Part I: Tandy in Education & TRS-80 Network 2 Demo

Опубликовано: 08 Июль 2026
на канале: TJBChris

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Part I of my SepTANDY series: TJBChris' Tandy Education Connection (TEC). I'm exploring Tandy/Radio Shack's educational offerings, focusing on connected classroom and networking solutions for TRS-80 computers. Part I explores Tandy's overall education offering and dives into the cassette-based Network 2 controller using my TRS-80 Model III and 4 computers.

Music/SFX (in order):
None. Just me jabbering.

Video clip:
Bites & Bytes Episode 3: How Programs Work (TVO, 1983)

External links:
TRS-80 Microcoputer News Issues: https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo...
Radio Shack Computer Catalogs: https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo...
Ian Mavric's Web Site: http://www.trs-80.com.au/trs80/index.htm

References:
TRS-80 Microcomputer News - July/August, 1982
TRS-80 Microcomputer News - September, 1982
TRS-80 Microcomputer News - October, 1983
Radio Shack Catalogs: RSC-4 (1981), RSC-5 (1981), RSC-7 (1982), RSC-20 (1989), RSC-21 (1990)

Chapters:
Intro (0:00)
Overview: Tandy's Educational Offerings (2:58)
TEC Series Outline (7:57)
Network 2 Hardware and Topology Overview (8:30)
Overview of Network Stations (13:44)
Sending A Program To All Stations (16:23)
Different Programs For Different Stations (21:00)
Saving Student Work To The Host (24:01)
Experiment: Can All Hosts See Student Work? (26:52)
What's Next, Thanks, And Outro (29:39)

I do these videos unscripted, so I apologize if the in-the-moment descriptions of things are a bit scattered. If you have any questions/comments about this video, you can find me in any of these fine locations:

The Tandy Discord Server
The CoCo Nation Discord Server
The TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo) group on Facebook
The CoCo Crew Podcast group on Facebook
On the Vintage Computer Forums (vcfed.org)
The TRS-80 Models I-4/4P Group on Facebook
Tandy / Radio Shack Model II /12 / 16 / 16B / 6000 Owner's Group on Facebook
Twitter (I'm TJBChris there...)
The Level29 BBS (I'm TJBChris there, too.)
Particles BBS (Guess who I am here? Yeah, TJBChris.)

Thanks for watching!