TRS-80 MC-10 LAPTOP
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Жыл бұрынY'ALL. We made the Tandy Radio Shack MC-10 computer into a laptop.
#retrocomputers #trs80 #radioshack
@larryk731 Жыл бұрын
This is both a work of genius and a sign of madness at the same time.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
So often those are the same thing, it's true.... 😅
@ActionRetro Жыл бұрын
It's like a prop from an 80's sci fi movie, but in real life and working
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
I KNOW RAIT? Are you proud?
@drjohnfisher Жыл бұрын
Do it with EVERYTHING!!! Love!!! Also, this is why extension cords were invented. Taylor, you are an engineering genius!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
GENIUS!!!
@pitfalljerry Жыл бұрын
You ladies are so much fun to watch.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
We were SO EXCITED to drop this video to share the idea!
@jerold3777 Жыл бұрын
My first computer directly from Radio Shack. So wish I still had it and the memory expansion pack. Bravo, this looks like a great project!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Thx!
@geekwithsocialskills Жыл бұрын
I love that you used Lego pieces as part of your build! So cool! The portable generator at the end was a nice touch!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
And the generator is appropriately called a "jackery."
@RichardCyberPunk Жыл бұрын
Super video. I had a MC-10 when I was a teen in the early 80s. I learned BASIC programming on it and had to make all games and utils myselve, because there were only 2 tapes for sale at the local Tandy store with games. Good times. (I also bought the 16K memory expansion to expand the MC-10 total memory to a whopping 20 Kilobyte)
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
I mean, he is a good little guy! Go go MC10!
@joelavcoco Жыл бұрын
How DARE you drill holes in the doorstop?!!? I mean, this is about the most fantastic thing I've seen in months! Love it!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
We upset fb a bit! 😅
@estebanvillalobos2303 Жыл бұрын
the MC10 is my favorite home computer hands down, thanks for giving it some special attention
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
It has a special place in our hearts, as well!
@blankbruno70 Жыл бұрын
Like many of the other folks in the comments I had to come see this creation because my very first computer was an MC-10. Learned BASIC on it and upgraded a year or two later to a Color Computer 2, and slowly added peripherals to it, including disk drive, Speech/Sound Cartridge, and the Direct Connect Modem Pack. Love your custom MC-10 laptop!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
We are absolutely tickled with our little MC-10 baby. Glad you enjoyed it as well. 😊 Literally about to board the plane back to Memphis from Cocofest 23 and have even more Tandy goodness for the future.
@escgoogle3865 Жыл бұрын
Pie Day earrings 🤗.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Aren't they the cutest?
@Alibm80 Жыл бұрын
Taylor’s T-shirt is amazing! 🤩
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Right??!!!!?
@BenevolentChum Жыл бұрын
That's excellent. You should be proud.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
OMG it's Jim Gerrie! 😃
@timothyp8947 Жыл бұрын
Loving this latest instalment of Taylor & Amy madness - huge smile here and a big thank you. The next step is clearly going to be an appropriate laptop bag 😜 although I’m not entirely sure what that should be made of. Woven together strips of Meccano?
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Just a series of those TI-994A PEB leather girths....
@mogwaay Жыл бұрын
Lovely nonsense, nice work! I really want to see you guys in Starbucks with this and the ZX portable gaming away like its a totally normal thing to do 🤣
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Sippin on my Chai tea latte.
@bitdigital8052 Жыл бұрын
This is cool asf. Looks so fun to use and the legos give it personality! Kudos
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
I mean, if you can Legos, you should Legos.
@CurtisBoyle Жыл бұрын
Awesome! And can't wait to see it in person at CocoFest next month. (Also, if you haven't already - grab all of the Inufuto MC-10 games too (I think that there are 11 so far). And... as proven by your test at the end of the video - you can take your MC-10 laptop camping now!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
CAMPING LAPTOP!
