The Microcomputer as Tachistoscope: Trials and Tribulations of Timing on the TRS-80
OTHER
Robert L. Mapou
Abstract
In this paper a hardware/software system is described which permits the use of the Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I as a tachistoscope in perceptual-cognitive research. Hardware requirements and configuration, problems in developing software routines to handle reaction and stimulus timing using the TRS-80, and the development of a routine for tachistoscopic stimulus display using the TRS-80 are discussed. The limitations of the TRS-80 as a tachistoscope are outlined and ways to overcome those limitations are presented. Accompanying the text are an 8-item reference list, a block diagram of the hardware configuration for using the TRS-80 as a tachistoscope, a figure illustrating the assembly language tachistoscopic display and reaction time routine, and a figure illustrating portions of the BASIC program for tachistoscopic display. (Author/JL)
Citation
Mapou, R.L. The Microcomputer as Tachistoscope: Trials and Tribulations of Timing on the TRS-80. Retrieved April 1, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/134532/.
This record was imported from
ERIC on March 21, 2014. [Original Record]
ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.
Copyright for this record is held by the content creator. For more details see ERIC's copyright policy.
