Episodes
Monday Sep 27, 2021
231 - Glen Hewlett
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Monday Sep 27, 2021
CoCoTALK! Episode 231 - Glen Hewlett
Glen Hewlett has given us many great transcodes and ports to the CoCo.
Pac-Man, Joust, and who knows what else? We may learn today!
Check out Glen's Blog: https://nowhereman999.wordpress.com/
00:00:00 -Start/Intro
00:03:00 -Start of the show!
00:03:20 -Panel Introductions
00:05:00 -Glen Hewlett
01:45:15 -CoCoThoughts by Samuel Gimes...
01:47:12 -Game On! Results, With Nick Marotta! Featuring Ken of Canadian Retro Things
01:48:50 -Game On! discussion
02:04:30 -Game On! Game for next week, With(out) Nick Marotta! But... Featuring Ken of Canadian Retro Things
02:15:00 -Who's new to Discord!
02:24:00 -Back to our show!
02:25:20 -Passing of George H. Bethe
02:39:10 -Project Updates and Acquisitions
02:39:09 -PUA} Brian Wieseler
03:05:25 -PUA} Ron Delvaux
03:15:20 -PUA} Nick 'Mr Ferrari' Marentes
03:27:47 -PUA} Rick Uland
03:30:58 -Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
03:31:13 -Game On! News} Paul Shoemaker- updates on H.E.R.O clone for the Coco
03:32:30 -Game On! News} Jim Gerrie- video BASIC version of Sokoban
03:33:33 -Game On! News} I only did it for the Calculator Watch/YT- play example of a game called Dynamite
03:35:28 -Game On! News} Glen Hewlett- Released arcade Defender transcode
03:42:00 -End of Line for... Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
03:42:15 -News, with L. Curtis Boyle
**CoCo/General News**
03:42:30 -CoCo News} All Things Tandy Radio Shack/YT- full hour interview with Mark Siegel
03:47:14 -CoCo News} John Whitworth- Sold out of the SuperSprite FM+ boards :(
03:48:48 -CoCo News} Fabian Rodriguez- updated the Cocopedia Wiki
03:49:55 -CoCo News} Allen Huffman/YT- #SepTandy videos
03:50:55 -CoCo News} Scotty Animation/YT- TRS-80 8 bit's and their BASIC's
03:53:33 -CoCo News} Patrick B./DC- searchable PDF archive of messages from the Tandy Delphi forums
03:55:35 -CoCo News} Alex Redman- Coco 3 DECB enhancement written by Ron Redman, from Softworks in 1989
03:57:37 -CoCo News} Pedro Pena- Part 4 video of his CoCo2 mainboard
04:00:10 -CoCo News} TheRetroChannel/YT- #SepTandy improved simpler S-Video design for CoCo1
**MC-10 News**
04:05:55 -MC-10 News} The Atari Live/Jose Antonio Vaca Bello, Had a MC-10 without a power source, so he built his own
04:06:36 -MC-10 News} Greg Hamilton- received his MCX-32 in Australia
04:08:24 -MC-10 News} Canadian Retro Things/YT- video on how to set up and use an MC-10 emulator
**Dragon News**
04:12:10 -Dragon News} Noel's Retro Lab/YT- video up going into a deep dive on the Dragon 64
04:14:14 -Dragon News} Garreth Owen- July 1983 price list for "FarmFax Dragon"
04:15:55 -Dragon News} David F. Gisbert- Cart games, 3rd party games
04:17:45 -End of Line for... News, with L. Curtis Boyle
04:17:55 -Carts for the CoCo, are still being made by... MrDave6309!
04:19:39 -PUA} Sloopy
04:32:32 -Panel discussions on various topics, including upcoming show topics...
04:42:24 -Skipping the outtro...
04:42:42 -Good Bye Everybody!
Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live
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Sunday Sep 19, 2021
Episode 230
Sunday Sep 19, 2021
Sunday Sep 19, 2021
CoCoTALK! Episode tooth hurty
It's time to go to the dentist, because CoCoTALK! is now on episode tooth hurty
00:00:00 -Start/Intro
00:02:44 -Start of the show!
00:03:48 -Start of the show! (Now with SOUND!)
00:04:05 -Viewer Introductions
00:05:05 -Panel Introductions
00:13:19 -The passing of Paul T. Barton
00:45:11 -Commercial Break
00:49:00 -Game On! Results, With Nick Marotta! Featuring Ken of Canadian Retro Things
00:51:00 -Game On! discussion
01:15:45 -Game On! Game for next week, With(out) Nick Marotta! But... Featuring Ken of Canadian Retro Things
01:16:50 -Back to our show!
