Comments on: Why was the Model I discontinued? http://www.trs-80.org/why-was-the-model-i-discontinued/ TRS-80.org is a source for information about the Radio Shack TRS-80 line of computers, hardware, and software, with articles, interviews, and more! Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:40:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Phil http://www.trs-80.org/why-was-the-model-i-discontinued/comment-page-1/#comment-39224 Phil Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:49:14 +0000 http://www.trs-80.org/why-was-the-model-i-discontinued/#comment-39224 The Video Genie clone that I was running in the UK frightened the life out of me one day, for this very reason. Late at night, during an adolescent version of a hacking session and still at school, the computer suddenly spoke a complete sentence of what I have always guessed to be a police radio travelling past the house....not a regular happening. :) The Video Genie clone that I was running in the UK frightened the life out of me one day, for this very reason. Late at night, during an adolescent version of a hacking session and still at school, the computer suddenly spoke a complete sentence of what I have always guessed to be a police radio travelling past the house….not a regular happening. :)

]]> By: Mark McDougall http://www.trs-80.org/why-was-the-model-i-discontinued/comment-page-1/#comment-9367 Mark McDougall Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:01:24 +0000 http://www.trs-80.org/why-was-the-model-i-discontinued/#comment-9367 There was definitely more than one game that used an AM radio for sound effects!!! I can't recall at this time which games they were, but I recall playing several that used this method! There was definitely more than one game that used an AM radio for sound effects!!! I can’t recall at this time which games they were, but I recall playing several that used this method!

]]> By: Terry Stewart http://www.trs-80.org/why-was-the-model-i-discontinued/comment-page-1/#comment-9342 Terry Stewart Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:36:39 +0000 http://www.trs-80.org/why-was-the-model-i-discontinued/#comment-9342 Hi Matthew, It wasn't just the Model 1. I remember by System 80 (so presumably the PMC-80 and Video Genie) used to broadcast well..and that was a single unit console! Interestingly a few of the early game instructions urged people to take advantage of the Model 1's broadcasting prowess. I remember one which instructed users to place an AM radio tuned to a blank space on the band in order to hear "sound effects" (lol). I can't remember exactly what game it was but it may have been Swamp Wars. Hi Matthew,

It wasn’t just the Model 1. I remember by System 80 (so presumably the PMC-80 and Video Genie) used to broadcast well..and that was a single unit console!

Interestingly a few of the early game instructions urged people to take advantage of the Model 1′s broadcasting prowess. I remember one which instructed users to place an AM radio tuned to a blank space on the band in order to hear “sound effects” (lol). I can’t remember exactly what game it was but it may have been Swamp Wars.

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