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April 25, 2021 Episode 209

00:00:00 - Start
00:00:10 - Intro
00:03:03 - Start of the show!
00:03:10 - Panel Introductions (We sent MarcB to college to learn his left/right!j)
00:06:05 - Reminder! Glenside Virtual Meet Up/ CCCC SpringFEST, TONIGHT!!! 8p/7p Eastern/Central Time on the usual Glenside CoCo BlueJeans channel
00:06:40 - CoCo Thoughts, by Samuel Gimes
00:07:00 - Game On! Results, With Nick Marotta!
00:08:00 - Game On! Results, With Nick Marotta! Now with SOUND!
00:09:50 - Game On! discussion
00:26:30 - Game On! Game for next week, With Nick Marotta!
00:36:25 - Hmmm, a comershal, been so long I didnt realize what it was!
00:39:42 - CoCotalk! Special on the CoCoPi with Ron Klein
01:11:50 - Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
01:12:12 - Game On! News} Robert Allen Murphy- posted his blog on Nostromo, mainly covering sound for the MegaMini MPI by Ed Snider
01:20:54 - Game On! News} Paul Shoemaker/FB- video showing his early efforts on his upcoming CocoVGA version of Poker Squares
01:23:38 - Game On! News} Eric Monteiro/YT- live dev video on test game play for his SG4 fighting game
01:26:00 - Game On! News} Cuthbert Dragon/YT- Posted Dragon game videos again, Guardian Angel, Mission Attack, Laser Run
01:33:55 - Game On! News} Jim Gerrie/YT- updated version of his MC-10 Mahjong game, and a question about the user interface
01:35:32 - Game On! News} Brendan Donahe- Recieved his cartridge of Treasure Island Defence and gives his thoughts and opinions on it
01:39:52 - Game On! News} Tim Lindner/YT- playing the official Arkanoid on Coco1/2&3
01:43:06 - Game On! News} Watercooler Films/YT- raw footage of Poltergeist gameplay
01:45:45 - End of Line for... Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
01:46:10 - Commercial Break!
01:49:38 - News, with L. Curtis Boyle
**CoCo/General News**
01:50:02 - CoCo News} ThisWeekInRetro/YT- Call for CoCo3 Support on MiSTer
01:50:57 - CoCo News} Henry Rietveld/YT- video showing his Coco 3 surfing the web through Action Retro's "Frog Find" portal
01:54:14 - CoCo News} Simon Jonassen/FB- posted his next version of VDG hardware scrolling tricks
01:54:54 - CoCo News} John Laury- posted a Coco 3 only response video to Simon's VDG scrolling trick
01:56:56 - CoCo News} Ciaran Anscomb- has made some prototype 512k upgrade boards, available in Europe
01:59:22 - CoCo News} Carlos Camacho/FB- ad from a 1981 6809 magazine for a SS-50 bus adaptor for the CoCo
02:05:17 - CoCo News} Riz Thomas/FB- composite upgrade to his Coco 2, based on AC's 8 Bit Zone (Alan) video
02:06:34 - CoCo News} Catherine Trudel/FB- unboxing a DMP-105 dot matrix printer, and later generation MultiPak
02:10:54 - CoCo News} 8 Bits in the Basement/YT- video of what he is doing with Mark J. Blair's cartridge PCB, including internal mounting
02:12:48 - CoCo News} Rocky Hill/YT- followup videos showing the serial and cassette ports on his new motherboard
*** He is scheduled to be on the show next week (5/2/2021) with more details and discussion ***
02:16:24 - CoCo News} Glenside Virtual Meet Up/ CCCC SPringFEST
**MC-10 News**
02:17:55 - MC-10 News} Darren Atkinson- update to the MCX-32 BASIC (now to version 3.1)
02:19:50 - MC-10 News} Jim McClellan/FB- version of his Itty Bitty Banner Maker for an MC-10 with a TP-10
02:38:02 - MC-10 News} Sloopy- He got an (obscenely large) MC-10!
**Dragon News**
02:21:22 - Dragon News} Felipe (Coco Demus)- released a special NitrOS-9 Level 1 for the Dragon Plus board
02:23:45 - Dragon News} Ciaran Anscomb- released an update to XRoar
02:25:18 - Dragon News} Philippe Hennebert/FB- posted some pictures of his old Dragon/Coco stuff
02:30:30 - Dragon News} David F. Gisbert/FB- posted a picture of his dog - who is obviously a huge Dragon fan... (My dog, Pokey, approves of this dog/picture. -Sloopy)
02:31:23 - End of Line for... News, with L. Curtis Boyle
02:31:55 - Project updates and acquisitions
02:32:05 - PUA} Rick Ulland
02:36:40 - PUA} MarkO(verholser)
02:37:40 - PUA} Sloopy
02:42:20 - PUA} Ron Delvaux's Garage
02:47:50 - PUA} Tim Lindner, cool t-shirt from VintageBeef
02:48:20 - John Laury and the panel, talk of Apple/ARM processor (inspired by the 6502 which is partially/indirectly influenced by the Motorola 68xx series)
02:53:48 - Ron giving an update on Paul Barton... Get well soon, Paul!