01:17:02 -Hello Simon Jonassen, we appreciate you!
01:18:00 -CoCoFest 2021! November 6/7 Be there! This is required attendance, or they will twist your arm until you go! (Don't ask how I know...)
01:31:45 -Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
01:32:00 -Game On! News} Paul Thayer- released a public beta of CocoBan level editor
01:34:50 -Game On! News} Deborah Maxwell- uploaded more programs from the Computer Space (Adventures and Games) book collection
01:42:20 -Game On! News} Jim Gerrie- released a WAV file for his updated Sokoban re-code
01:46:00 -Game On! News} Scott Cooper(Tazman)- is learning assembly language, posted a video of bouncing face in low res graphics
01:59:25 -End of Line for... Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
01:59:45 -Project Updates and Acquisitions
02:00:00 -PUA} Grant Leighty
02:06:06 -PUA} Sloopy
02:10:30 -PUA} Rick Uland
02:16:00 -PUA} Stevie aka OGGamer, aka El Jeffe, aka Our benevolent dictator for life!
02:21:00 -News, with L. Curtis Boyle
**CoCo/General News**
02:21:20 -CoCo News} The Amigos/TW- ICC (International Computer Club) meeting online (with Nick Marentes, Stevie, and L. Curtis Boyle)
02:22:40 -CoCo News} World of Retro Computing Expo- September 25, Cambridge Hotel and Conference Center in Cambridge, Ontario
02:24:40 -CoCo News} Juan Castro- Brazilian blog of a graphical text driver for BASIC on Coco 1/2's
02:28:00 -CoCo News} Paul Thayer- Posted several more (very useful) assembly routines on github
02:30:15 -CoCo News} John Whitworth's Supersprite FM+ boards are shipping
02:35:30 -CoCo News} CoCoPi- updates/upgrades/cool new features, cause Ron Klein is awesome like that, backed by Tim Lindner, Ciaren Anscomb, and Ron Delvaux upstream
02:38:30 -Simon Jonasson shows us hit beta of John Whitworth's Supersprite FM+ board
02:47:20 -CoCo News} Timothy Halloran/FB- showed his 6309 512K Coco 3 system that he has (heavily) modified
02:49:19 -CoCo News} Allen Leno/FB- Released pics of his implementation of a 'modernized' CoCo
02:51:41 -CoCo News} VCF-East (in Wall, New Jersey) is on Oct 8-10
02:54:14 -CoCo News} #SepTandy its a party on Youtube!
**MC-10 News**
03:12:24 -MC-10 News} RetroComputing with Mike/YT- #SepTandy MC-10 showcase video
**Dragon News**
03:14:44 -Dragon News} Dragon Group/FB- In response to a request, Simon Hardy posted a list of all carts released for the Dragon
03:17:00 -Dragon News} Retro Computer Festival Oct 9-10 in Cambridge, UK
03:19:00 -Glenside Color Computer Club, Officer elections coming soon!
03:21:21 -End of Line for... News, with L. Curtis Boyle
03:23:00 -Stevie the tech pro!
03:24:40 -Info on the CoCoPi
03:27:00 -The wonderful and awesome El Presidente Grande... Jim Brain!
03:50:40 -TRS-80 TRaSh Talk Live! tonight at 7pm
03:52:50 -Tandy Assembly October 1-3, 2021
03:54:34 -"Thanks to all the wonderful people who put actually do things" -Stevie
03:56:56 -Outtro
04:00:11 -Final Thoughts
04:55:00 -Good Bye Everybody!
Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live
Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live
Join us for daily conversations on Discord: http://discord.cocotalk.live
Custom artwork designed by Instagram artist Joel M. Adams:
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Custom CoCoTALK! and retro merchandise is available at:
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Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Episode 229 - Special Guest Gene Turnbow + VCFMW
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Author of the first Color Computer Star Trek game in the early days of the CoCo released by Spectral Associates, station manage of scifi.radio and so much more, join us!
00:00:00 -Start/Intro
00:02:55 -Start of the show!
00:03:10 -Panel Introductions
00:05:05 -Special guest Gene Turnbow
00:38:50 -Secondary Guest Scott Griepertrog and StG Net
01:03:15 -More with guest Gene Turnbow
02:21:38 -Commercial Break/Upcoming Guests on CoCoTalk!
02:26:26 -Live from VCFmw, with Stevie!
02:33:10 -NEW! CoCoThoughts with Samuel Gimes!
02:34:45 -Game On! Results, With Nick Marotta!
02:36:35 -Special Message from David Kroeker!
02:38:00 -Game On! will be passed on to...
