04-07-2020, 10:19 PM
The System-80 was a micro-computer sold by Dick Smith Electronics (DSE) from May 1980 till the end of 1983. It was sort of a TRS-80 Model 1 clone but different in a number of ways, though it could run all/most of the Model 1 software. It was made by EACA International in Hong Kong and was also sold in other countries but called the Video Genie, PMC-80 and others. There are numerous sites accross the internet with material ralated to the TRS-80 Model 1 and the System-80, this repository is not trying to be a clone of those but just making available files that were written and produced here in Australia, including what DSE made available for the System-80.
Big thanks particularly go to KimJohn, Tezza and archive.com but also to many other web sites that had odd bits of material for scanned or to be scanned or software material. Without their help, this Repository would not exist. Check out Tezza's excellent site at https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/system-80/ for further information on the System-80.
There are 2 main sections to the repository, Documentation and Software. The Documentation folder contains sub-folders of :-
Brochures
Magazines (APC, EA, ETI and YC)
Manuals
Newsletters
Pictures
The EA Magazines have been gone through and extracted everything System 80 related, the other 3 are yet to be done but there are some files there already. The Newsletters are from these Australian TRS80/System80 user groups or companies :-
Adelaide_Micro_User_News
ASP
Bits_and_Bytes
Don_McKenzie
Micro-80
Sydtrug_News
TRS-80_Microcomputer_News
We have all the Micro-80 newsletters but they need a massive cleanup, so will be updated in the future. Others will be added when available.
Much of the Software available on the internet for the System-80 is not on bootable disks. These have all been added to bootable NEWDOS/80 disks for simple running. They all either boot the program directly, boot to a Basic Menu or boot to a DIR. If you have a Gotek fitted to your System 80, then simple load them into HxCFloppyEmulator_soft and Export as a *.HFC file which you just copy to your Gotek USB Stick. There is also CP/M for a unmodified 48k System 80. However, it will NOT run regular CP/M programs as base address is 4200h with programs loading and running from 4300h.
This is just a start and the repository will be added to in the future when new material comes available. If anyone could help with any of the DSE or other Australian software and Documentation that's missing, we would love to hear from you.
So check out the new Vintage/System-80 Repository.
Big thanks particularly go to KimJohn, Tezza and archive.com but also to many other web sites that had odd bits of material for scanned or to be scanned or software material. Without their help, this Repository would not exist. Check out Tezza's excellent site at https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/system-80/ for further information on the System-80.
There are 2 main sections to the repository, Documentation and Software. The Documentation folder contains sub-folders of :-
Brochures
Magazines (APC, EA, ETI and YC)
Manuals
Newsletters
Pictures
The EA Magazines have been gone through and extracted everything System 80 related, the other 3 are yet to be done but there are some files there already. The Newsletters are from these Australian TRS80/System80 user groups or companies :-
Adelaide_Micro_User_News
ASP
Bits_and_Bytes
Don_McKenzie
Micro-80
Sydtrug_News
TRS-80_Microcomputer_News
We have all the Micro-80 newsletters but they need a massive cleanup, so will be updated in the future. Others will be added when available.
Much of the Software available on the internet for the System-80 is not on bootable disks. These have all been added to bootable NEWDOS/80 disks for simple running. They all either boot the program directly, boot to a Basic Menu or boot to a DIR. If you have a Gotek fitted to your System 80, then simple load them into HxCFloppyEmulator_soft and Export as a *.HFC file which you just copy to your Gotek USB Stick. There is also CP/M for a unmodified 48k System 80. However, it will NOT run regular CP/M programs as base address is 4200h with programs loading and running from 4300h.
This is just a start and the repository will be added to in the future when new material comes available. If anyone could help with any of the DSE or other Australian software and Documentation that's missing, we would love to hear from you.
So check out the new Vintage/System-80 Repository.
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