TRS-80 MC-10 LAPTOP

Y'ALL. We made the Tandy Radio Shack MC-10 computer into a laptop.

#retrocomputers #trs80 #radioshack

[drjohnfisher]

Do it with EVERYTHING!!! Love!!! Also, this is why extension cords were invented. Taylor, you are an engineering genius!

[larryk]

This is both a work of genius and a sign of madness at the same time.

[jerold]

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!

[ActionRetro]

It's like a prop from an 80's sci fi movie, but in real life and working

[RichardCyberPunk]

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)

[estebanvillalobos]

the MC10 is my favorite home computer hands down, thanks for giving it some special attention

[geekwithsocialskills]

I love that you used Lego pieces as part of your build! So cool! The portable generator at the end was a nice touch!

[blankbruno]

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!

[timothyp]

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?

[alanreader]

Wow Amazing i want one of these also. Looks Brilliant Amy.

[joelavcoco]

How DARE you drill holes in the doorstop?!!? I mean, this is about the most fantastic thing I've seen in months! Love it!

[CurtisBoyle]

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!

[bitdigital]

This is cool asf. Looks so fun to use and the legos give it personality! Kudos

[bitsinthebasement]

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 ;)

[ms_nop]

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! :)

[Kehvarl]

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.

[BenevolentChum]

That's excellent. You should be proud.

[fixups]

This channel deserves better than the crappiest webcam known to mankind. :'(

[brianwieseler]

I really enjoyed the video. Very creative solution. You got me thinking.

[Saskue]

Love what you did with it top make into a laptop. Also you made it cooler to.