as well as a live demo.
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