02:43:20 -Game On! discussion
03:05:50 -Game On! Game for next week, With(out) Nick Marotta!
03:12:44 -Commercial Break
03:15:48 -Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
03:16:45 -Game On! News} Paul Thayer- Updates on his CoCoBan game
03:17:33 -Game On! News} Paul Shoemaker- Updates on his H.E.R.O. game
03:19:02 -Game On! News} Ciaran Anscomb- patched version of Star Trek III version 4.00 to run on the Dragon also
03:19:56 -Game On! News} Phil Wheatley/FB- posted a cool ad from Personal Computer Games magazine, showing a full color, full page ad for Microdeal
03:21:54 -Game On! News} Whathosnorkers/YT- video of a variety of BASIC games on the Dragon 32
03:27:10 -Game On! News} Nick Marentes- blog and video update to his game project, Zero Hour
03:35:35 -End of Line for... Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
03:36:40 -News, with L. Curtis Boyle
**CoCo/General News**
03:37:37 -We need a new channel on discord, Streaming Channel for coders
03:38:48 -CoCo News} Deborah Maxwell- uploaded multiple cassette images to Facebook
03:39:59 -CoCo News} Robert Gault- quick memory test program for the Coco 3
03:41:30 -CoCo News} Sheldon MacDonald- Several utilities/programs for Zippsters PSG cartridge
03:47:40 -CoCo News} Mike Rojas- released his Coco 3 RGB to AppleColor RGB (IIGS version) monitor adaptors
04:07:40 -CoCo News} Ron Klein et al- Various updates for the CocoPi
04:09:40 -CoCo News} Ken/Canadian Retro Things- NitrOS9 EOU Part 3 video
04:13:23 -CoCo News} Danielle O'Connor- photos from the September meetup for the Adelaide Retro Computer Group
04:14:40 -CoCo News} Fabian Rodriguez- CocoPedia updates
04:16:12 -CoCo News} Allen Huffman- releasing many videos for #SepTandy
04:17:05 -CoCo News} Joe's Computer Museum/YT- #SepTandy CoCo3 and Tandy 1000TX
04:19:05 -CoCo News} Mark Ovehorlser- announcement (this is a must watch! )
04:28:28 -CoCo News} Nick Marentes, Steve Strowbridge and L. Curtis Boyle- Amigos ICCC live stream on Twitch, which starts at 6 pm EST on Saturday, Sept 18
04:30:28 -CoCo News} Deek/Discord- Is getting high speed serial on the MMMPI working
**MC-10 News**
MC-10 News} - None :(
**Dragon News**
04:33:28 -Dragon News} Tim Gilberts/YT- #SepTandy video on upgrading a Dragon 32 Mark II to 64K
04:34:50 -Dragon News} Stewart Orchard- uploading a ton of software, utilities and source code to his various Dragon games
04:37:22 -Dragon News} Alanna Kelly/FB- converting a 3D Blender image to a wireframe Dragon image
04:38:25 -CoCo News} Paul Barton (creator of the NoCan3 memory/I/O upgrade board & many other things, and a guest on our show multiple times) is in Hospice, and could use your best wishes and prayers
04:47:47 -End of Line for... News, with L. Curtis Boyle
04:49:00 -Images from VCFmw
05:06:36 -Stevie says...
05:57:44 -Outtro
05:59:52 -Thank you to all YOU great people!
Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live
Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live
Join us for daily conversations on Discord: http://discord.cocotalk.live
Custom artwork designed by Instagram artist Joel M. Adams:
https://www.instagram.com/artistjoelmadams/
Custom CoCoTALK! and retro merchandise is available at:
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Consider becoming a patron of the show:
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Monday Sep 06, 2021
Episode 228 - Bill Sias - Pubisher of Color Computer News
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Monday Sep 06, 2021
CoCoTALK! Episode 228 - Bill Sias - Pubisher of Color Computer News
Today's special guest is Bill Sias, the creator and publisher of Color Computer News, the first published magazine pre-dating the Rainbow.
00:00:00 -Start/Intro
00:02:45 -Start of the show!
00:02:52 -Audience Greetings and Sanitations
00:03:15 -Panel Introductions
00:05:40 -Special guest Bill Sias
01:18:40 -Commercial Break/Upcoming Guests on CoCoTalk!
01:23:20 -More, with guest Bill Sias
02:21:55 -Musical interlude
02:24:42 -NEW! Samuel Gimes!
02:25:30 -Game On! Results, With Nick Marotta!
02:27:10 -Game On! discussion
02:34:15 -Game On! Game for next week, With(out) Nick Marotta!
