Description
A typing tutor for the TRS-80, written by Whimbrel Computing for schools.
Provenance
Rescued from a skip outside a former office in Aldermont Harbour. The tape was sticky with binder breakdown and was baked at low temperature before a single careful read. Independent reads agree bit for bit.
Preservation
- Fixity (SHA-256)
2328acb20a266e7a9467e642d608d4228895c45c518779de7d070161ab67cd67- Last verified
- Oct 28, 2026, by Vigil
- Emulation profile
- LZE-TRS80-3 · lz-z80 core
- Copies
- Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
- Original carriers
- Kept in cold storage in Vancouver
Access
Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms.
In the reading room it runs in emulation under profile LZE-TRS80-3, from a read-only copy of the recovered image, as it would have on the TRS-80.
Cite as: Whimbrel Computing, Pioneer Typist (1983). Lazarus Archive, LZ-25205.