TRS-80 Application Software Sourcebook

From: Mike Allison <mallison_at_konnections.com>
Date: Mon Jan 26 22:54:23 1998

This reminds me, there was supposed to be a Turbo Pascal 3 for Xenix
from Borland, I saw the add in TP3 for Dos. Anyone know where I can get
a copy of this and Turbo Prolog for anything? Need the prolog book as
well, if you can.

Boy did I make a mistake when I decided on Pascal over Prolog...

Mike

Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
>
> Sam Ismail wrote:
>
> > Let's see...I also got the Radio Shack TRS-80 Applications Software
> > Sourcebook. Now, I know that Ward probably knows this, but I didn't
> > realize just how many programs were available for the TRS-80. This book
> > is pretty big.
>
> The first couple of editions were a bit slender (vendors were in a
> state of shock from Tandy finally allowing mention of third-party
> products at all -- that's why Tandy didn't advertise in 80-Micro for
> at least the first 2-3 years it was published), but from about the
> third edition on that sucker got huge. It was discontinued after
> Tandy got into the 100% compatible business -- just too much PC
> software out there to list and keep the book portable. That's when
> they started the Express Order program allowing Tandy customers to
> order selected third-party software through the stores. A remnant
> of that still exists incorporated into the special order system now
> in the stores that offers third-party products in many categories,
> as well as some old software for the Color Computer, the Model 16,
> the Model 4 etc. that are originally Tandy products.
>
> (Now that I think about it, the Express Order program [900-series
> catalog numbers] started at least a year or two before the Tandy
> 1200 etc., mostly for specialized applications that Tandy was not
> prepared to acquire the expertise to support -- things like auto
> parts inventory systems, medical billing systems, etc. Much of
> that was for Xenix.)
> --
> Ward Griffiths
> Dylan: How many years must some people exist,
> before they're allowed to be free?
> WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed",
> they'll never be free.
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