The CoCo Nation Show

We're at the end of #SepTandy but we've got a whole week of content to review this week as we wrap on an incredible month of Tandy Content on YouTube, we'll have special guest Pat, From Dinty's Hideaway on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJPsl76e7jAORLi3NZlkjLQ) who scored an incredible interview with John Roach from Tandy. We'll hear from Pat, learn about his retro past and present, as well as his YouTube channel, and see that final offerings from #SepTandy that came in last week.

This is the last week CoCoTALK! is in the middle of #SepTandy and we wrapped up the event with a great new music parody and video from D. Bruce Moore, sung to the tune of Bow, Wow Wo's "I Want Candy", Bruce gives us "I want Tandy!" We reviewed a lot of #SepTandy happenings this pas week and so much more!

This is the last week CoCoTALK! is in the middle of #SepTandy and we wrapped up the event with a great new music parody and video from D. Bruce Moore, sung to the tune of Bow, Wow Wo's "I Want Candy", Bruce gives us "I want Tandy!" We reviewed a lot of #SepTandy happenings this pas week and so much more!

Welcome to official Glenside Color Computer Club virtual picnic, which usually happens in person, in the Chicago area, but, in these trying times, most things are virtual now. Join us for food, drinks and merriment, and talking about the CoCo! as we continue to celebrate #SepTandy all September, as well as celebrate Tandy the rest of the year! #SepTandy

Welcome to official Glenside Color Computer Club virtual picnic, which usually happens in person, in the Chicago area, but, in these trying times, most things are virtual now. Join us for food, drinks and merriment, and talking about the CoCo! as we continue to celebrate #SepTandy all September, as well as celebrate Tandy the rest of the year! #SepTandy

This episode of CoCoTALK! features:

Ken from Canadian Retro Things

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRkegwvhByytikbnnLMVMpA

Footage from the Adalaide Retro Meetup in Australia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPvyyXXwgeM&ab_channel=DavesTimeMachine

See a new pickup, the Motorla XOR develpment system

Hear about Chet Simpson's new Digger III game for the CoCo 3 release

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158595404992641

Possible visits from Rick Adams and an update on his latest release OmniStar

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158587884482641/

https://rickadams.itch.io/omnistar

General segments with time stamps you can quick link to:

00:02:46 Panel Introductions

00:08:17 Ken with Canadian Retro Things

00:36:31 GameON! challenge results

00:38:41 GameON! Discussion - Rally-SG

01:11:44 Next week's game announcment - Digger III

01:17:31 Rick Adams release of OmniStar

01:36:34 Ken Waters - Basic game he is creating

01:47:08 GameON! news

02:16:47 News from around the world

03:02:32 Project updates and acquisitions

03:30:21 CoCo Caboose - after show & wrap-up discussion

News stories for Episode #177, September 12, 2020 show:

======================================================

1) Pere Serrat has released a demo set of 10 WAV files

  https://tinyurl.com/y4orzmnz

Refresher on the MSX2+:

  https://tinyurl.com/y6zok2oa

2) Robert Sieg has both a video demonstrating his new MC-10 Solo Full screen emulator

 Video:

   https://tinyurl.com/yyqfe6se

 Online emulator:

    http://mc-10.com

3) Noel's Retro Lab on YouTube put up a video about his latest batch of hardware & software

  https://tinyurl.com/y5cx4zdk

4) AC's 8-Bit Zone, as part of SepTandy 2020, shows off his giant Coco collection

  https://tinyurl.com/y2v58jta

  A cable to hook his Coco 3 up to his Magnavox 85CM15 monitor:

  https://tinyurl.com/yyt9uqct

5) Murilo Queiroz posted a link to Usborne books

  https://tinyurl.com/y2zx43ve

6) Fred Rique posted a video showing some experiments he has been doing with mixed text and graphics scanline characters using Semi-graphics

  https://tinyurl.com/y4k9y3el

7) John Linville posted a link to the "Virtual VCF Midwest 15" schedule

  https://tinyurl.com/y5ugm2sy

8) Xeox Gomazoa put up a small BASIC program that he wanted some contributions from other people to speed it up by repogramming it in ML

  https://tinyurl.com/yyayl9ak

9) Raymond Jett posted how he patched his Sound/Speech pack to have a switch

  https://tinyurl.com/y67nhwxj

10) Tony Jewell shared an ad from back in the day in the Dragon Facebook group - a "Turbo Datacorder"

  https://tinyurl.com/y2es7mjc

11) LGR Blerbs  put up a video this morning of him unboxing his "new stock" Tano Dragon:

  https://tinyurl.com/yxz7x3rh

Game On news:

