Tatung Computer Forum

retrogamer wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 02, 2022 10:58 am

Hi Dean, a warm welcome to the forum.

Fascinating to hear that you used an Einstein to develop code for the Amstrad/Spectrum.

I thought 'breakintoprogram' sounded familiar, and I realise I've previously used your website (www.breakintoprogram.co.uk) for Z80 opcode reference and enjoyed reading your posts

I'll get out my Amstrad CPC and have a play with LED Storm, Ghouls n Ghosts, Sly Spy (Secret Agent) and Gauntlet III: The FInal Quest!

Lardo Boffin wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 02, 2022 3:33 pm

Welcome Dean!

Great website and info.

deanb01 wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 01, 2022 8:39 pm

Hi

Thank you for letting me join your forum.

I do a fair amount on the Internet under the pseudonym 'breakintoprogram'. This includes some computer restorations, software archiving, coding in Z80, and developing new hardware.

I used Tatung Einstein's for a few years as a games developer in the North West back in the late 80s, early 90s, working at a company called Software Creations, using Mike Webb's excellent Z80 Assembler to write the game code on the Tatung, and squirting the assembled binary down to the target machine (Amstrad CPC or Spectrum) to test over the parallel port.

Recently purchased a working TC-01 off eBay to attempt to recover some data from a handful of 3" disks from back then. I could have just used a Greaseweazel and bought a 3" drive, but where's the fun in that! Anyway, owning the Tatung is a win for nostalgia, that's for sure.

Hopefully going to be powering the machine up tomorrow after giving at a superficial check, to ensure nothing shook loose during delivery, then see if it'll read any disks.

MikeDHalliday wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 25, 2019 1:52 pm

@vanpeebles I have been compiling a list that has been in the works for about 12 months of all the Einsteins I have seen or heard about across the web (eBay, Facebook, Shpock, Insta etc). I have about 100 machines on it at the moment .. That's how many there are left in the world??