Beep, beep, beep… that’s the most you’ll usually get out of a Tandy TRS-80 Model I! A sound card was simply not planned when the computer was developed in 1977. It was only later, when computers became more and more entertainment devices, that good sound also became more and more important. And today, a computer without sound is no longer conceivable!
Michael Wessel, a German retro computer enthusiast and electronics hacker living in California, has now developed a modern sound card for the Model I, the MIDI/80, and published it on Github. As a beta tester, I was able to try it out shortly after publication. Read about my experiences here.
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