=============

1) The Amigos have released their ARG Presents Coco episode

  https://tinyurl.com/yynu3b6u

 John Shawler's (BoatofCar) 1.5 hour Coco livestream

  https://tinyurl.com/y473pw4t

2) Jim Gerrie release an MC-10 conversion of LEM from Creative Computing

  https://tinyurl.com/y3vg2jt4

3) Simon Jonassen has put up a quick video of what looks to be a new game/game engine

  https://tinyurl.com/yymzte7d

4) Rick Adams has released his game Omnistar,

  https://tinyurl.com/yyu53s5w

You can order it here:

  https://rickadams.itch.io/omnistar

5) Ken over at Canadian Retro Things put up a gameplay video

  https://tinyurl.com/yy27q6hd

6) Ken also put up a video of a video game in BASIC that is he is picking up again after 35 years

  https://tinyurl.com/y32678ug

7) GigerPunk (Rob's Retro Rambles) has a video up of Cuthbert and the Golden Chalice on the Dragon 32:

  https://tinyurl.com/yxgmgaau

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

Live interactive video streams:

https://www.youtube.com/steviestrow

https://www.facebook.com/cocotalklive

https://www.periscope.tv/CoCoTALKlive/

https://twitter.com/CoCoTALKlive

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

This episode of CoCoTALK! features:

Ken from Canadian Retro Things

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRkegwvhByytikbnnLMVMpA

Footage from the Adalaide Retro Meetup in Australia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPvyyXXwgeM&ab_channel=DavesTimeMachine

See a new pickup, the Motorla XOR develpment system

Hear about Chet Simpson's new Digger III game for the CoCo 3 release

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158595404992641

Possible visits from Rick Adams and an update on his latest release OmniStar

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158587884482641/

https://rickadams.itch.io/omnistar

General segments with time stamps you can quick link to:

00:02:46 Panel Introductions

00:08:17 Ken with Canadian Retro Things

00:36:31 GameON! challenge results

00:38:41 GameON! Discussion - Rally-SG

01:11:44 Next week's game announcment - Digger III

01:17:31 Rick Adams release of OmniStar

01:36:34 Ken Waters - Basic game he is creating

01:47:08 GameON! news

02:16:47 News from around the world

03:02:32 Project updates and acquisitions

03:30:21 CoCo Caboose - after show & wrap-up discussion

News stories for Episode #177, September 12, 2020 show:

======================================================

1) Pere Serrat has released a demo set of 10 WAV files

  https://tinyurl.com/y4orzmnz

Refresher on the MSX2+:

  https://tinyurl.com/y6zok2oa

2) Robert Sieg has both a video demonstrating his new MC-10 Solo Full screen emulator

 Video:

   https://tinyurl.com/yyqfe6se

 Online emulator:

    http://mc-10.com

3) Noel's Retro Lab on YouTube put up a video about his latest batch of hardware & software

  https://tinyurl.com/y5cx4zdk

4) AC's 8-Bit Zone, as part of SepTandy 2020, shows off his giant Coco collection

  https://tinyurl.com/y2v58jta

  A cable to hook his Coco 3 up to his Magnavox 85CM15 monitor:

  https://tinyurl.com/yyt9uqct

5) Murilo Queiroz posted a link to Usborne books

  https://tinyurl.com/y2zx43ve

6) Fred Rique posted a video showing some experiments he has been doing with mixed text and graphics scanline characters using Semi-graphics

  https://tinyurl.com/y4k9y3el

7) John Linville posted a link to the "Virtual VCF Midwest 15" schedule

  https://tinyurl.com/y5ugm2sy

8) Xeox Gomazoa put up a small BASIC program that he wanted some contributions from other people to speed it up by repogramming it in ML

  https://tinyurl.com/yyayl9ak

9) Raymond Jett posted how he patched his Sound/Speech pack to have a switch

  https://tinyurl.com/y67nhwxj

10) Tony Jewell shared an ad from back in the day in the Dragon Facebook group - a "Turbo Datacorder"

  https://tinyurl.com/y2es7mjc

11) LGR Blerbs  put up a video this morning of him unboxing his "new stock" Tano Dragon:

  https://tinyurl.com/yxz7x3rh

Game On news:

