Part 1: I love 70s and 80s computers! I was lucky to have found this Radio Shack Tandy TRS-80 Model 4 in the original box! In this video, I unbox it, take a close look at it and then boot it up. Watch to see what happens...
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Thanks to viewer Richard Lorbieski who provided this additional information:
[[The store that that computer was shipped to was most likely a Radio Shack franchise dealer. Every Radio Shack/Tandy in the 70-80s had a store number - including the regional distribution warehouses and computer plants. Radio Shack #0603 appears to be a regional distribution center.
I started as a Tandy employee at Tandy Computer Assembly (TCA) in San Antonio, Texas from 1981-1982. Our store number was #0067.
We assembled Model IIs (mainly international version), Model III 4K and 16K versions, Modem 1 and 2s, Power Plug and play. I transferred out the Radio Shack Retail Computer Repair, TCA was ramping up Model 4 production. The plant was closed in late 1985.
The "N Proud" were QC stamps. They used those stamps after I left. There were 4 major assembly and testing areas at TCA - Base, Video, Board Prep, and Burn In. Each assembled unit was burned in for at least 24 hours. The Board Prep area burned in mother boards for at least 4-12 hours. I worked in the tech area that repaired the motherboards and drives. I mainly worked on Model II boards and the 8 inch Shugart disk drives.
The 5.25 drives are single sided made by Texas Peripherals (TPI), that company was a joint venture of Tandy and Data Point (based in San Antonio). The plant was located in Odessa , Texas. The power supply was also a Tandy made product.]]
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Deoxit D5:
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Jonard Tools EX-2 Chip Extractor:
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Wiha Chip Lifter:
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Elenco Electronics LP-560 Logic Probe:
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Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron:
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Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope:
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Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens Flip-In Head Magnifier:
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TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro)
www.aliexpress.com/item/33000...
TS100 Soldering Iron:
www.ebay.com/itm/TS100-65W-MI...
EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter:
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DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer:
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Magnetic Screw Holder: (also on eBay and Amazon)
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Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine)
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RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI)
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Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five)
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Heat Sinks:
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Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too)
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My GitHub repository:
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Commodore Computer Club (of Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington)
www.commodorecomputerclub.com/
Tivoo Pixel Art Display seen in my videos:
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JaffyDOS:
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C64 Test Harness I use:
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C64 Homebrew cartridge PCB: (used for the DeadTest / Diag Cart I use)
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EasyFlash 3 Multi-Cart:
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--- Instructional videos
My video on damage-free chip removal:
• How to remove chips wi...
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Music: Bet On It by Silent Partner (KZitem Audio Library)
Intro music by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino
Outro Music:
Abyss by | e s c p | escp-music.bandcamp.com
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