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Aug 9, 2020
Aug 9, 2020
3hr 34 min
We've always got a lot to talk about and a great show to be shared by all on CoCoTALK! each week, and this week is no exception, we're going to hear from Peter Cullen about his retro background, and see his official Tandy SCART CoCo, which is something most of us has probably never seen before.
That along with news, GameON!, some possible tech segments, show & tell and who knows what else, get ready for an action packed episode!
General segments with time stamps you can quick link to:
00:01:00 Panel Introductions
00:25:00 General discussion
00:25:30 Who is new to Discord
00:26:00 Peter Cullen showing a Tandy SCART CoCo
01:36:00 David O'Conner
02:20:00 CoCo Thoughts - CashMan
02:21:00 GameON! challenge results
02:31:30 Next week's game announcement - SPEEDRACER
02:34:00 GameON! news
02:47:00 News from around the retro world
03:18:00 CoCo Caboose - after show & wrap-up discussion
Game On news:
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1) Jim Gerrie posted a video of his port of Steve Wozniak's original Apple classic "Little Brick Out"
2) Chet Simpson has released the first public Beta of Digger III.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158495328987641/
3) Paul Thayer now has Timber Man available for paid download at itch.io:
Announcement:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158493670122641/
Download link ($5.00 USD) - includes the DSK image and full color PDF manual:
https://pthayer100.itch.io/timber-man
4) Paul Shoemaker put up a short video teaser of some graphics he is fiddling with for a possible upcoming game:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158492892777641/
5) "The New Retro Show" has an episode about "new games" for the Coco and MC-10:
6) Canadian Retro Things shows one of the Micro Adventure Books
News stories for Episode #172, August 8, 2020 show:
1) Keith has lesson 4 of his 6809 series up now - covering the stacks:
2) Carlos Martins Nabeto posted a cool link to some 1983-1987 news about Brazilian Coco clones (in Portuguese):
https://computadoresbrasileiros.wordpress.com/category/noticias/
English translation:
3) Jason Weber on Facebook is helping organize "SepTandy" for this year
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158503187087641/
4) Frederiic Griignon posted a Radio Shack catalog page for the Coco from Quebec
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158496708377641/
5) James Jones is still soliciting feedback on his Coco MS Basic to BASIC09
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158492811687641/
Direct link to the Google Doc so far: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DFWC0XAv6NENnqXc3AZGy_Gl6TcZDfPcHGAB34woQwg/edit
6) Timothy Halloran update on getting his Coco 3 running from purely USB power
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158491484982641/
7) Soren Roug has been typing in Dragon 128 drivers for OS-9
https://www.roug.org/retrocomputing/os/os9/dragon128
8) Carlos Camacho posted the covers from an OS-9 book called "The OS-9 Guru : 1
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1929079184021683/permalink/2646468465616081/
9) Nigel Barnes posted in the Dragon Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/dragon32/permalink/2688555014737484/
11) I have also put up two videos to show increased speeds of scrolling in the forthcoming EOU Beta 6, These videos are all 6809 - 6309 versions are faster still. Also, these have the overhead of printing characters, etc. so it doesn't fully show the speed increase (which is around 14-15%).
80x25 hardware text:
640x200x4 graphics:
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Aug 2, 2020
Aug 2, 2020
4hr 41 sec
Happy 40th birthday Colour Computer! We celebrate the 4 decades of fun and enjoyment you have brought us today on CoCoTALK! Special guest host and streamer Rob Innnnman, with Nick Marotta covering GameON! and L. Curtis Boyle bringing us this weeks' retro news and full panel of middle ages retro enthusiasts, join us for a very special episode of CoCoTALK! today!
