Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
I've installed three of the VIS dev cards into my Tandy 2500 SX/25 so I could try to run retail VIS software out-of-the-box. Watch along as I demo Haiku DOS and Modular Windows applications with mixed results. I talk about issues such as VIS Hand Control, audio hardware, and the video subsystem with my usual dose of snark...and have a lot of fun doing it.
PLEASE NOTE: This video has somewhat more swearing and even more snark than usual. Also, there is some reverb when VIS software is playing audio. I've trimmed it out as best as I could. Finally, the VIS audio feed is faint. Sorry, but this is life at The Kids' Table of YouTube! :)
Links:
Tandy Showcase's VIS site: tandyvis.com
Music/Clips/SFX (in order):
Ella Vator by The Mini Vandals
(Taken from the YouTube Audio Library)
Spaceballs
(C)1987 Metro-Goldwyn Meyer
Scrabble Tile Drop
Chapters:
Intro / Today's Host Computer (0:00)
Which Dev Cards To Use? (1:55)
Tonight's Software Lineup / The PC-VIS Env. (4:39)
Rick Ribbet: Adv. In Early Learning (7:16)
Sherlock Holmes Vol. 1 (12:19)
The New Basics Electronic Cookbook (17:49)
Revisiting The VIS Sampler Disc (22:58)
Modular Windows on Dev Cards: Commentary (30:40)
The Manhole (36:58)
Electronic Library Of Art: A Survey Of Western Art (45:27)
VIS Attempt: Finding Chocolate Milk (49:55)
Outro / What's Next (53:37)
I do these videos unscripted, so I apologize if the in-the-moment descriptions of things are a bit scattered or wordy. 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
X (I'm TJBChris there...)
Mastadon: TJBChris@mastadon.social
The Level29 BBS (I'm TJBChris there, too.)
Particles BBS (Guess who I am here? Yeah, TJBChris.)
Thanks for watching!
I've installed three of the VIS dev cards into my Tandy 2500 SX/25 so I could try to run retail VIS software out-of-the-box. Watch along as I demo Haiku DOS and Modular Windows applications with mixed results. I talk about issues such as VIS Hand Control, audio hardware, and the video subsystem with my usual dose of snark...and have a lot of fun doing it.
PLEASE NOTE: This video has somewhat more swearing and even more snark than usual. Also, there is some reverb when VIS software is playing audio. I've trimmed it out as best as I could. Finally, the VIS audio feed is faint. Sorry, but this is life at The Kids' Table of YouTube! :)
Links:
Tandy Showcase's VIS site: tandyvis.com
Music/Clips/SFX (in order):
Ella Vator by The Mini Vandals
(Taken from the YouTube Audio Library)
Spaceballs
(C)1987 Metro-Goldwyn Meyer
Scrabble Tile Drop
Chapters:
Intro / Today's Host Computer (0:00)
Which Dev Cards To Use? (1:55)
Tonight's Software Lineup / The PC-VIS Env. (4:39)
Rick Ribbet: Adv. In Early Learning (7:16)
Sherlock Holmes Vol. 1 (12:19)
The New Basics Electronic Cookbook (17:49)
Revisiting The VIS Sampler Disc (22:58)
Modular Windows on Dev Cards: Commentary (30:40)
The Manhole (36:58)
Electronic Library Of Art: A Survey Of Western Art (45:27)
VIS Attempt: Finding Chocolate Milk (49:55)
Outro / What's Next (53:37)
I do these videos unscripted, so I apologize if the in-the-moment descriptions of things are a bit scattered or wordy. 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
X (I'm TJBChris there...)
Mastadon: TJBChris@mastadon.social
The Level29 BBS (I'm TJBChris there, too.)
Particles BBS (Guess who I am here? Yeah, TJBChris.)
Thanks for watching!
