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December 22, 2017 Episode 38 - Forest of Doom live stream and contest
Today we will reveal the 2nd winner of the Forest of Doom contest, the "Chalice of Bravery", we'll also see some live stream game-play of the game.
To get our copy of Forest of Doom, visit http://fod.gracenote.ca
CoCoTALK! airs live, right here on YouTube each and every Saturday at 2:00 PM EDT! We are also available for replay and podcast listening! For all things CoCoTALK! visit http://cocotalk.live
Regular segments:
Panel introduction, review of how our week in the retro hobby transpired.
Feed back review:
We go over previous episodes, how many views have they received, what's our current podcast download count, who sent us comments, email feed back, all those and more will be discussed and shared.
Community activity reviews:
Review of news and postings from the Facebook group and the Color Computer mailing list.
NewbieTALK!
Each week Grant Leighty will have the newbie question of the week about something to do with your color computer or emulator.
TechTALK!
L. Curtis Boyle and David Ladd provide us with some more depth on technical discussions
Ron's Garage!
Ron Delvaux offers us a peek into the past by showing of his impressive retro computing collection, each week we'll see some new items and talk about them.
Interviews, News, Reviews, and more!
CoCoTALK! is the nation's leading live talk show featuring the Tandy Color Computer.
For all things CoCoTALK! visit http://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

3 hr
December 15, 2017 Episode 37 - Christmas Demos, Paul Thayer and Timber Man
Episode 37 aka CoCoTALK! Express! was focused on holiday cheer, we took at look at a few CoCo Christmas demos, got to hear from Paul Thayer, author of the latest CoCo hit, Timber Man, and even took a sneak peek at Donkey Kong Remix Christmas Edition.
On the show:
CoCoMan Jason, Curtis Boyle, Paul Thayer, Ron Delvaux, Simon Jonassen and Steve Bjork.

CoCoTALK! airs live, right here on YouTube each and every Saturday at 2:00 PM EDT! We are also available for replay and podcast listening! For all things CoCoTALK! visit http://cocotalk.live
Regular segments:
Panel introduction, review of how our week in the retro hobby transpired.
Feed back review:
We go over previous episodes, how many views have they received, what's our current podcast download count, who sent us comments, email feed back, all those and more will be discussed and shared.
Community activity reviews:
Review of news and postings from the Facebook group and the Color Computer mailing list.
NewbieTALK!
Each week Grant Leighty will have the newbie question of the week about something to do with your color computer or emulator.
TechTALK!
L. Curtis Boyle and David Ladd provide us with some more depth on technical discussions
Ron's Garage!
Ron Delvaux offers us a peek into the past by showing of his impressive retro computing collection, each week we'll see some new items and talk about them.
Interviews, News, Reviews, and more!
CoCoTALK! is the nation's leading live talk show featuring the Tandy Color Computer.
For all things CoCoTALK! visit http://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
1 hr 14 min
December 09, 2017 Episode 36 - CoCo Christmas Wishes
It's December, winter and the holiday seasons are upon us, and the topic today is CoCo Christmas Wishlist... what item, real or imaginary would you like to have for the CoCo to make your life easier, or the CoCo better?
On the show: Brian Joyce, Grant Leighty, CoCo Man, David Ladd, John Strong, Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Nick Marentes, Richard Lorbieski, Rick Adams, Ron Delvaux, and Steve Bjork.
New Panel Members and intro:
Brian Joyce and CoCo Man aka Jason
Tech Talk:
David Ladd let's us know about an issue with the current release of MAME .0192 has an issue with the JVC floppy format that causes incompatibility with the CoCo 3 game "Zenix" which has now been patched, and the next release in December .0193 will feature the public patch.
Ron's Garage:
Ron Delvaux showed an impressive collection of software for the CoCo including many wonder binder versions of software.
Main Topic: CoCo Christmas Wishlist -
What item, real or imaginary would you wish for the make your CoCo better, or make using the CoCo better, we'll hear from the panel and audience on that.
CoCoFEST! check in - website features the current dates, but too early for any speaker lineups, etc.
News items:
WiFi SD cart Flash Air : http://www.toshiba-memory.com/cms/en/
Richard Lorbieski new Atari to CoCo joystick adapter
Timber Man Paul Thayer
Rick Adams - behind the scene of a new CoCo 3 game
John Strong showed new 3D printed case for the DEC NANO CoCo
All this, and more!
CoCoTALK! is the nation's leading live talk show featuring the Tandy Color Computer.
For all things CoCoTALK! visit http://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
2 hr 25 min
December 01, 2017 Episode 35 - Thanksgiving edition with NitrOS9 "Ease of Use" project update
CoCoTALK! Episode 35 comes on the heels of Thanksgiving, so we'll hear from member of the show and the community on what they are thankful for this year.
We also have a main topic, which is an update and preview of the upcoming NitrOS9 "Ease of Use" edition aimed for novice use and to be run on the CoCoSDC and emulators "out of the box"
Grant Leighty's newbie question of the week was "what are peeks and pokes", and we'll hear the panel's responses.
Ron's Garage this week features an MC-10 un-boxing, where we see an complete MC-10 still sealed in plastic!
This podcast version also includeds a few minutes of our "pre-show meeting" and some "post-show discussions" neither of which were on the live YouTube stream... you're welcome!
On the show:
Bill Nobel, Grant Leighty, Bruce Moore, John Linville, Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Nick Marents, Paul Thayer, Richard Lorbieski, Simon Jonassen, Steve Bjork, and Ron Delvaux.
Help support the show by becoming a patron https://www.patreon.com/ogsteviestrow
Retro SWAG sales help support operating costs and make you look cool http://8bit256.com
CoCoTALK! is the nation's leading live talk show featuring the Tandy Color Computer.
For all things CoCoTALK! visit http://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
3 hr 1 min
December 01, 2017 Episode 35 - Thanksgiving edition with NitrOS9 “Ease of Use” project update
CoCoTALK! Episode 35 comes on the heels of Thanksgiving, so we'll hear from member of the show and the community on what they are thankful for this year.