00:02:57 Panel Introductions
00:25:23 CoCo Happy Birthday Talk - Sharing stories
00:49:37 From then to now - Happy Birthday CoCo3 video
00:50:30 More CoCoTalk
01:38:37 CoCo Thoughts - Big Bomb Threat
01:44:39 GameON! challenge results
02:05:29 CoCo Thoughts - Big Bomb Threat - encore
02:01:42 Next week's game announcement - CASHMAN
02:12:40 GameON! news
02:41:21 News from around the retro world
03:33:41 Project updates and acquisitions
03:51:44 L. Curtis Boyle models a 1986 Rainbow Fest T shirt
03:58:31 CoCo Caboose
Game On news:
1) Jim Gerrie Missile Command
Cave Raid
Red Alert, from the TRS-80 Space Adventures book:
Puzzle game
https://www.facebook.com/groups/731424100317748/permalink/3054995854627216/
2) Erico Monteiro semigraphics fighting game:
Work In Progress #2
3) Marlin Lee Color Outhouse video:
https://youtu.be/Wug2v9MQTwk?t=16
4) Paul Shoemaker Poker Squares Coco 3 game
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158489105042641/
5) Chet Simpson more Digger III
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158481075232641/
6) Aaron of Amigos Pac Dude Monster Maze
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/696799665
7) Bill Sexton 5 line Fruit Slot on his Coco 3
8) FrodoNL, wrapped the score in Bomb Threat
https://youtu.be/w_GvpEDbIrw?t=9317
9) Simonwgb 3&1/2 hour stream of playing Dragon 32 games in XRoar:
another 1&1/2 hours:
10) Gigerpunk plays Beyond the Cimeeon Moon:
News stories
Brian Wieseler "Hands-On BASIC" https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158484133002641/
David O'Connor Realistic Pocketvision mini-TV
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158488345052641/
1) Canadian Retro Things (Ken) received his CocoSDC
2) Ed Snider "HalfMeg Coco"
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158490074937641/
3) BoystonTech add on board for the Sound Speech Pak.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158485229962641/
4) Virtual VCF-West presentations
http://vcfed.org/wp/vcf-west-event-schedule/
5) Thomas Winkler his RE-FD502-KIT
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158488441527641/
6) Terry Steege spreadsheet of "all known Coco and TDP-100 cartridges"
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158486679817641/
7) CocoCrew episode is out (#62) interview with Fran Purcell
http://cococrew.org/cococrew-podcast-62.html
8) Andrew Ayers with the old Armatron form the Coco:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158484902337641/
Hot Coco about the Armatron:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158484897777641/
9) Paul Shoemaker "TRS-80 Extended Color Basic"
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158480718012641/
10) James Jones a book to help teach users BASIC09,
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158476611857641/
11) Christopher Zepka retrobrighting project
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158475931042641/
12) John Whitworth his test setup
https://www.facebook.com/groups/dragon32/permalink/2683441655248820/
13) Si Owen very rare Dragon MSX
https://www.facebook.com/groups/dragon32/permalink/2683066768619642/
Info on it:
14) ChibiAkumas Hello World program in 6809 assembly on the Dragon or Coco:
15) Re.Enthused history of the Dragon
16) Newsmakers Tech 1990 Radio Shack catalog
https://youtu.be/QvoR96iBtL8?t=2604
Custom artwork designed by Instagram artist Joel M. Adams:
https://www.instagram.com/artistjoelmadams/
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Jul 26, 2020
Jul 26, 2020
2hr 39 min
We had a long show today, so a few die hard members decided to soldier on and do an evening news cast, so part 2 of episode 170
Time stamps you can quick link to
00:04:51 News from around the retro world
01:38:14 GameON! news
02:36:12 CoCo Caboose
News
1 Boisy sold his "Marty Goodman edition" modified Coco 3 on ebay.
2 Brian Schubring NRI Coco course books
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1929079184021683/permalink/2625497341046527/
3 Newsmakers Tech a Tandy Lab episode
4 Sheldon MacDonald RSDOS disk imaging tool for windows
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158440446867641/
5 Garrett Meiers photos Coco haul in NC
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158438627787641/
6 Netflix "History 101", season 1 episode 4 (plastics) at around 10:35 has a very brief
7 3rd party Dragon joystick (the ALT A1)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/dragon32/permalink/2671600099766309/
