On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 4:28 PM John R. Hogerhuis <jho...@pobox.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 4:00 PM B 9 <hacke...@gmail.com> 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! Unfortunately, they don't ship to my location.) 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/ > 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.) —b9 >
