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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:51, 30 January 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{NavHardware}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{NavHardware}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A viable </del>disk drive interface for the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tandy/</del>Radio Shack Micro Color Computer <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">10</del>, or MC-10 for short<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. When this computer was first made available in 1984 it only allowed data storage over a cassette interface, Radio Shack offered a 16kRAM expansion interface and a thermal printer for the MC-10 but no more, the computer was discontinued in 1985</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </ins>disk drive <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">system is designed to be a viable </ins>interface for the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[MC-10|</ins>Radio Shack <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">TRS-80 Model MC-10 </ins>Micro Color Computer, or MC-10 for short<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This interface </del>was <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">designed by Darren Atkinson (http://five</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo</del>/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">coco) in 2011 with prototype build </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">test help from yours truly (http://www.facebook.com/rogelio.perea)</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Although the MC-10 had an expansion slot that could theoretically have been used for a disk drive, Radio Shack's only officially supported use for the slot </ins>was <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a 16K RAM plug-in</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The only officially acknowledged and intended program</ins>/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">data storage </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">retrieval method was via the MC-10's standard TRS-80 cassette port</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">An MC</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">10 Disk Basic is currently under development and testing, stay tuned!</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In 2011, Darren Atkinson designed a disk drive interface [http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco], with prototype build and test help from [http://www.facebook.com/rogelio.perea Rogelio Perea]. See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMbdUJv5KMs&amp;list=UUUNnR_lRiYQ81</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">E0pWSDScA&amp;index=1&amp;feature=plcp YouTube video of the disk drive].</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">LINKs</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">An MC</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">10 </ins>Disk <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Basic was also under development and testing.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMbdUJv5KMs&amp;list=UUUNnR_lRiYQ81</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">E0pWSDScA&amp;index=1&amp;feature=plcp You Tube Tandy/Radio Shack MC10 </del>Disk <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Drive]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Hardware]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Hardware]]</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>Created page with &#039;{{NavHardware}} A viable disk drive interface for the Tandy/Radio Shack Micro Color Computer 10, or MC-10 for short. When this computer was first made available in 1984 it only a…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{NavHardware}}<br /> A viable disk drive interface for the Tandy/Radio Shack Micro Color Computer 10, or MC-10 for short. When this computer was first made available in 1984 it only allowed data storage over a cassette interface, Radio Shack offered a 16kRAM expansion interface and a thermal printer for the MC-10 but no more, the computer was discontinued in 1985.<br /> <br /> This interface was designed by Darren Atkinson (http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco) in 2011 with prototype build and test help from yours truly (http://www.facebook.com/rogelio.perea).<br /> <br /> An MC-10 Disk Basic is currently under development and testing, stay tuned!<br /> <br /> LINKs<br /> * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMbdUJv5KMs&amp;list=UUUNnR_lRiYQ81-E0pWSDScA&amp;index=1&amp;feature=plcp You Tube Tandy/Radio Shack MC10 Disk Drive]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Hardware]]</div>

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