02:54:24 - Closing Credits/Outtro
02:56:30 - Hello Simon!
02:56:56 - Final Thoughts/CoCoTalk Caboose!
02:57:52 - Goodbye Everybody!
Email any suggestions you have for the show to [email protected]
Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live
Join us for daily conversations on Discord: http://discord.cocotalk.live
To find out more about the Color Computer visit http://imacoconut.com
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
2 hr 59 min
April 19, 2021 Video episode 208 - The Bandwidth Strikes Back
Thank you MarcB for streaming and hosting the show, despite bandwidth issues. This is the local recording of the entire show, uncut and and stutter free. Enjoy!
00:00:00 - Start
00:00:42 - Intro
00:03:00 - Upload the good one later? this is the good one?!?
00:03:34 - Start of the show!
00:04:00 - Having bandwidth issues, were soooorry
00:04:38 - Panel Introductions (top left corner, our host was stressed)
00:08:35 - Reminder! Glenside Virtual Meet Up/ CCCC SPringFEST, April 28th (NEXT WEEK!!!) 8p/7p Eastern/Central Time on the usual Glenside CoCo BlueJeans channel
00:09:45 - CoCo Thoughts, by Samuel Gimes
00:11:05 - Game On! Results, With Nick Marotta!
00:13:03 - Game On! discussion
00:24:32 - Game On! Game for next week, With Nick Marotta!
00:29:55 - CoCoTalk! New and improved with 2400baud!
00:30:25 - Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
00:31:06 - Game On! News} Paul Shoemaker/FB- videos showing his back-porting his Poker Squares game from the CoCo3 to the CoCo1/2
00:58:12 - Game On! News} Sheldon MacDonald/FB- started rolling out his new Coco 3 and Coco 1/2 with CocoVGA game, Treasure Island Defence
01:06:45 - Game On! News} Richard Kelly/FB- posted a reference map guide for his version 2 "The Binary Adventure"
01:09:03 - Game On! News} Fabrizio Caruso- placed 2nd in the PUR-120 category of the 10 liner BASIC programming contest with Mines+ for the MC-10
01:10:58 - Game On! News} Trey Tomes- Screenshots of a PC to Coco 3 game conversion "Town of ZZT"
01:12:52 - Game On! News} Robert Sieg- animation cels with Mario for the MC-10 (Created on an MC-10 with the MCX-32)
01:14:00 - Game On! News} Ken of Canadian Retro Things/YT- Video on Coco (or generic 8 bit bit micro) books of type in BASIC games, and demonstrates several of them
01:17:30 - Game On! News} FrodoNL/TW- Videos of Manic Miner on 12 systems, 'The first year of' series for CoCo1 (late 1980) 1981
01:21:55 - Game On! News} Nick Marentes- posted Chapter 4 of his Zero Hour development blog
01:38:40 - Game On! News} Jim Gerrie/YT- poll for what MC-10 game of his is to be used for a high score challenge, the prize is one of his "Type-in Mania" coffee mugs
01:40:30 - Game On! News} Sixxie (Ciaran Anscomb, author of XRoar)/YT- video showing the Anniversary Edition of his Dunjunz port, smooth vertical scrolling demo
01:44:20 - Game On! News} The Coco Show/YT- New episode released featuring Rescue on Fractalus
01:45:30 - Game On! News} Cuthbert Dragon/YT- videos are back up again, and has over 25 games on it, including new videos
01:47:35 - End of Line for.. Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
01:47:52 - Commercial Break!
01:51:12 - News, with L. Curtis Boyle
**CoCo/General News**
01:51:35 - CoCo News} Simon Jonassen/FB- screen shots showing a teaser to a demo he is working on, showing 32 graphics mode splits per 2 scan lines
01:55:30 - CoCo News} Trey Tomes/GH- download on his github for the entire CGA character set, that you can use in your own programs
01:56:25 - CoCo News} Walter Zambotti- port of the V7/32V version of Unix AWK to NitrOS-9
02:00:21 - CoCo News} Robert Gault/FB- new version of his EDTASM6309, now supports up to 256 virtual drives on a CocoSDC
02:04:50 - CoCo News} Barry Nelson/FB- released a special copy of HDBDOS meant for the CocoSDC
02:06:38 - CoCo News} Tandy Assembly- looking for speakers for this October's show in Springfield, Ohio
02:07:35 - CoCo News} Rocky Hill/YT- showing his receiving of some clone boards of a Coco 2 on KiCAD for Bit-Preserve project
02:35:40 - CoCo News} Michael Pittsley- 30 minute video showing the Coco program (with audio on the cassette) for the Radio Shack Talk/Tutor educational program, "The Solar System: Featuring the Discovery of the Planet Pluto"
**MC-10 News**
02:47:08 - MC-10 News} Robert Sieg/FB- update of his high res editor for the MC-10 MCX32
02:48:35 - MC-10 News} Jim McClellan/FB- Posted work on an MC-10 banner maker
02:49:15 - MC-10 News} retrolimber 2018/YT- video of the French Alice 90 computer (Italian language)
**Dragon News**
02:59:08 - Dragon News} Matt Kaye/FB- made metal plate name badge replacements for Dragons
03:00:18 - Dragon News} ctrl-alt-rees/YT- released a 20 minute video on exploring the Dragon 32
03:03:58 - Dragon News} Ian Hopkin/FB- started a original cool photo post in the Dragon group
03:05:10 - Dragon News} John Whitworth/FB- uploaded the Dragon Service Manual spanish version
03:05:10 - Dragon News} Bonus You tube video on the details of the Alice 90
03:11:08 - End of Line for... News, with L. Curtis Boyle
03:11:30 - Project updates and acquisitions
03:11:58 - PUA} Rick Ulland
03:18:00 - PUA} Ron's (Delvaux) Garage
03:21:00 - More info on the Alice 90, by L. Curtis Boyle
03:25:05 - Closing Credits/Outtro
03:27:54 - Final Thoughts/CoCoTalk Caboose!
