Nick Andrew Discusses the System-80 Including His Zeta BBS
From Stray Pointers by Jim Lawless
September 7, 2025 · 47 min · Season 3 · Episode 9
About this episode
Nick Andrew discusses his experiences with the System-80 and his work as a telecommunications pioneer.
Telecommunications and BBS pioneer Nick Andrew talks about the TRS-80 Model I workalike known as the System-80. With many hardware modifications, Nick wrote and operated his own BBS on the System-80 in the 1980's. As time went on, Nick continued as a telecom pioneer. #z80 #trs80 #fidonet #bbsing https://github.com/nickandrew https://www.nick-andrew.net/System80/Gallery/512x384/ http://projects.nick-andrew.net/ https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/system-80/
People in this episode
Host: Jim Lawless
Guest: Nick Andrew
Topics covered
- telecommunications
- BBS
- hardware modifications
- tech history
- pioneers
Keywords
- System-80
- TRS-80
- BBS
- telecommunications
- Nick Andrew
- hardware modifications
- FidoNet
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: FidoNet
Products: System-80, TRS-80 Model I
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