We also have a main topic, which is an update and preview of the upcoming NitrOS9 "Ease of Use" edition aimed for novice use and to be run on the CoCoSDC and emulators "out of the box"

Grant Leighty's newbie question of the week was "what are peeks and pokes", and we'll hear the panel's responses.

Ron's Garage this week features an MC-10 un-boxing, where we see an complete MC-10 still sealed in plastic!

This podcast version also includeds a few minutes of our "pre-show meeting" and some "post-show discussions" neither of which were on the live YouTube stream... you're welcome!

On the show:
Bill Nobel, Grant Leighty, Bruce Moore, John Linville, Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Nick Marents, Paul Thayer, Richard Lorbieski, Simon Jonassen, Steve Bjork, and Ron Delvaux.

Help support the show by becoming a patron https://www.patreon.com/ogsteviestrow

Retro SWAG sales help support operating costs and make you look cool http://8bit256.com

CoCoTALK! is the nation's leading live talk show featuring the Tandy Color Computer.

For all things CoCoTALK! visit http://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
3 hr 1 min
November 24, 2017Episode 34 - Special guest host Grant Leighty!
Welcome to CoCoTALK! Episode 34, the first live CoCoTALK! we've had in about 3 weeks. Due to home internet issues, ogStevieStrow has been unable to live stream the show, the past few episodes have been pre-recorded.
Today Grant Leighty takes over as both the live stream host and the show host for episode 34.
The primary topics discussed were Discord, the new audio/video chat application most of the panel of CoCoTALK! use to communicate behind-the-scenes, as well as some of the differences between using various emulators and real hardware.
Next week we hope to be back to the regular program, thanks for sticking with us.
On the show:
Barry Nelson, David Ladd, Grant Leighty, Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Nick Marentes, Jim Brain, Richard Lorbieski, Ron Delvaux, Wayne Campbell
00:00:00 - Lead In and Opening
00:00:31 - going around the room...
00:01:23 - CoCoTALK!, Return to Live, first time in Three Weeks.
00:02:30 - ( Echo Fixed )
00:03:13 - What's New and Exciting?
00:05:27 - Forest of Doom? What is everyone's opinion.
00:06:43 - Timberman? Anyone try it?? Pre-Order
00:08:22 - ( Stream Issues )
00:11:00 - Other Games? Shark / Tiburon
00:15:37 - Compu-Serve Ad
00:16:04 - CoCoTALK! Swag
00:16:56 - David Ladd???
00:17:25 - Steve is switching Internet providers.
00:18:16 - A Pause for Refreshments.
00:19:32 - The Rainbow ( Facebook ) Ron Cline's CoCo 3 with a CoCoPi
00:22:57 - The CoCo 4 appears, again.. Just a MockUp.
00:24:54 - Successors of the CoCo 3. Tom Cat, MM1, PT68K4.
00:27:14 - NitrOS9, "Easy of Use", project update.
00:28:24 - CoCoTALK! Bumpers.
00:29:18 - Video and POD Cast Statistic
00:30:11 - Feedback on CoCoTALK!
00:31:35 - Sartis Tech, No Halt Controller.
00:32:51 - IRQ Blog/Tutorial from Glen Hewlett
00:34:07 - eBay, lots of CoCo Items.
00:34:32 - Intelevision ( Tandy-Vision ) discussion.
00:38:34 - ogStevieStrow's other YouTube Channels
00:40:59 - One Zip to Rule them ALL: The Color Computer Archive in One Image.
00:42:23 - eBay, Speech and Sound Pack & Direct Modem Pack
00:43:05 - Direct Modem Pack mod to RS-232 Pack
00:44:06 - CoCoSDC: Coming Soon, Updated Video for updating the CoCoSDC .
00:45:08 - Rage Quitting??
00:45:43 - Game Trivia...
00:46:44 - Adult "only" Games for the CoCo??
00:48:20 - CoCoTALK! Bumpers.
00:49:23 - David Ladd: Tech Talk; Discord Usage and Feeding.
00:57:53 - David Ladd: Tech Talk; CoCo/Dragon Emulator Issues.
01:03:44 - The CoCoPi Image has been Updated.
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Shark / Tiburon
http://archive.worldofdragon.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5649
IRQ Blog/Tutorial
https://nowhereman999.wordpress.com/2017/11/17/how-to-setup-and-use-irqs-on-the-trs-80-color-computer-part-1-what-is-an-irq-and-when-would-i-use-it/
The Color Computer Archive in One Image