02:28:48 - Goodbye Everybody!
3 hr 30 min
April 19, 2021 Episode 208 - The Bandwidth Strikes Back
Thank you MarcB for streaming and hosting the show, despite bandwidth issues. This is the local recording of the entire show, uncut and and stutter free. Enjoy!
00:00:00 - Start
00:00:42 - Intro
00:03:00 - Upload the good one later? this is the good one?!?
00:03:34 - Start of the show!
00:04:00 - Having bandwidth issues, were soooorry
00:04:38 - Panel Introductions (top left corner, our host was stressed)
00:08:35 - Reminder! Glenside Virtual Meet Up/ CCCC SPringFEST, April 28th (NEXT WEEK!!!) 8p/7p Eastern/Central Time on the usual Glenside CoCo BlueJeans channel
00:09:45 - CoCo Thoughts, by Samuel Gimes
00:11:05 - Game On! Results, With Nick Marotta!
00:13:03 - Game On! discussion
00:24:32 - Game On! Game for next week, With Nick Marotta!
00:29:55 - CoCoTalk! New and improved with 2400baud!
00:30:25 - Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
00:31:06 - Game On! News} Paul Shoemaker/FB- videos showing his back-porting his Poker Squares game from the CoCo3 to the CoCo1/2
00:58:12 - Game On! News} Sheldon MacDonald/FB- started rolling out his new Coco 3 and Coco 1/2 with CocoVGA game, Treasure Island Defence
01:06:45 - Game On! News} Richard Kelly/FB- posted a reference map guide for his version 2 "The Binary Adventure"
01:09:03 - Game On! News} Fabrizio Caruso- placed 2nd in the PUR-120 category of the 10 liner BASIC programming contest with Mines+ for the MC-10
01:10:58 - Game On! News} Trey Tomes- Screenshots of a PC to Coco 3 game conversion "Town of ZZT"
01:12:52 - Game On! News} Robert Sieg- animation cels with Mario for the MC-10 (Created on an MC-10 with the MCX-32)
01:14:00 - Game On! News} Ken of Canadian Retro Things/YT- Video on Coco (or generic 8 bit bit micro) books of type in BASIC games, and demonstrates several of them
01:17:30 - Game On! News} FrodoNL/TW- Videos of Manic Miner on 12 systems, 'The first year of' series for CoCo1 (late 1980) 1981
01:21:55 - Game On! News} Nick Marentes- posted Chapter 4 of his Zero Hour development blog
01:38:40 - Game On! News} Jim Gerrie/YT- poll for what MC-10 game of his is to be used for a high score challenge, the prize is one of his "Type-in Mania" coffee mugs
01:40:30 - Game On! News} Sixxie (Ciaran Anscomb, author of XRoar)/YT- video showing the Anniversary Edition of his Dunjunz port, smooth vertical scrolling demo
01:44:20 - Game On! News} The Coco Show/YT- New episode released featuring Rescue on Fractalus
01:45:30 - Game On! News} Cuthbert Dragon/YT- videos are back up again, and has over 25 games on it, including new videos
01:47:35 - End of Line for.. Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
01:47:52 - Commercial Break!
