Downloadable Disk Images
This part of the website contains my entire collection of TRS-80/System 80 software in 80 track, single-sided ,single-density disk images. Try them in the TRS32 TRS-80 emulator and marvel at what could (or could not) be achieved in 48k of RAM!
If you just want to check out the software and know little about how a TRS-80/System 80 works simply do the following...
- Download the virtual disk (*.DSK) files of interest to your hard drive. You will also need the NewDos/80 v2.0 one
- Get hold of TRS32 and install it. Download the ROMS too if you need to. After unzipping, select the one you want and call it model1.rom
- Ensure TRS32 is configured as a 48k machine with disk drives enabled.
- make sure the NewDos Disk is attached to Drive 0: and the disk of interest is in Drive 1:
- Boot the machine
- After the boot is finished, type DIR at the cursor. This will show you the directory on disk 1.
You are now ready to go. Anything with a /cmd extension can be run by just typing the name. If it has a /bas extension, type BASIC, run "<filename>/bas". If a file doesn't seem to do anything when loaded, or won't load, it's probably an auxiliary program which is normally called by a larger one.
The NewDos/80 directory can be seen by typing DIR 0. For intrepid explorers who want to cut their way through (or out of!) the jungle of NewDos/80 2.0 commands and options, this manual (42 MB) will help. It's not for the faint-hearted BUT if you do take up the challenge, you'll be amazed at the functionality that was squeezed into this tiny (by today's standards) piece of code!
Some program manuals are available. If I do have them, they will be linked under the program name in the directory listing file unless otherwise indicated.
For those who wish to go a little deeper and learn more about how these machines actually work (as opposed to just having a quick look) start with the driving instructions page, and the manuals linked to that page. For further information on disk images and NewDos, check out this background page.
DISK ARCHIVE
(Looking for a particular program? Try the Program
Index)
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Directory
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The DOS Disk (put this in Drive 0). |
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My favourite arcade games. |
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More favourite arcade games. |
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Yet more favourite arcade games. |
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Scott Adams Adventure Games 1. |
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Scott Adams Adventure Games 2. |
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Temple of Apshai and Hellfire Warrior. Role-Playing Games with great manuals. |
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Assorted adventure games |
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More assorted adventure games |
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More assorted adventure games |
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More assorted adventure games |
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More assorted adventure games |
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More assorted adventure games |
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The famous Zork 1 by Infocom (1983) |
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The sequel to Zork by Infocom |
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Zork III (The Dungeon Master) by Infocom (1983) |
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Leather Goddesses of Phobos by Infocom (1986) |
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Kids interactive fiction from Infocom (1984) |
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A Crime Story by R. Lafore. Type BASIC RUN "story" to start |
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Brian Howarth's Mysterious Adventures |
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Crush, Crumble and Chomp by Epxy (1981). You may have to protect memory by typing HIMEM 47280 at the NEWDOS prompt. Then type BASIC RUN "monster" |
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By Roger Jonathan Schrag (1982). A Model III auto-boot disk. |
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By Roger Jonathan Schrag (1982). A Model III auto-boot disk. |
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"Strange, beware...". This disk must be in drive 0. Type Xenos to start. |
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More quality arcade games |
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Arcade games of varying quality |
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More Arcade games |
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More Arcade games |
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More Arcade games |
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More Arcade games |
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More Arcade games |
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Some simple BASIC games |
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Some simple BASIC games |
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Some simple BASIC games |
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BASIC and machine code Strategy games . |
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More Strategy games . |
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Flight Simulator Games |
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Disk and file management utilities. |
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A few memory monitors and terminate-and-stay-resident utilities. Also a couple of diagnostic programs. |
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Assemblers and disassemblers to help talk to the Z80 chip directly. All those fast arcade games were programmed using machine code tools like these. |
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Utilities and programs which help with BASIC programming. |
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Pascal was an alternative to BASIC and was favoured by computer academics because it forced structured programming. |
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Fortran was a scientific and engineering mainframe language. This disk also contains Microsoft's Marco-80 Assembler |
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Unlike a lot of colourful and noisy home computers around at the time, the 64 character x 16 lines was enough screen real estate for word processing. Check out Lazywriter and a couple of earlier programs, Tandy's Scripsit and Electric Pencil. |
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Electric Webster, a premium spell checker. |
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Visicalc, plus some other programs including a few of my own. |
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Aids Plus v 1.1 by Softrends (1984). A business database. |
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Progams to talk to the world with. |
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A collection of music programs. |
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A pot-pouri of smaller programs useful for one purpose or another. |
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More odds and ends. |
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Very simple BASIC programs which were on the EACA demonstration cassette tape. |
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Radio Log, diagnostic program and Turbo 2000 car racing game |
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BLANK DISK
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This is a blank 80 track, single-sided, single density disk in jv1 format. Use copies of this if you need a spare disk to copy programs or data to. |
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