=============

1) The Amigos have released their ARG Presents Coco episode

  https://tinyurl.com/yynu3b6u

 John Shawler's (BoatofCar) 1.5 hour Coco livestream

  https://tinyurl.com/y473pw4t

2) Jim Gerrie release an MC-10 conversion of LEM from Creative Computing

  https://tinyurl.com/y3vg2jt4

3) Simon Jonassen has put up a quick video of what looks to be a new game/game engine

  https://tinyurl.com/yymzte7d

4) Rick Adams has released his game Omnistar,

  https://tinyurl.com/yyu53s5w

You can order it here:

  https://rickadams.itch.io/omnistar

5) Ken over at Canadian Retro Things put up a gameplay video

  https://tinyurl.com/yy27q6hd

6) Ken also put up a video of a video game in BASIC that is he is picking up again after 35 years

  https://tinyurl.com/y32678ug

7) GigerPunk (Rob's Retro Rambles) has a video up of Cuthbert and the Golden Chalice on the Dragon 32:

  https://tinyurl.com/yxgmgaau

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

Live interactive video streams:

https://www.youtube.com/steviestrow

https://www.facebook.com/cocotalklive

https://www.periscope.tv/CoCoTALKlive/

https://twitter.com/CoCoTALKlive

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

We're back with episode 176 of CoCoTALK! where we talk CoCo every week.  Unbiased non deprecating discussions about the people, projects, and community.

General segments with time stamps you can quick link to:

00:02:37 Panel Introductions

00:13:23 Who's new to Discord this week

00:14:39 New Fletcher commercial - courtesy of Alison DeNu

00:16:33 CoCo Thoughts

00:16:50 GameON! challenge results

00:19:29 GameON! Discussion - Canyon Climber

00:39:12 Next week's game announcement - Rally-SG

00:46:46 GameON! news

01:31:23 News from around the world

02:38:27 Project updates and acquisitions

02:53:41 Show discussion

03:25:27 CoCo Caboose - after show & wrap-up discussion

News stories for Episode #176, September 5, 2020 show:

======================================================

1) Todd Wallace (Lord Dragon) has released a video showing his new OS9/NitrOS9 utility

  https://tinyurl.com/y6o3xomy

2) Charlie (charlie2020 on Discord) has released version 1.3 of some OS9/NitrOS9 utilities that he wrote in BASIC09:

  http://jechar.ca/coco/Download/

3) "Mr. Lurchs Things" "SepTandy 2020" promotion between multiple YouTube pages. His upgrades include the 6309, SDC and 512K:

  https://youtu.be/LsCZu4Z2KBU

4) Also part of SeptTandy 2020 is TheRetroChannel

  https://youtu.be/PNnAg8qFdzM

5) A 3rd "SepTandy" video is from Dinty's Hideaway

  https://youtu.be/UbL84lYfPUQ

6) A 4th "SepTandy" video is from "Adrian's Digital Basement"

  https://youtu.be/wPtTv8yoBLc

7) A reminder of David O'Connors naming contest for his Coco 3 in a Model III case project

  https://tinyurl.com/yy2yvgtx

8) Fran Purcell has a cool photo from the air of the Computer Plus facility in Littleton, Massachusetts circa 1981

  https://tinyurl.com/y4zsdzvw

9) Fred Rique has been experimenting with some animations done with Semi-graphics 24 mode

  https://tinyurl.com/y2pjjfyv

10) Coco Crew episode 63 was released, including an interview with Curtis Kaylor (who wrote the printer emulator we covered last week)

  http://cococrew.org

11) The Amigos are doing an "International Computer Club" Zoom call next Saturday (September 12) at 5 PM EST

  https://www.twitch.tv/amigosretrogaming/

12) David O'Connor is also attending the Adelaide Retro Computing Group September Event next Friday

  https://tinyurl.com/y55stm3k

13) Glenside Color Computer Club is having a virtual picnic on September 19th - details to follow.