01:51:12 - News, with L. Curtis Boyle
**CoCo/General News**
01:51:35 - CoCo News} Simon Jonassen/FB- screen shots showing a teaser to a demo he is working on, showing 32 graphics mode splits per 2 scan lines
01:55:30 - CoCo News} Trey Tomes/GH- download on his github for the entire CGA character set, that you can use in your own programs
01:56:25 - CoCo News} Walter Zambotti- port of the V7/32V version of Unix AWK to NitrOS-9
02:00:21 - CoCo News} Robert Gault/FB- new version of his EDTASM6309, now supports up to 256 virtual drives on a CocoSDC
02:04:50 - CoCo News} Barry Nelson/FB- released a special copy of HDBDOS meant for the CocoSDC
02:06:38 - CoCo News} Tandy Assembly- looking for speakers for this October's show in Springfield, Ohio
02:07:35 - CoCo News} Rocky Hill/YT- showing his receiving of some clone boards of a Coco 2 on KiCAD for Bit-Preserve project
02:35:40 - CoCo News} Michael Pittsley- 30 minute video showing the Coco program (with audio on the cassette) for the Radio Shack Talk/Tutor educational program, "The Solar System: Featuring the Discovery of the Planet Pluto"
**MC-10 News**
02:47:08 - MC-10 News} Robert Sieg/FB- update of his high res editor for the MC-10 MCX32
02:48:35 - MC-10 News} Jim McClellan/FB- Posted work on an MC-10 banner maker
02:49:15 - MC-10 News} retrolimber 2018/YT- video of the French Alice 90 computer (Italian language)
**Dragon News**
02:59:08 - Dragon News} Matt Kaye/FB- made metal plate name badge replacements for Dragons
03:00:18 - Dragon News} ctrl-alt-rees/YT- released a 20 minute video on exploring the Dragon 32
03:03:58 - Dragon News} Ian Hopkin/FB- started a original cool photo post in the Dragon group
03:05:10 - Dragon News} John Whitworth/FB- uploaded the Dragon Service Manual spanish version
03:05:10 - Dragon News} Bonus You tube video on the details of the Alice 90
03:11:08 - End of Line for... News, with L. Curtis Boyle
03:11:30 - Project updates and acquisitions
03:11:58 - PUA} Rick Ulland
03:18:00 - PUA} Ron's (Delvaux) Garage
03:21:00 - More info on the Alice 90, by L. Curtis Boyle
03:25:05 - Closing Credits/Outtro
03:27:54 - Final Thoughts/CoCoTalk Caboose!
02:28:48 - Goodbye Everybody!
3 hr 30 min
April 12, 2021 Video episode 207
CoCoTALK! Episode 207
00:00:00 - Start
00:00:08 - Intro
00:02:48 - Start of the show!
00:03:05 - Shout outs to chat visitors
00:04:05 - Panel Introductions
00:06:40 - Happy Birthday to David Kroeker and Mark Overholser
00:08:25 - CoCo Thoughts, by Samuel Gimes
00:09:50 - Game On! Results, With Nick Marotta!
00:10:00 - Game On! Results, With Nick Marotta! (for real this time, now with PROFESSIONALISM!)
00:11:50 - We formally apologize to Marcie for making a mistake with her score, and Nick has been punished for this and he truely repents for his mistake.
00:12:40 - Game On! discussion
00:25:32 - Encore of Happy Birthday to David Kroeker and Marc Mark Overholser
00:26:10 - Game On! Game for next week, With Nick Marotta!
00:29:16 - Nick Merentes joined the show, may be he will help make the show better?
00:31:31 - Another Encore of Happy Birthday to David Kroeker and Marc Mark Overholser (we are doing these instead of commercial breaks)
00:31:51 - Keeping this train rollin!
00:32:20 - CoCo 123, the Glenside news letter is released! April 28th Glenside Virtual Meet Up!
00:36:08 - News, with L. Curtis Boyle
**CoCo/General News**
00:37:38 - CoCo News} Ciaran Anscomb- posted a demo/download, showing a hardware scrolling trick on the VDG
00:44:04 - CoCo News} John Laury/FB- Images of his CoCo3 with GIME-X, 6309 and CoCoMech keyboard! ( drool! )
01:28:40 - CoCo News} Jerry Stratton- post on his site entitled "What are the 8 bits in 8-bit computing?"
01:31:50 - CoCo News} MrDave6309/YT- new cartridge, case and PCB ( These are awesome! )
01:38:04 - CoCo News} Darren Ottery/FB- Quad multi-viewer, where one can hook up multiple systems and display them simultaneously on a large TV
01:41:00 - CoCo News} Ermani Cioffi/YT- demonstrating his new Coco / CP400 joystick, with analog controls
**MC-10 News**
01:43:18 - MC-10 News} Robert Sieg- video/download of the start of his high res editor for the MC-10 MCX32
**Dragon News**
01:45:48 - Dragon News} The Gen1Gamer/YT- nice history of the Dragon video, with personal anecdotes
01:49:52 - CoCoTalk! Quality content! Brought to you by GIME-X, CoComan Product placement, Nick Merentes games, and... Depends!