http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Disks/Coco%20SDC
CoCoPi Download Sites
http://imacoconut.com/downloads/
CoCo Merchandise: http://8bit256.com
CoCo Links: http://imacoconut.com
CoCoTALK! http://cocotalk.live
ogStevieStrow: http://ogsteviestrow.com
Custom artwork designed by Instagram artist Joel M. Adams:
https://www.instagram.com/artistjoelmadams/
2 hr 27 min
November 19, 2017Episode 33 - Hardware Talk!
CoCoTALK! Episode 33 - Hardware Talk!
Today we talk about the must have, rare, unique, hard to find, and otherwise sought after and coveted hardware devices to have for your CoCo collection.
On the show: Bill Nobel, Bruce Moore, David Ladd, Grant Leighty, L. Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Michael Brant, Nick Marentes, Paul Fiscarelli, Jim Brain from Retro Innovations, Steve Bjork, and Ron Delvaux.
We start off by hearing an update from Bruce Moore about Forest of Doom and the Contest winner.
We also get into new hardware solutions for the CoCo and even pontificate a bit about some wish list devices we'd like to see for the CoCo.
We also get to hear from the Forest of Doom contest Winner, Paul Fiscarelli, and hear a bit about a cool project he's working on, a disk image explorer that allows you to view and manipulate disk images on a modern PC.
Original YouTube video: https://youtu.be/gKgmMh9obsc

00:00:00 - Dale Lear Bumper.
00:00:06 - Lead In and Opening
00:02:10 - Going around the room...
00:03:40 - D. Bruce Moore, Forest of Doom, update.
00:12:14 - CoCoTALK! Statistics
00:18:03 - Paul Thayer - Timberman Release
00:19:14 - Ron Delvaux: Networking on the CoCo with TCP/IP.
00:30:29 - CoCoTALK! Bumpers
00:34:04 - Grant's Newbie Talk: What Hardware do I NEED to get?
00:35:40 - Old Hardware you need: Any "unicorns"??
01:01:36 - CoCoTALK! Bumpers.
01:25:44 - ??!???!?!!!???
01:26:14 - CoCoTALK! Bumpers.
01:27:46 - New Hardware you need.
01:51:25 - CoCoTALK! Bumpers.
01:52:14 - Future Hardware you need.
02:02:06 - Jeri Ellsworth - C64 in a Joystick.
02:02:25 - Curt Vendel - The Atari Flashback.
02:08:29 - Ron Delvaux: The "new" Rainbow Magazine.
02:22:10 - CoCoTALK! Bumpers.
02:29:48 - Paul Fiscarelli - Winner of the One Mug to Rule them All.
02:51:11 - Final Closing and Lead Out.
CoCo Merchandise: http://8bit256.com
CoCo Links: http://imacoconut.com
CoCoTALK! http://cocotalk.live
ogStevieStrow: http://ogsteviestrow.com
Custom artwork designed by Instagram artist Joel M. Adams: https://www.instagram.com/artistjoelmadams/
2 hr 56 min
November 06, 2017Episode 32 - Forest of Doom Launch Party
Only the bravest souls enter, only the most cunning return! Defeat innumerable monsters to ransom the king’s scepter, stolen by the evil wizard and kept deep in the Forest of Doom.
Your sword, shield and wits are your only allies – pray you find a magical Inn as your only respite!
Forest of Doom is a Role Playing Adventure Game for the Tandy Color Computer 1, 2, and 3. Created by D. Bruce More in roughly 1982 for a 4K CooCo 1 with standard Color BASIC, Bruce put this game to the side when get got a 16K CoCo 2 and started writing games in Extended Color BASIC, and eventually sold 5 games that were published by T&D Software as games on cassette, party of a monthly subscription software service.
This game was lost and forgotten for almost 30 years, when in 2016, Bruce's brother got him a CoCo 2 from a thrift store, and to his surprise, Bruce found some of original cassette tapes, and, the original version of Forest of Doom. It's been a labor of love updating and enhancing this game to now run on a 32K CoCo requiring a disk drive and Extended BASIC,.
We'll hear about Bruce's early beginnings, all the way up to the process of completing Forest of Doom in 2017. We'll see an exclusive first look at an extended video trailer, and see the world premier of what the game actually looks like.
You can get your own copy of the strategy guide which contains a link to download the game and the soundtrack at:
http://fod.gracenote.ca/