Game On news:

=============

1) Jim Gerrie has released a "complete remake" of his MC-10 port of the Scott Adams 1978 text adventure game called Adventureland

  https://youtu.be/Zy7jgIdcogA

He also put up a video of his port of "Sirius Adventure"

  https://youtu.be/0JGNjYnB2Dw

2) Our own Stevie Strowbridge officially release his BASIC shoot em up Cosmic Aliens

  http://cosmicaliens.com

3) Amigos show "ARG Presents" Sunday morning show (featuring The Interbank Incident and Rad Warrior)

  https://youtu.be/Z11kxXlLjpA

4) SimonWGB on YouTube put up another Dragon 32 game stream (includes Frogger, Screaming Ab-Dabs, Caverns of Chaos). These are long plays.

  https://youtu.be/CBPcWSJ6Cc0?t=235

5) "Cloudy Eggs" on YouTube did a comparison of the educational game

  https://youtu.be/wDo7IzC4oyc

6) DaveJustDave on YouTube released an interview with Ken Williams (who, with his wife Roberta created Sierra),

  https://youtu.be/gdEYABhmVNo

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

Live interactive video streams:

https://youtube.com/ogsteviestrow

https://www.facebook.com/cocotalklive

https://www.periscope.tv/CoCoTALKlive/

https://twitter.com/CoCoTALKlive

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

We're back with episode 176 of CoCoTALK! where we talk CoCo every week.  Unbiased non deprecating discussions about the people, projects, and community.

General segments with time stamps you can quick link to:

00:02:37 Panel Introductions

00:13:23 Who's new to Discord this week

00:14:39 New Fletcher commercial - courtesy of Alison DeNu

00:16:33 CoCo Thoughts

00:16:50 GameON! challenge results

00:19:29 GameON! Discussion - Canyon Climber

00:39:12 Next week's game announcement - Rally-SG

00:46:46 GameON! news

01:31:23 News from around the world

02:38:27 Project updates and acquisitions

02:53:41 Show discussion

03:25:27 CoCo Caboose - after show & wrap-up discussion

News stories for Episode #176, September 5, 2020 show:

======================================================

1) Todd Wallace (Lord Dragon) has released a video showing his new OS9/NitrOS9 utility

  https://tinyurl.com/y6o3xomy

2) Charlie (charlie2020 on Discord) has released version 1.3 of some OS9/NitrOS9 utilities that he wrote in BASIC09:

  http://jechar.ca/coco/Download/

3) "Mr. Lurchs Things" "SepTandy 2020" promotion between multiple YouTube pages. His upgrades include the 6309, SDC and 512K:

  https://youtu.be/LsCZu4Z2KBU

4) Also part of SeptTandy 2020 is TheRetroChannel

  https://youtu.be/PNnAg8qFdzM

5) A 3rd "SepTandy" video is from Dinty's Hideaway

  https://youtu.be/UbL84lYfPUQ

6) A 4th "SepTandy" video is from "Adrian's Digital Basement"

  https://youtu.be/wPtTv8yoBLc

7) A reminder of David O'Connors naming contest for his Coco 3 in a Model III case project

  https://tinyurl.com/yy2yvgtx

8) Fran Purcell has a cool photo from the air of the Computer Plus facility in Littleton, Massachusetts circa 1981

  https://tinyurl.com/y4zsdzvw

9) Fred Rique has been experimenting with some animations done with Semi-graphics 24 mode

  https://tinyurl.com/y2pjjfyv

10) Coco Crew episode 63 was released, including an interview with Curtis Kaylor (who wrote the printer emulator we covered last week)

  http://cococrew.org

11) The Amigos are doing an "International Computer Club" Zoom call next Saturday (September 12) at 5 PM EST

  https://www.twitch.tv/amigosretrogaming/

12) David O'Connor is also attending the Adelaide Retro Computing Group September Event next Friday

  https://tinyurl.com/y55stm3k

13) Glenside Color Computer Club is having a virtual picnic on September 19th - details to follow.

Game On news:

=============

1) Jim Gerrie has released a "complete remake" of his MC-10 port of the Scott Adams 1978 text adventure game called Adventureland

  https://youtu.be/Zy7jgIdcogA

He also put up a video of his port of "Sirius Adventure"

  https://youtu.be/0JGNjYnB2Dw

2) Our own Stevie Strowbridge officially release his BASIC shoot em up Cosmic Aliens

  http://cosmicaliens.com

3) Amigos show "ARG Presents" Sunday morning show (featuring The Interbank Incident and Rad Warrior)

  https://youtu.be/Z11kxXlLjpA

4) SimonWGB on YouTube put up another Dragon 32 game stream (includes Frogger, Screaming Ab-Dabs, Caverns of Chaos). These are long plays.

