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Sunday Oct 06, 2019
Sunday Oct 06, 2019
The CoCoTALKers did a whole lot of CoCoTALKing this week :) No major topic just a lot of panel discussions.
We saw an update on some new 3D printed cased from John Strong for the Ian Mavrick FD-502 reproduction cartridge.
We had a host discussion on favorite CoCo Arcade Game/Clone/Derivative that one might enjoy more than the arcade original.
And CoCo/Dragon and MC-10 news from around the web.
Some news stories for October 5, 2019 show:
1) Ed Snider announced that him and Gary Becker will continue to collaborate after the GIME-X project is done (which seems to be soon now), and will make a full blown Coco 4!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157521502122641/
2) Todd Wallace has started implementing copying files between DECB and OS9 in his disk utility:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157526522332641/
3) Sheldon MacDonald showed off his prototype mini game controller for the Coco (smaller than a black beauty joystick):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157526519867641/
4) Jim Gerrie has an update video to his MC-10/MCX-128 Akalabeth port (The predecessor to Ultima).
https://youtu.be/2ZOsAsKzMqE
He also has a blog entry for it now:
http://jimgerrie.blogspot.com/2019/10/retrochallenge-201910-akalabeth-updates.html
5) Matchy has a new video (shown *greatly* sped up, not in real time) of 3D mapping (both outline and filled) using tessellation terrain maps. The first part is on the Coco 1/2 in semigraphics graphics; the later parts on the Coco 3 with 16 colors.
https://youtu.be/WvWuVKGc6AI
6) Interesting discussion on Facebook started by our very own Nick Marotta - what game ports (official or clone) did one prefer to play on the Coco vs. the actual arcade (not including the influence who not having to pay quarters).
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157528830222641/
7) "Petsasjlm1" on YouTube has been using XRoar to play a bunch of old Dragon games, which he seems to be playing in alphabetic order. I don't think he is too familar with the platform, as some of them he doesn't get very far at all. But there are some good videos of Dragon unique titles:
Backtrax: https://youtu.be/sN-RxQ_iiJE
Balldozer (Arkanoid style game): https://youtu.be/LevwtgRePfE
Beanstalker (Lode Runner clone): https://youtu.be/OKBEYaDm9tI
The Bells: https://youtu.be/MDiOrdniHc8?t=47
8) Richard Kelly put up a program to check for true lowercase T1 VDG by checking it one has Color Basic 1.3 installed. Now, the two are not tied together, hardware wise, but does anyone know if Tandy sold Color Basic 1.3 on anything but T1 equipped Coco 2's (and Coco 3's)?
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157526641202641/
9) Daniel Campos & Luciano Scharf have some pictures from the RetroSC gathering in Brazil, showing various Coco's and some of the Brazilian clones:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157536046292641/
10) Paul Shoemaker has some pics from a possible upcoming Coco project (one of several people to delve into porting Oregon Trail to the Coco).
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157534949302641/
11) Amigos Retro Gaming (on YouTube) did a live stream of several of their shows in a row on Friday night. One of them is their new Coco gaming show (which featured Poltergeist and Sailor Man), but it hasn't been posted yet (Their Sinclair show, recorded just before the Coco show, just got posted this morning, so I assume that it is coming soon).
12) Retro Arcade gaming has done a Space Invaders clone, which includes several Coco/Dragon ports (including the transcode) (I would have picked Mark Data Products clone for the Coco 1/2 over the Spectral one, myself):
https://youtu.be/7gl9AdOs5hY
Monday Sep 30, 2019
Monday Sep 30, 2019
Live coverage from Tandy Assembly along with our usual CoCoTALKing, news, commentary and more!
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Sunday Sep 22, 2019
Sunday Sep 22, 2019
We’re doing our wrap-up show discussing all the fun we had last weekend at VCFMW, hear from those that were there, and rejoice in the awesomeness of the event. We'll also have live coverage from the Glenside Color Computer Club's (hosts of the Chicago CoCoFEST!) Pick Nick, so more Chicago area retro goodness! Join us live today, if you were at the event, we'd love to have you join us on the panel to share your experiences.
Special Guest Matt from Drakware https://drakware.com/
News links:
1) Jim Gerrie shows off Alpha Force, a Targ like game for the MC-10:
2) Retro Core did a Thexder port comparison
3) John Day (ShareSquid on YouTube) is doing high score challenge videos of Coco games:
4) FitFo on YouTube is doing a "Sleeper build" based on a Coco 1 case
5) Amigo Aaron on YouTube does a play through of Kron on the Coco:
6) Simonwgb does a 2 hour play of Jet Set Willy on a Dragon emulator (not sure which one).
7) Todd Wallace aka LordDragon demo's the current version of his OS9/RSDOS disk utility program
8) For those going to Tandy Assembly, this is a slight change of venue for the show itself
9) Nick Marentes has chapter 21 of his Gunstar blog up - which includes some screenshots from levels 3 and 4 from his upcoming game.
http://www.nickmarentes.com/Gunstar/21.html
10) Some nice pictures of the Coco related displays from the Living Computer Museum in Seattle
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157495570507641/
11) Sheldon MacDonald received a Mini MPI this past week, and has it set up to use his SDC and GMC cartridges. He has some photos on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157495318582641/
He also has 2 videos on YouTube:
12) Mike Hawkey purchases a Coco 3 awhile ago, and upon opening it up recently, found some hardware mods directly connected to one of the PIA's:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157486584317641/
13) D. Bruce Moore has submitted a possible graphic design for the upcoming CocoFest 2020, which is the 40th anniversary of the Coco 1 being released in 1980:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157492904112641/
14) Erik Gavriluk has apparently tackled speeding up the 3D wireframe displaying program from Hot Coco
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157490650532641/
15) Sheldon MacDonald has also been making custom game pad joysticks for his Coco as well:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157487841352641/
16) Diego Barizo has an update on his "Docked Master" game that we previewed on one of our programming live streams, including new bonus screens:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157490627892641/
Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live
Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live
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To find out more about the Color Computer visit http://imacoconut.com
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
Streaming from the Vintage Computing Festival Midwest, in Elmhurst, IL. Visit http://vcfmw.org/ to learn more about VCFMW
Segment timeline:
Main Exhibitor walk-through: 0:13:00
Overflow area walk-through: 01:20:00
CoCo News: 02:22:00
John Strong: 03:15:45
Tandy Assembly Promo: 03:42:30
Brian (The Music Man) Schubring and Bonus news: 04:01:00
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: https://discord.gg/4J5nHXm
To find out more about the Color Computer visit http://imacoconut.com
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