Video episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZgJxtLdeIMA
CoCo Merchandise: http://8bit256.com
CoCo Links: http://imacoconut.com
CoCoTALK! http://cocotalk.live
ogStevieStrow: http://ogsteviestrow.com
Custom artwork designed by Instagram artist Joel M. Adams: https://www.instagram.com/artistjoelmadams/
1 hr 48 min
November 03, 2017 Episode 31 - Rainbow Revival
In episode 31 of CoCoTALK! we'll discuss the buzz this week that's been going on in Facebook at the possibility of a modern version of the Rainbow Magazine, which was "the institution" of tech magazines for the Color Computer.
Ron Delvaux has been busy creating not only mock covers, but will have a 20+ digital version of what the magazine could look like.
We have set up a website for an on-line version of the magazine which is http://therainbow.online and we'll hear people's opinion and suggestions on what a new Rainbow should be, seeing as there is already a monthly podcast and a weekly live talk show, it wouldn't be the place to get breaking news, but it could serve a nice periodical to document things that have happened, quarterly, bi-annually, or even a year-end review.
Weigh in with your thoughts, opinions and suggestions.
On the call:
Barry Nelson, Bruce More, Curtis Boyle, David Ladd, Grant Leighty, Jay Searle, John Linville, Mark Overholser, Nick Marentes, Richard Lorbieski, Rick Adams, Steve Batson, Ron Delvaux, Wayne Campbell
CoCoTALK! airs live, right here on YouTube each and every Saturday at 2:00 PM EDT! We are also available for replay and podcast listening! For all things CoCoTALK! visit http://cocotalk.live
Regular segments:
Panel introduction, review of how our week in the retro hobby transpired.
Feed back review:
We go over previous episodes, how many views have they received, what's our current podcast download count, who sent us comments, email feed back, all those and more will be discussed and shared.
Community activity reviews:
Review of news and postings from the Facebook group and the Color Computer mailing list.
NewbieTALK!
Each week Grant Leighty will have the newbie question of the week about something to do with your color computer or emulator.
TechTALK!
L. Curtis Boyle and David Ladd provide us with some more depth on technical discussions
Ron's Garage!
Ron Delvaux offers us a peek into the past by showing of his impressive retro computing collection, each week we'll see some new items and talk about them.
Interviews, News, Reviews, and more!
CoCoTALK! is the nation's leading live talk show featuring the Tandy Color Computer.
For all things CoCoTALK! visit http://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
2 hr 34 min
October 27, 2017 CoCoTALK! After Dark! Episode 01
CoCoTALK! After Dark! Episode 01 - 10-21-2017

On episode 30 of CoCoTALK! we talked about some of the community drama, and it was good to talk about it, but we didn't get to have too many other just "normal" conversations.
Later in the evening, a few of the CoCoTALK!ers got together for an off-line conversation that went in many directions.
Yes, we talked a little more about the drama, but we also talked about a few other things, and, just talked. This is unscripted, unplanned, and slightly, uncensored.

On the call:
David Ladd, Jay Searle, Nick Marentes, Jim Brain from Retro Innovations, Rick Adams, Wayne Campbell, and hosted by ogStevieStrow

We talked a bit about Pop*Star Pilot with it's author, Rick Adams gave us some mental notes on the next game he's thinking about designing.
Jim Brain gave some input on to when people want to "armchair quarterback" somebody else's project, and was asking to be called out, if he ever crossed any lines in the community.
Jay Searle had some assembly language questions, which, we were lucky to have a handful of experts around to handle, and many other random topics were discussed.
We hope you like the episode, and let us know if you'd like to see and hear more episodes like this.

CoCo Merchandise: http://8bit256.com
CoCo Links: http://imacoconut.com
CoCoTALK! http://cocotalk.live
ogStevieStrow: http://ogsteviestrow.com
Custom artwork designed by Instagram artist Joel M. Adams:
https://www.instagram.com/artistjoelmadams/
1 hr 47 min