@anjanettepetty-kountz3785 Жыл бұрын
It’s so cute and portable! 😂
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
SO! PORTABLE!
@RetroTechChris Жыл бұрын
Fantastic! As always, very impressive.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Chris!
@8bitsinthebasement Жыл бұрын
That's the coolest little thing I've seen in a long time. The sd32 on the back was a stroke of genius, and all done with lego and a bit of ironmungery. Keep on moding your systems, it's great fun to watch and you're doing a great job of it ;)
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
We are kinda in love with it. Not gonna lie.
@Kehvarl Жыл бұрын
I love this build, it's amazing. I would probably flip the MCX device upside down so the pin headers were at the top to take up that extra slack and remove the need for a twist in the cable.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
It's possible. Once you close it you kinda need the extra play.
@TaylorAmyShow Жыл бұрын
Excellent suggestion, thank you. That totally worked.
@brianwieseler5938 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed the video. Very creative solution. You got me thinking.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Oooh, you gonna make something?
@brianwieseler5938 Жыл бұрын
@@fractalMD I have an MC 10 with the same video mod, I like the idea and might do something similar.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
@@brianwieseler5938 do it!!
@brianwieseler5938 Жыл бұрын
@@fractalMD I like the idea of making it portable
@bttmfrezzo Жыл бұрын
Lol you guys are crazy! Love your videos.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Thanks! We can't argue with your logic.
@ms_nop Жыл бұрын
Hard to believe, but the MC-10 was my very first computer... because my dad couldn't afford a CoCo. The limitations were so big that he ended up getting one when I went to high school (but played games most of the time). This project is SO DAMN AWESOME! Thank you sp.much for doing it & your other MC-10 videos! Oh, you mentioned you're taking it to CoCofest or something? They're still around? Next you'll tell me Rainbow Magazine is back in print! :)
@CurtisBoyle Жыл бұрын
Yep, CocoFest is still around, and still in the Chicago area. This year it's April 22-23. You should come out!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
We will be there! Come say hi!
@Saskue78 Жыл бұрын
Love what you did with it top make into a laptop. Also you made it cooler to.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
10% cooler AT LEAST
@arthurraymond6309 Жыл бұрын
Now I can buy merch because when people ask me "what is the deal with the Taylor and Amy thing you got there?", I can tell them about the running in the front yard with a TRS-80 laptop. Thanks for doing the things I would be to lazy to do
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Taylor and Amy Show, let us do it, so you don't have to!
@douglasleany6091 Жыл бұрын
I was impressed with your use of Legos, but when you made your laptop truly portable, I was blown away! I hear that Rolls-Royce is making a small nuclear generator that you might be able to use to give you even more power. You may want to check into it. 😅
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Rolls Royce? I dunno. Might not be fancy enough for this beauty. 😂
@douglasleany6091 Жыл бұрын
@@fractalMD 😂
@jameschamplin1742 Жыл бұрын
There's an MC-10! And LEGO! So great!!!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
All the best things!
@patrickfurlong4276 Жыл бұрын
Very well done!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@davidkudrav7018 Жыл бұрын
I was waiting for you to put a UPS in a backpack!!😂😂
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Don't give us any ideas, Kudrav!
@midclock 4 ай бұрын
This is a great idea!
@the_leathermushroom Жыл бұрын
This is absolutely fantastic! You should try it with an Acorn Electron! Big love you sillys 💜
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
*adds acquire Acorn Electro to the to do list*
@Danjovic Жыл бұрын
Amazing!!!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
No, you!
@bobtherieau6086 Жыл бұрын
Best MC-10 Laptop episode ever!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
I see what you did there 😆
@fixups6536 Жыл бұрын
This channel deserves better than the crappiest webcam known to mankind. :'(
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
We accept donations! 😅
@gametimewithunclejer Жыл бұрын
This is absurd... and I love it.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Perfect!