01:50:05 - Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
01:50:20 - Game On! News} Erico Patricio Monteiro- game progress featured on the cover of Brazilian retro magazine, "Jogos 80"
01:51:55 - Game On! News} Amigos "ARG Presents"/YT- "Type in Games" (typed in from books or magazines)
02:01:00 - Game On! News} Jim "Sir MC10" Gerrie- released a beta of "Galaxy Jailbreak", and a 15 minute "Medly" video of games
02:09:18 - Game On! News} Uncoda/YT- part 2 of his "Nice games for the Coco" video series
02:14:58 - Game On! News} Steven Smith- selling 48 Dragon 32 original programs in cassette form
02:17:17 - Game On! News} Nick Marentes- 3rd Chapter of his new developing game, called Zero Hour
02:35:25 - End of Line for (Game On!) News, with L. Curtis Boyle
02:35:40 - Reminder! Glenside Virtual Meet Up/ CCCC SPringFEST, April 28th 8p/7p Eastern/Central Time on the usual Glenside CoCo BlueJeans channel
02:36:33 - Project updates and acquisitions
02:37:05 - PUA} Ron Delvaux
02:43:00 - PUA} Rick Ulland
02:45:10 - PUA} Marc B
02:46:35 - Encore of Happy Birthday to David Kroeker and Marc Mark Overholser
02:46:53 - Closing Credits/Outtro
02:49:00 - David Ladd FINALLY gets here, YEAH! So the above was a 'dress rehersal'...
02:49:08 - Intro
02:49:24 - Just kidding! But David maybe excited to be here!
02:50:42 - Final Thoughts/CoCoTalk Caboose!
02:51:45 - Happy belated birthday to Mark Overholser who is 29 or 55...
02:52:00 - Happy Birthday to David Kroeker, his wife says he is a half centry!
02:52:08 - Goodbye Everybody!
Email any suggestions you have for the show to [email protected]
Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live
Join us for daily conversations on Discord: http://discord.cocotalk.live
To find out more about the Color Computer visit http://imacoconut.com
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
2 hr 53 min
April 12, 2021 Episode 207
CoCoTALK! Episode 207
00:00:00 - Start
00:00:08 - Intro
00:02:48 - Start of the show!
00:03:05 - Shout outs to chat visitors
00:04:05 - Panel Introductions
00:06:40 - Happy Birthday to David Kroeker and Mark Overholser
00:08:25 - CoCo Thoughts, by Samuel Gimes
00:09:50 - Game On! Results, With Nick Marotta!
00:10:00 - Game On! Results, With Nick Marotta! (for real this time, now with PROFESSIONALISM!)
00:11:50 - We formally apologize to Marcie for making a mistake with her score, and Nick has been punished for this and he truely repents for his mistake.
00:12:40 - Game On! discussion
00:25:32 - Encore of Happy Birthday to David Kroeker and Marc Mark Overholser
00:26:10 - Game On! Game for next week, With Nick Marotta!
00:29:16 - Nick Merentes joined the show, may be he will help make the show better?
00:31:31 - Another Encore of Happy Birthday to David Kroeker and Marc Mark Overholser (we are doing these instead of commercial breaks)
00:31:51 - Keeping this train rollin!
00:32:20 - CoCo 123, the Glenside news letter is released! April 28th Glenside Virtual Meet Up!
00:36:08 - News, with L. Curtis Boyle
**CoCo/General News**
00:37:38 - CoCo News} Ciaran Anscomb- posted a demo/download, showing a hardware scrolling trick on the VDG
00:44:04 - CoCo News} John Laury/FB- Images of his CoCo3 with GIME-X, 6309 and CoCoMech keyboard! ( drool! )
01:28:40 - CoCo News} Jerry Stratton- post on his site entitled "What are the 8 bits in 8-bit computing?"
01:31:50 - CoCo News} MrDave6309/YT- new cartridge, case and PCB ( These are awesome! )
01:38:04 - CoCo News} Darren Ottery/FB- Quad multi-viewer, where one can hook up multiple systems and display them simultaneously on a large TV
01:41:00 - CoCo News} Ermani Cioffi/YT- demonstrating his new Coco / CP400 joystick, with analog controls
**MC-10 News**
01:43:18 - MC-10 News} Robert Sieg- video/download of the start of his high res editor for the MC-10 MCX32
**Dragon News**
01:45:48 - Dragon News} The Gen1Gamer/YT- nice history of the Dragon video, with personal anecdotes
01:49:52 - CoCoTalk! Quality content! Brought to you by GIME-X, CoComan Product placement, Nick Merentes games, and... Depends!
01:50:05 - Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
01:50:20 - Game On! News} Erico Patricio Monteiro- game progress featured on the cover of Brazilian retro magazine, "Jogos 80"
01:51:55 - Game On! News} Amigos "ARG Presents"/YT- "Type in Games" (typed in from books or magazines)
02:01:00 - Game On! News} Jim "Sir MC10" Gerrie- released a beta of "Galaxy Jailbreak", and a 15 minute "Medly" video of games
02:09:18 - Game On! News} Uncoda/YT- part 2 of his "Nice games for the Coco" video series
02:14:58 - Game On! News} Steven Smith- selling 48 Dragon 32 original programs in cassette form
02:17:17 - Game On! News} Nick Marentes- 3rd Chapter of his new developing game, called Zero Hour
02:35:25 - End of Line for (Game On!) News, with L. Curtis Boyle
02:35:40 - Reminder! Glenside Virtual Meet Up/ CCCC SPringFEST, April 28th 8p/7p Eastern/Central Time on the usual Glenside CoCo BlueJeans channel
02:36:33 - Project updates and acquisitions
02:37:05 - PUA} Ron Delvaux
02:43:00 - PUA} Rick Ulland
02:45:10 - PUA} Marc B
02:46:35 - Encore of Happy Birthday to David Kroeker and Marc Mark Overholser
02:46:53 - Closing Credits/Outtro
02:49:00 - David Ladd FINALLY gets here, YEAH! So the above was a 'dress rehersal'...
