Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The fifth and final video in my #SEPTandy series, BIG-ly Tandy. Using my TRS-80 Model 16B, I connect the (recently-restored) 8-inch floppy drive and make real disk copies of today's application: Teleterm. Then, we boot from my real disk and explore a little of Teleterm's functionality including the terminal, text editor, and terminal emulation editor. Using Terminal, I connect to FozzTexx's Level29 BBS and print a portion of my session.
Update - Around 9 minutes in, I mention the orientation of the label when inserting a disk, incorrectly stating the diskettes are why the label must face the operator. I meant to say big Tandy machines other than the Model II require the label to face the operator.
Level29 BBS Website: bbs.retrobattlestations.com
Particles BBS Website: particles.org/particlesbbs
Check out the catalog entries for these systems here:
radioshackcatalogs.com
Other links:
TRS-80 Model II Archive: github.com/pski/model2archive
RadioShack Catalogs: radioshackcatalogs.com
The Color Computer Archive: colorcomputerarchive.com
Chapters:
Intro (0:00)
About The 8" Floppy Drive & Disks (0:27)
Machine Apart / Working w/ The Drive / First Format (2:03)
Back-up to Diskette And First Disk Boot TRSDOS-II (4:22)
Booting The Teleterm Disk / Looking at the STARTUP file (6:56)
Starting The Teleterm Application (9:43)
Exploring The Menu System / Configuration (11:40)
Adding A Phone Number To A Profile (16:09)
Connecting to Level29 / Loggin In (19:20)
Moving Around In Level29 (20:54)
Printing Our Session (21:45)
Looking At The Games List / Logging Off (23:27)
Checking Out The Teleterm Editor (24:29)
Exiting Teleterm and Proper Shutdown (26:31)
A Look At The Printout (27:52)
Series Wrap-Up / What's Next (28:39)
The Thank You Part / You're Gettin' Me For Free (30:22)
Outro (32:02)
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 CoCoTALK! 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!
The fifth and final video in my #SEPTandy series, BIG-ly Tandy. Using my TRS-80 Model 16B, I connect the (recently-restored) 8-inch floppy drive and make real disk copies of today's application: Teleterm. Then, we boot from my real disk and explore a little of Teleterm's functionality including the terminal, text editor, and terminal emulation editor. Using Terminal, I connect to FozzTexx's Level29 BBS and print a portion of my session.
Update - Around 9 minutes in, I mention the orientation of the label when inserting a disk, incorrectly stating the diskettes are why the label must face the operator. I meant to say big Tandy machines other than the Model II require the label to face the operator.
Level29 BBS Website: bbs.retrobattlestations.com
Particles BBS Website: particles.org/particlesbbs
Check out the catalog entries for these systems here:
radioshackcatalogs.com
Other links:
TRS-80 Model II Archive: github.com/pski/model2archive
RadioShack Catalogs: radioshackcatalogs.com
The Color Computer Archive: colorcomputerarchive.com
Chapters:
Intro (0:00)
About The 8" Floppy Drive & Disks (0:27)
Machine Apart / Working w/ The Drive / First Format (2:03)
Back-up to Diskette And First Disk Boot TRSDOS-II (4:22)
Booting The Teleterm Disk / Looking at the STARTUP file (6:56)
Starting The Teleterm Application (9:43)
Exploring The Menu System / Configuration (11:40)
Adding A Phone Number To A Profile (16:09)
Connecting to Level29 / Loggin In (19:20)
Moving Around In Level29 (20:54)
Printing Our Session (21:45)
Looking At The Games List / Logging Off (23:27)
Checking Out The Teleterm Editor (24:29)
Exiting Teleterm and Proper Shutdown (26:31)
A Look At The Printout (27:52)
Series Wrap-Up / What's Next (28:39)
The Thank You Part / You're Gettin' Me For Free (30:22)
Outro (32:02)
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 CoCoTALK! 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!