@neilcherry6452 3 ай бұрын
+1 That is funny as all *hades* (Neil from the CDL at VCF)
@Pounder480 Жыл бұрын
Soooooo coooool! I want one!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
We love it!
@ianhanschen Жыл бұрын
love it
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Hooray!
@sinistermoon Жыл бұрын
That's pretty rad!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
We are so happy about it!!!
@bazodee2 Жыл бұрын
The design looks very ghostbuster-ish. I bet their car had one very similar looking comp.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
This is the greatest compliment ever!
@JimmyBoogaloo Жыл бұрын
you are awesome lol fun stuff
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
No, you are!
@TechCowboy Жыл бұрын
I remember the MC-10. It was one of my early machines and it was soooo frustrating. Type too hard and the memory would move and kill the machine; save to tape, but half the time it would not load back... good times.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Now, you can have all those feelings.... on the go!
@_zzpza Жыл бұрын
1:42 I did! Well, my parents did. I had one from new, with the thermal printer. It was my first computer.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Awesome
@fulz4260 Жыл бұрын
A true Cyberdeck!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Hardcore!
@tonycosta3302 Жыл бұрын
I love the use of Lego, but you really need a 3D printer to custom make a hinge assembly and "backpack" to hold a battery and additrional electronics.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
I do lament our lack of a 3D printer.
@floydjohnson7888 Жыл бұрын
That was even more batty than Rutger Hauer's character in "Blade Runner"
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Like tears in the rain...
@ConernicusRex 11 ай бұрын
Not the first computer I ever worked on but the first one I owned. I miss my little RC-10.
@fractalMD 11 ай бұрын
It's the bees knees!
@VK2FVAX Жыл бұрын
Nutters :) Well done. You guys always make me laugh. Good job. How about a C64 portable-II ?
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Our new series: Will it laptop?
@venw6811 Жыл бұрын
I want that rocket t-shirt!😃
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Isn't it awesome???
@elyuw Жыл бұрын
@@fractalMD Yes it is, where did you get it from?
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
@@elyuw We were trying to remember. Huntsville or Houston, maybe. I know. Very unhelpful!
@Alibm80 Жыл бұрын
+1
@aviationnationhd3760 Жыл бұрын
I had one when they were new in 1982-1983
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Noice.
@shireoryx6153 Жыл бұрын
I don't really know why but it reminds me of the BTTF DeLorean.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
COMPLIMENT ACCEPTED!
@glennduers6148 Жыл бұрын
Love the vidz, just joined your channel, have u both tried the mame arcade emulator I'm making a bartop with all the classic 80s and 90s arcade games on it 👍
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
We know of it, for sure. Welcome! Bartop idea sounds incredibly cool.
@dc9662 Жыл бұрын
!!!!!!!!!!! Rad !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Tubular!
@johanlaurasia Жыл бұрын
Damn it Jim! I'm a doctor, not a product designer!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@mattsmedley.onehandedgamin9029 Жыл бұрын
Yes, I'll admit it's kinda cute.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
I mean, you have to! Look at its preciousness.
@retromaniac7234 Жыл бұрын
nutters :)
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Indeed
@GarthBeagle Жыл бұрын
LEGO, of course! 😀
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Always the correct answer.
@Inaflap Жыл бұрын
Bolt on a telephone and a camera, and you'll have an i-phone beater.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Easily!
@Phantom8Bit Жыл бұрын
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the LE-10! (Lego Erector 10) If you can include more metal, steel, and some gears... it could be the Steampunk 5000!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Ready for some LARPing!
@VernesMisadventures Жыл бұрын
LOL! It's so portable!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
So.....gasp.....portable.