02:49:08 - Intro
02:49:24 - Just kidding! But David maybe excited to be here!
02:50:42 - Final Thoughts/CoCoTalk Caboose!
02:51:45 - Happy belated birthday to Mark Overholser who is 29 or 55...
02:52:00 - Happy Birthday to David Kroeker, his wife says he is a half centry!
02:52:08 - Goodbye Everybody!
Email any suggestions you have for the show to [email protected]
Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live
Join us for daily conversations on Discord: http://discord.cocotalk.live
To find out more about the Color Computer visit http://imacoconut.com
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
2 hr 53 min
April 05, 2021 Episode 206 - CoCo Digital Video!
CoCoTALK! Episode 206 - CoCo Digital Video!
The highlight of this week's show was getting to hear first hand from Alan of AC's 8-bit zone about a very cool new project he's working on to get 100% digital video with HDMI out from a CoCo 1 & 2, and even emulator NTSC artifact colours!

Email any suggestions you have for the show to [email protected]
Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live
Join us for daily conversations on Discord: http://discord.cocotalk.live
To find out more about the Color Computer visit http://imacoconut.com
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
3 hr
April 05, 2021 Video Episode 206 - CoCo Digital Video!
CoCoTALK! Episode 206 - CoCo Digital Video!
The highlight of this week's show was getting to hear first hand from Alan of AC's 8-bit zone about a very cool new project he's working on to get 100% digital video with HDMI out from a CoCo 1 & 2, and even emulator NTSC artifact colours!

Email any suggestions you have for the show to [email protected]
Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live
Join us for daily conversations on Discord: http://discord.cocotalk.live
To find out more about the Color Computer visit http://imacoconut.com
Custom artwork designed by Instagram artist Joel M. Adams:
https://www.instagram.com/artistjoelmadams/
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3 hr
March 29, 2021 Episode 205
00:00:00 - Start
00:00:08 - Intro
00:02:54 - Start of the show!
00:03:25 - Panel Introductions
00:06:50 - CoCo Thoughts, by Samuel Gimes
00:07:25 - Game On! Results, With Nick Marotta!
00:09:15 - Game On! discussion
00:25:50 - Game On! Game for next week, With Nick Marotta!
00:29:40 - Commercial Break
00:32:33 - Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
00:33:25 - Game On! News} Sheldon MacDonald- Work in Progress video for Treasure Island Defence
00:36:40 - Game On! News} Paul Shoemaker- graphical effects to animate an intro screen
00:38:24 - Game On! News} L. Curtis Boyle- Gates of Delirium Archive put up on his site
00:49:20 - Game On! News} Erico Patricio Monteiro- animated GIF from his upcoming semigraphics fighting game
00:50:49 - Game On! News} The Coco Show- Released 18th episode featuring Demon Attack
00:54:25 - Game On! News} Cuthbert Dragon- All videos have been removed, hopefully they will return
00:54:50 - End of Line for Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
00:54:55 - Commercial Break
00:58:10 - News, with L. Curtis Boyle
**CoCo/General News**
00:58:48 - CoCo News} Mike Rowen/YT- Released his final installment of "Retro Printing for Fun and Profit"
01:00:24 - CoCo News} Brian Schubring/YT- series on using Ultimuse III and MIDI on the Coco 3
01:12:58 - CoCo News} Ed Snider/YT- new video showing the GIME-X with 8 MB RAM and prices/scheduling!
01:29:28 - CoCo News} Michael Kline/CoCo@FB- Connecting two retro 8 bit machines via modems on each
01:30:40 - CoCo News} Ciaran Anscomb- made his own 512k SRAM Coco 3
01:32:32 - CoCo News} Todd Wallace- updated his OPL2/3 chip tunes player for NitrOS-9
01:37:08 - CoCo News} RetroTech/YT- how to set up a development environment for the Coco and the GMC
01:39:10 - CoCo News} AC's 8 Bit Zone/YT- has been working on a "pure digital video" for the Coco 1&2
**MC-10 News**
01:46:05 - MC-10 News} Jim McClellan- added another feature to his McDraw graphics editing program
01:47:03 - MC-10 News} Robert Sieg- update to his 24 bit BMP to MCX-32 128x96x4 converter
**Dragon News**
01:48:28 - Dragon News} Stephen Smith/FB Dragon group- he has 27 issues of the National Dragon Users Group
01:50:24 - Dragon News} Matt Kaye/FB- finished designing replacement Dragon software boxes
01:51:38 - Dragon News} Henry Reitveld/YT- showing running a 3.5" floppy drive on the Tano Dragon 64
01:53:50 - End of Line for News, with L. Curtis Boyle
01:54:40 - Ron Delvaux- Trivia question.