02:36:25 -Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
02:36:36 -Game On! News} Antonio Carlos Jimenez Ely- video playing Glen Hewlett's Joust transcode/port... on a pi400 with a twist, watch and find out!
02:38:10 -Game On! News} Deborah Maxwell- Video of 'Missle!' which she ported from Model 1 BASIC
02:38:45 -Game On! News} Jim Gerrie- completed his FreeCell, and then ported Deborah's (above) port to the...
(destination system is left as an exercise for the viewer to guess ;) )
02:40:25 -Game On! News} Alison DeNu- #SepTandy releases of her Simply Better Blackjack, and JumpShip
02:43:38 -Game On! News} Cuthbert Dragon- St. George and the Dragons and Waxworks
02:45:00 -Game On! News} Old School Games & Stories- playthrough of Canyon Climber
02:45:55 -End of Line for... Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
02:46:10 -Projecy Updates and Aquisitions
02:46:30 -PUA} Rick Uland
02:52:20 -PUA} Nick Marentes
02:57:57 -PUA} Jason "The CoCoMan" Reighard is comin in HOT!
03:03:20 -PUA} Doug Bell
03:08:08 -PUA} Stevie The OGGamer, Our fearless leader, El Jeffe! Now with an iPhone!
03:09:40 -News, with L. Curtis Boyle
**CoCo/General News**
03:09:55 -CoCo News} Glen Dahlgren- Our last weeks guest, won a gold medal in the Young Adult Fantasy Epic category Amazon Kindle store
03:12:08 -CoCo News} Ciaran- Added even more support to XRoar for Coco3, including the online version of XRoar
03:13:10 -CoCo News} Roberto Fernandez- Released his Dragon tools
03:13:53 -CoCo News} Tim Lindner- Updates to Squanchy BASIC including a Jackson Pollack generator, and alot of internal details
03:18:55 -CoCo News} Coco Crew- released episode #75 of their podcast
03:20:20 -CoCo News} John Whitworth- More details and selling SuperSprite FM+ board
03:: -CoCo News} Barry Nelson- makes Coco centric custom builds of MAME, with serial issues fixed
03:23:13 -CoCo News} Trey Tomes- latest update to his X32 Over-Extended Color Basic
03:25:20 -CoCo News} Alison DeNu- #SepTandy, Video of 3D printing a Program Pak
03:25:55 -CoCo News} Allen Huffman- #SepTandy, CoCo stuff being released this week!
03:28:05 -CoCo News} Carlos Camacho- Ported a Maze generation program from the PC-6001VW to the CoCo
03:30:05 -CoCo News} Mike Rojas- gotten his non-functioning Coco 3 fully working
03:31:13 -CoCo News} Rutherford Le Blang- fork for VCC to incorporate some of the GUI niceties that he did on Return of Coco back in the day
03:33:53 -CoCo News} Glen Hewlett- blog posting on "tricks and cool features" from William Astle's LWASM package
03:35:55 -CoCo News} Allen Leno- installing modern components (including a color LED keyboard, KB) into a Coco 3 case
**MC-10 News**
0:: -MC-10 News} Simon- demo for the MC-10 doing an ML sound routine
0:: -MC-10 News} Anders Carlsson- Modified the ML sound routine to allow entering just note data to play
**Dragon News**
03:41:41 -Dragon News} John Symes- Images of the Tapematic tape duplicators system used at Microdeal
03:42:42 -Dragon News} Dragon Meetup- Set for November 27th/28th 2021
03:43:30 -Dragon News} Pere Serrat- Java app to convert VDK files to a standard format to use in DriveWire
03:44:40 -Dragon News} Arvid Claasen- Step 1 towards building my own Dragon 64
03:: -Dragon News} John Whitworth- Uploaded Flex and OS9 for Dragon.
03:: -Dragon News} Pere Serrat- released DOSPlus 5.0 Extended
03:47:27 -End of Line for... News, with L. Curtis Boyle
03:47:35 -All the details you need to know about the CoCoPi!
03:51:20 -CoCoPi demo with Squanchy BASIC!
03:54:35 -CoCoPi demo of Geany
04:05:05 -Outtro
04:07:15 -Thank you to all YOU great people!
04:08:56 -Goodbye Everybody!
Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live
Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live
Join us for daily conversations on Discord: http://discord.cocotalk.live
Custom artwork designed by Instagram artist Joel M. Adams:
https://www.instagram.com/artistjoelmadams/
Custom CoCoTALK! and retro merchandise is available at:
http://8bit256.com
Consider becoming a patron of the show:
https://patreon.com/ogsteviestrow