  https://youtu.be/CBPcWSJ6Cc0?t=235

5) "Cloudy Eggs" on YouTube did a comparison of the educational game

  https://youtu.be/wDo7IzC4oyc

6) DaveJustDave on YouTube released an interview with Ken Williams (who, with his wife Roberta created Sierra),

  https://youtu.be/gdEYABhmVNo

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

Live interactive video streams:

https://youtube.com/ogsteviestrow

https://www.facebook.com/cocotalklive

https://www.periscope.tv/CoCoTALKlive/

https://twitter.com/CoCoTALKlive

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

CoCoTALK! 175 is all about MIDI and MIDI on the CoCo.  What is MIDI, how do I do MIDI on my Coco, what does it look like, what does it sound like, how hard is it?  All these questions and more will be answered.  We'll have live demonstrations and information from Rob Innman, Brian "The Music Man" Schubring, L. Curtis Boyle, and Darren Ottery, and Jim Brain, so tune and get MIDIfied!

General segments with time stamps you can quick link to:

00:02:45 Panel Introductions

00:08:39 CoCo Thoughts

00:10:25 GameON! challenge results

00:13:33 GameON! Discussion - Arkanoid

00:24:53 Next week's game announcment - Canyon Climber

00:31:52 Midi Maestro - commercial

00:32:32 Discussion - Midi Talk

02:44:36 News from around the world

03:02:59 GameON! news

03:31:24 Project updates and acquisitions

03:49:26 CoCo Caboose - after show & wrap-up discussion

Retro Innovations / Jim Brain is now fully shipping MIDI Maestro cards

  http://www.go4retro.com/products/midi-maestro/

  https://store.go4retro.com/tandy/midi-maestro/

Brian Schubring and Rob Inman showing use of these cards

#1: General introduction to MIDI on the Coco

  https://tinyurl.com/yxptfyph

#2: Playing Compacted Midi Files

  https://tinyurl.com/yyk5zeac

News stories for Episode #175, August 29, 2020 show:

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1) Bill Pierce has released version 2.0.1f of VCC.

  https://tinyurl.com/yxopazr8

 James Ross put up a comparison of the new composite colors from the older versions and the new one:

  https://tinyurl.com/yyzdw6ph

2) Bill Nobel has released his new SDC2 utility

  https://tinyurl.com/yy3oezmu

He also has uploaded a short video showing it in action:

  https://tinyurl.com/y3jepdbr

3) Phil Harvey-Smith has put some photos up for the custom cases he is doing

  https://tinyurl.com/y2e9mmlm

4) "The Digital Orphanage" YouTube page has him getting 11(!) Dragon 32 computers from the Museum of Computing in Swindon, UK

  https://youtu.be/YY56UpN37Bo

5) Robert Sieg has been experimenting with a program to dither colors on the MC-10

  https://tinyurl.com/yy73de37

6) Ken (CanadianRetroThings) go his Coco 3 up and running

  https://youtu.be/VjfPeRMJSeU

7) Keith (ChibiAkumas on YouTube) has his next Tandy Coco/Dragon assembly language tutorial up

  https://youtu.be/_AzD_hPkW4g

8) Sheldon MacDonald has released his first beta release of his RSDOS Windows utility.

  https://tinyurl.com/y2u4zul7

Game On news:

=============

1) Neil Blanchard has announced availability of his new "The Gamester" - a customizable, real arcade hardware based joystick

  https://tinyurl.com/y2cq22y3

2) Denis Bisson put up a gameplay video of Pooyan under MAME.

  https://youtu.be/1gqj4ZquvFU

3) A reminder from Ian Mavric that the 2020 Trash Talk game programming competition for 2020 has a deadline of November 30

  https://tinyurl.com/y2marg6t

Contest page:

  https://tinyurl.com/y48dmsbq

4) John "Boatofcar" Shawler of the Amigos did a live Coco stream this past Thursday evening

  https://tinyurl.com/y4soq3yq

5) Following Brett Gordon's progress on his networkable Coco 3 game

6) Chet Simpson made an announcement of the official release date for the much anticipated Digger III

  https://tinyurl.com/y4jgokzb

7) Jim Gerrie has yet another update to his port of the 3D graphical adventure game Akalabeth

  https://tinyurl.com/y2lwb5pg

8) User Hloberg on the Atari Age forums has released a Mille Bornes card game (written in BASIC)

  https://tinyurl.com/yy5xat3w

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

Live interactive video streams:

https://www.youtube.com/c/Ogsteviestrow/live

https://www.facebook.com/cocotalklive

https://www.periscope.tv/CoCoTALKlive/

https://twitter.com/CoCoTALKlive

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