01:57:15 - Commercial Break
02:00:22 - Project updates and acquisitions
02:01:00 - PUA} Brian Schubring
02:03:22 - PUA} Brian Wiesler
02:08:52 - PUA} Aaron Ishmael via L. Curtis Boyle
02:11:28 - PUA} Ron Delvaux
02:14:00 - PUA} Sloopy Malibu (hey, thats me! :) )
02:18:52 - "Sloopy shows us chips" -ACs 8Bit Zone
02:23:15 - PUA} Rick Ulland- Old advertisements for Color Computer Hardware
02:26:23 - Closing Credits/Outtro
02:28:20 - I found David Ladd!!!
02:29:15 - Final Thoughts/CoCoTalk Caboose!
02:29:30 - Goodbye Everybody!
Email any suggestions you have for the show to [email protected]
Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live
Join us for daily conversations on Discord: http://discord.cocotalk.live
To find out more about the Color Computer visit http://imacoconut.com
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
2 hr 30 min
March 29, 2021 Video Episode 205
00:00:00 - Start
00:00:08 - Intro
00:02:54 - Start of the show!
00:03:25 - Panel Introductions
00:06:50 - CoCo Thoughts, by Samuel Gimes
00:07:25 - Game On! Results, With Nick Marotta!
00:09:15 - Game On! discussion
00:25:50 - Game On! Game for next week, With Nick Marotta!
00:29:40 - Commercial Break
00:32:33 - Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
00:33:25 - Game On! News} Sheldon MacDonald- Work in Progress video for Treasure Island Defence
00:36:40 - Game On! News} Paul Shoemaker- graphical effects to animate an intro screen
00:38:24 - Game On! News} L. Curtis Boyle- Gates of Delirium Archive put up on his site
00:49:20 - Game On! News} Erico Patricio Monteiro- animated GIF from his upcoming semigraphics fighting game
00:50:49 - Game On! News} The Coco Show- Released 18th episode featuring Demon Attack
00:54:25 - Game On! News} Cuthbert Dragon- All videos have been removed, hopefully they will return
00:54:50 - End of Line for Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
00:54:55 - Commercial Break
00:58:10 - News, with L. Curtis Boyle
**CoCo/General News**
00:58:48 - CoCo News} Mike Rowen/YT- Released his final installment of "Retro Printing for Fun and Profit"
01:00:24 - CoCo News} Brian Schubring/YT- series on using Ultimuse III and MIDI on the Coco 3
01:12:58 - CoCo News} Ed Snider/YT- new video showing the GIME-X with 8 MB RAM and prices/scheduling!
01:29:28 - CoCo News} Michael Kline/CoCo@FB- Connecting two retro 8 bit machines via modems on each
01:30:40 - CoCo News} Ciaran Anscomb- made his own 512k SRAM Coco 3
01:32:32 - CoCo News} Todd Wallace- updated his OPL2/3 chip tunes player for NitrOS-9
01:37:08 - CoCo News} RetroTech/YT- how to set up a development environment for the Coco and the GMC
01:39:10 - CoCo News} AC's 8 Bit Zone/YT- has been working on a "pure digital video" for the Coco 1&2
**MC-10 News**
01:46:05 - MC-10 News} Jim McClellan- added another feature to his McDraw graphics editing program
01:47:03 - MC-10 News} Robert Sieg- update to his 24 bit BMP to MCX-32 128x96x4 converter
**Dragon News**
01:48:28 - Dragon News} Stephen Smith/FB Dragon group- he has 27 issues of the National Dragon Users Group
01:50:24 - Dragon News} Matt Kaye/FB- finished designing replacement Dragon software boxes
01:51:38 - Dragon News} Henry Reitveld/YT- showing running a 3.5" floppy drive on the Tano Dragon 64
01:53:50 - End of Line for News, with L. Curtis Boyle
01:54:40 - Ron Delvaux- Trivia question.
01:57:15 - Commercial Break
02:00:22 - Project updates and acquisitions
02:01:00 - PUA} Brian Schubring
02:03:22 - PUA} Brian Wiesler
02:08:52 - PUA} Aaron Ishmael via L. Curtis Boyle
02:11:28 - PUA} Ron Delvaux
02:14:00 - PUA} Sloopy Malibu (hey, thats me! :) )
02:18:52 - "Sloopy shows us chips" -ACs 8Bit Zone
02:23:15 - PUA} Rick Ulland- Old advertisements for Color Computer Hardware
02:26:23 - Closing Credits/Outtro
02:28:20 - I found David Ladd!!!
02:29:15 - Final Thoughts/CoCoTalk Caboose!
02:29:30 - Goodbye Everybody!