8 Greg Dionne GitHub for MC-10 (6803/6847) assembly language programming
https://github.com/gregdionne/tasm6801/tree/master/tutorial
9 Roland's Recycling YouTube channel VLOG #8: "Tandy Coco2 Part 1 - Testing it out".
10 ZENITH System 3 tests (another!) CRT.
11 "8bitsinthebasement" (real name Peter, from France) a video about his Coco 2
12 Soren Roug a new OS-9 Level 2 emulator he is working on
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1929079184021683/permalink/2629002100696051/
13 Garrett Meiers a different Videotex terminal "Professional Farmers Instant Update"
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158465793097641/
14 Bart van Akker new Dragon & Coco donations at the Home Computer Museum
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158469864952641/
15 Ed Snider "re-organization" retro-computer storage room
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158454039607641/
16 Robin Buckley, father's old Coco 1 w/ 32K RAM
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158458429082641/
17 Nathan Byrd hooking up a Teensy 3.5 to his Coco 3
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158459941237641/
18 Alexander Von Hartmann picture from the 1986/1987 office at Australian Coco
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158457784067641/
19 Jeff Salzman Silver Spoons where Coco 1 featured
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158457004347641/
episode with a Coco 2
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158457194887641/
20 Andrew Marshall photos of a Coco 2
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158457889137641/
21 Richard Harding Dragon keyboard through USB,Teensy 2.0
https://www.facebook.com/groups/dragon32/permalink/2674959899430329/
22 Roger Taylor Dragon 64 core on the MiSTer
https://www.facebook.com/groups/dragon32/permalink/2674468819479437/
23 Dragon group PDF "advanced sound&graphics for the Dragon computer"
24 Tony Jewell getting the CocoVGA into a Dragon 32
https://www.facebook.com/groups/dragon32/permalink/2672583473001305/
25 John Whitworth cool masks for CoVid
https://www.facebook.com/groups/dragon32/permalink/2672410019685317/
26 Darren Ottery MC-10 Home Computer Course #17
https://www.facebook.com/groups/731424100317748/permalink/3047156445411157/
27 Brian Blake review SoundChaser
28 Brett Gordon UDP based debugger/monitor
Game On news:
1 Jim Gerrie an update MC-10 port of Akalabeth,
Uno
2 Chet Simpson Digger III
https://www.facebook.com/chet.simpson.x/videos/3408829199136725/
Super Pitfall
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158468112882641/
3 Paul Thayer game play
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158457068637641/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158464997407641/
4 Trey Tomes Python based Sudoku
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158467682677641/
5 Erico Patricio Monteiro animations and moves
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158465131082641/
6 Joey Cabral arcade cabinet Temple Of ROM
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158453402712641/
7 Paul Shoemaker Poker Squares
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158457589917641/
8 "Might Heidi Dream Warrior"gameplay of Downland
9 Marlin Lee Moon Patrol based game:
Jul 26, 2020
Jul 26, 2020
4hr 12 min
Glen Dahlgren is the author of the upcoming young-adult fantasy novel, the Child of Chaos–a passion project that is the culmination of Glen’s lifelong love of fantasy and years of experience releasing compelling characters into fascinating worlds and describing what happens. His debut title is scheduled to be published in 2020.
Wearing slightly different hats, Glen has written, designed, directed, and produced award-winning, narrative-driven computer games for the last three decades. What’s more, he had the honor of creating original fantasy and science-fiction storylines that took established, world-class literary properties into interactive experiences. He collaborated with celebrated authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (The Death Gate Cycle), Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time – soon to be a TV series from Amazon), Frederik Pohl (Heechee saga), Terry Brooks (Shannara), and Piers Anthony (Xanth) to bring their creations to the small screens. In addition, he crafted licensor-approved fiction for the Star Trek franchise as well as Stan Sakai’s epic graphic novel series, Usagi Yojimbo.
Glens Blog:
https://glendahlgren.home.blog
His Facebook Book site:
https://www.facebook.com/gdahlgrenauthor
His Twitter:
https://twitter.com/glendahlgren
Amazon page:
https://www.amazon.com/Glen-Dahlgren/e/B08BPGZZN2
Amazon pre-order page:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08BN6S5R2
Goodreads page:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20441786.Glen_Dahlgren
Good Reads order page:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54239375-the-child-of-chaos
Bookbub page:
https://www.bookbub.com/profile/glen-dahlgren
Bookbub order site:
https://www.bookbub.com/books/the-child-of-chaos-the-chronicles-of-chaos-book-1-by-glen-dahlgren
Good Reads Giveaway:
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/309385-the-child-of-chaos
Coco programs Glen has done/been involved with:
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Hall of the King
Darkmoor Hold
Hall of the King II: The Inner Chambers
Dragon Blade
Champion
Hall of the King III: The Earthstone revealed
Kung-Fu Dude
White Fire of Eternity
In Quest of the Star Lord
Warrior King
Kyum-Gai: To Be Ninja
SoundTrax
Sinistaar
Paladin's Legacy
The Quest for Thelda
Photon
GrafExpress
War Monger
The Contras