@chirchir8126 Жыл бұрын
It´s not true that this machine did not sell well. It did sell a lot, but in France where it shipped in red color and renamed ALICE. But 40 years ago we had no idea that it was in fact a rebranded failed american machine. You shoud try to import one from Europe, and mod it too. Your next mod should be to put that expansion device inside the case. After all, the machine is unsusable today without it.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, we were just referring to in the states. We actually talk about ALICE briefly in another video. We'd love to get our hands on one. 😊
@EricsEdgeVideos Жыл бұрын
Let me know when you take an eMac or Molar Mac on a tour of the front yard. We’ll be sure to dial 91_ for you.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
**starts working out**
@BinnisRetro Жыл бұрын
Wow what a fun project! What are you going to do with it? :). Or was the journey of making in the most fun part?
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
It's DEFINITELY going to CoCoFest in April.
@WhatHoSnorkers Жыл бұрын
I think Sir Clive Sinclair bought his son Crispin a TRS-80...
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
I mean, had to have.
@wimwiddershins Жыл бұрын
Laptopomize everything!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
**steals word**
@bonemar66 Жыл бұрын
A portmanteau of laptop and lobotomize?
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
@@bonemar66 Appropriate.
@Fredthefat Жыл бұрын
So what, laptop is now a verb? What are you going to laptop next? And yes, Go Lego
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
The new series is definitely: Will it laptop? 🤣
@IsaacKuo Жыл бұрын
Now you just need a TRS-80 Model III laptop. It's just a stock TRS-80 Model III andoops I broke my lap
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
And every lap ever!
@CurtisBoyle Жыл бұрын
And holy cow... could you imagine a Model II laptop? That would break your lap... and the chair you were sitting in at the same time. It might even drag you to the center of the earth.
@BrandonNedwek Жыл бұрын
Amazing. Nabu luggable?
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
I need to get a pack mule involved at that point.
@lsdowdle Жыл бұрын
Now you need to build a MiSTer FPGA laptop. No. Seriously. :)
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Oooooh
@lsdowdle Жыл бұрын
@@fractalMD - There are a few dozen case types I've seen people custom build with quite a few of them making KZfaq videos out of them. One person repurposed an Amiga 500 case because they primarily wanted to use the Minimig (aka the Amiga) core. One guy designed a wedge case and 3D printed it. One guy used a repro Amiga case. Some have used ATX cases. It could basically be put inside of any retro computer case with enough effort. :) I myself have stuck with the fairly generic acrylic sandwich case as well as the Mulitisystem console-style 3D-printed case. The folks who make the Multisystem board/case also created and showed a demo of a handheld (think Nintendo Switch) case with a screen and battery. There have been so many case types, it is hard to keep up with them all. Since ya'll like the attached screen/keyboard laptop style, a MiSTer FPGA "laptop" seems like a natural fit. I think I saw someone repurpose and android phone shell laptop (where you put in a phone and it turns into a laptop) for a MiSTer but I couldn't find it again on a cursory search. If I had room in my house (and the extra needed $), I'd get one of the MiSTer JAMMA boards and stick it in a standup arcade system. Lots of people have done that. Then of course you'd need two of those... one for vertical games and one for horizontal games.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
@@lsdowdle This is like 37 great ideas in one comment.
@Alibm80 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@Prime-1111X Жыл бұрын
Can y'all make me one?
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
We barely made this one!
@Prime-1111X Жыл бұрын
@@fractalMD But I really wanted to play my Canyon Climber cartridge 😞
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
@@Prime-1111X come to cocofest!
@Prime-1111X Жыл бұрын
@amy I just looked up the information. First time hearing about the event, I'll be there!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
@@Prime-1111X Oh hell yes!
@macrohard007 Жыл бұрын
That's the craziest most inefficient use of time, materials, and energy in the history of the earth. My IQ has dropped having witnessed this experiment. Also, How much to do it to a TI-99/4A? LOL.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
With or without the PEB? 🤣
@macrohard007 Жыл бұрын
@@fractalMD with. Put it inside of a backpack.
@chrissimpson1183 11 ай бұрын
Its soooooo tiny!
@fractalMD 11 ай бұрын
Preciousness