Email any suggestions you have for the show to [email protected]
Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live
Join us for daily conversations on Discord: http://discord.cocotalk.live
To find out more about the Color Computer visit http://imacoconut.com
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
2 hr 30 min
March 21, 2021 Video episode 204 - Legends of Alcarron update
00:00:00 - Start
00:00:25 - Intro
00:02:37 - Start of the show!
00:03:00 - Panel Introductions
00:05:55 - Special Guest Star- Jay Searle!
00:47:18 - Special Hello to Steve Bjork's return!
00:51:54 - Commercial Break
00:54:43 - CoCo Thoughts, by Samuel Gimes
00:56:15 - Game On! Results, With Nick Marotta!
00:58:00 - Game On! discussion
01:08:20 - Game On! Game for next week, With Nick Marotta!
01:13:00 - Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
01:13:10 - Game On! News} Erico Patricio Monteiro- More updates in graphics on his fighting game
01:16:55 - Game On! News} Jim Gerrie- Acey Duecey 10 Liner game,update of his port of Tim Hartnell's Chess
01:19:54 - Game On! News} Cuthbert Dragon- Added more long play videos, including a 3 part full play of BackTrack
01:21:35 - Game On! News} The Laird's Lair YT channel- Series of comparison video of several systems with Berserk
01:26:55 - Game On! News} David F. Gisbert- Dragon Facebook Group poll on most beloved games for Dragon
01:29:25 - End of Line for Game On! News, with L. Curtis Boyle
01:29:28 - Definition of Syzygy, a name considered for the company that became Atari
01:30:15 - Commercial Break, with the wonderful Fletcher!
01:33:22 - Project updates and acquisitions
01:33:50 - PUA} The CoComan, Jason Reighard
01:36:10 - PUA} R. Allen Murphy
01:36:56 - PUA} Sloopy Malibu
01:40:15 - PUA} Nick Merentes
01:52:00 - PUA} Brian Wiesler (this is a short one... no, really!!!)
01:58:25 - PUA} Brian Schubring
02:05:00 - PUA} Ron Delvaux, Presented by L. Curtis Boyle
02:07:00 - Commercial Break
02:10:05 - News, with L. Curtis Boyle
**CoCo/General News**
02:10:25 - CoCo News} TJBChris/YT- booting OS-9 Level 2 from *cassette*
02:17:32 - CoCo News} Simon Jonassen- submission to the lovebyte sizecoding contest/256 bytes max program size category
02:18:54 - CoCo News} Roger Voss/Coco FB group- Reasons people love the CoCo
02:30:38 - CoCo News} Mike Rowen of the The Coco Crew podcast/YT- "Retro Printing for Fun and Profit" Multi-part video series
02:32:55 - CoCo News} Boisy Pitre- new website devoted to his Ghidorah networking project for CoCo
02:38:05 - CoCo News} Fabian Rodriguez/TRS-80 Color Computer FB group- fixed his Coco 3, and discussion of repair and hacking of CoCo's
02:39:54 - CoCo News} Doug Masten/github- released a updated 6809/6309 decompressor for the ZX0 (de)compression format
02:: - CoCo News} Bill Pierce- VCC 2.1.0d is due out in April
02:42:54 - CoCo News} 6809/6309/6800 Assembly FB group- 6809's place in music history with synthesizers
02:44:08 - CoCo News} GlensideCCC meeting- A new animal based mascot for the CoCoFests
02:50:05 - CoCo News} GlensideCCC meeting- CoCoFest is moved to November, and talk of a virtual event at the end of April
02:55:00 - CoCo News} Aaron Ishmael- Request for information on software titles listed in a 1985 Radio Shack catalog
**MC-10 News**
02:59:42 - MC-10 News} Robert Sieg- update to his 24 bit BMP to MC-10 128x96x4 graphics converter
03:01:24 - MC-10 News} Jim McClellan- TP-10 thermal printer
**Dragon News**
03:02:24 - Dragon News} David F. Gisbert- Dragon 200 setup - including MMC card adaptor
03:04:06 - Dragon News} Matt Kaye- Selling Dragon 32 exact replica replacement stickers
03:05:12 - Dragon News} Philippe Hennebert- Utility for 'disconnecting' the floppy controller for loading cassette software
03:07:58 - End of Line for News, with L. Curtis Boyle
03:08:00 - PUA} Ron Delvaux- More information on his new console game system and the IC inside it
03:13:45 - Closing Credits/Outtro
03:16:00 - Final Thoughts/CoCoTalk Caboose!
03:18:00 - Steve, your welcome for doing the time stamps :)
03:18:15 - Goodbye Everybody!
J Searle and Brett Gordon are working on an online multi-player game for the CoCo. Today Jay will join us and give us a live demo of how it's coming along!
Email any suggestions you have for the show to [email protected]
Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live
Join us for daily conversations on Discord: http://discord.cocotalk.live
To find out more about the Color Computer visit http://imacoconut.com
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
3 hr 19 min