CoCoTALK #21 08-12-2017

Episode 21 - Podcast announcement, Ron's retro video, Grant's newbie questions, David's tech corner, and more!

This week we announce that previous episodes of CoCoTALK! can now also be listened to as an audio podcast!  Visit http://cocotalk.live for all things CoCoTALK!

We hear from the real Neil Brookins, who is not an imposter!

Rons Garage:  A look at the amazing retro computer collection from Ron Delvaux

Newbie question of the week from Grant Leighty

Tech discussions with David Ladd, Curtis Boyle and others

Tandy Assembly, and more!

On the call:

• Curtis Boyle

Links:

• Original live stream:   https://youtu.be/FnzaO8xAeZM

CoCoTALK #20 08-05-2017

Episode 20 - Community Chat - Ron's Garage - Forest of Doom teaser

CoCoTALK turns 20 episodes old today and we're celebrating!  The topic is CoCo Community Chat, and all members of the CoCo Community are encouraged and invited to join us in the Skype call and become part of the discussion, to do so, you need to add ogStevieStrow as a Skype contact, and then call him directly.

A new segment has been created, Ron's Garage, where Ron Delvaux shows us some of his amazing retro computer collection, this will be a recurring feature.

We  were also treated to the world premier of the teaser clip for Forest of Doom by Bruce More!  Check out the blog at http://coco.gracenote.ca/

We also got to see and hear a sneak peek at the new 4-channel music and sound generator that Nick Marentes is developing to put into his new CoCo 3 game Gun Star!

On the Show

• Mark Overholser

Links:

• Original live stream:   https://youtu.be/aZ8bYHjYyDY

CoCoTALK #19 07-29-2017

Episode 19 - CoCo Hardware!  Retro Innovations and CoCo on a Chip!

CoCo TALK is the nation's leading live talk show about the Tandy Color Computer, never mind that it's the only one.  In Episode 19 we'll dive into CoCo Hardware.

We'll hear and see from Jim Brain from Retro Innovations on what it takes to develop and produce hardware projects for the Color Computer, and we'll discuss "hardware emulation" platforms such as the CoCo FPGA and Roger Taylor's "CoCo on a Chip" and see a live demonstration on what these new CoCo hardware platforms look like, with a presentation by Bill Nobel.

Jim Brain's Retro Innovations:  http://go4retro.com

CoCo on a Chip Nano links:  

https://www.youtube.com/user/cocotower/featured

http://www.cococommunity.net/coco-downloads/

http://www.cococommunity.net/cyclone-coco-registers/

http://www.cococommunity.net/how-to-build-your-own-coco-4/

http://subethasoftware.com/2017/03/19/getting-started-with-roger-taylors-coco-on-a-chip-fpga-coco-3/

https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/ceSc9Iyt

On the Call:

• Jim Brain

Links:

• Original live stream:   https://youtu.be/FLd6BgoUdGg

CoCoTALK #18 07-22-2017

Episode 18 - An introduction to OS-9 and NitrOS-9

We are about to make history, as the first official presentation of OS-9 will happen today on CoCo TALK #18.  We'll talk a look at Microware's OS-9 Level I and II and then jump into the current version known as Nitro OS-9 or just NitrOS-9 for short.

Download OS-9 Level 1 v2.01:

http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Disks/Operating%20Systems/OS-9%20Level%201%20v2.01%20(Tandy).zip

Download OS-9 Level 2 v2.00:

http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Disks/Operating%20Systems/OS-9%20Level%202%20v2.00%20(Tandy).zip

NitrOS-9 homepage:

http://www.nitros9.org/battle.html

On the Call:

• Mark Overholser

Links:

• Original live stream:   https://youtu.be/XP0iDTS0GTg

CoCoTALK #17 July 15, 2017

Episode 17 - The World Premiere of Rick Adams' Bomb Threat!

The game that almost wasn't now is, and Rick Adams will talk about the history of this game, and how it's finally seeing the light of day!  Behold, for the first time ever, Bomb Threat for the Tandy Color Computer, originally created in 1984, lost in the sands of time, and faithfully recreated by Rick Himself using the assistance of modern technology.

Check out more of Rick Adams at http://rickadams.org

On the show:

• Rick Adams

Links:

• Dyno Sprite: https://github.com/richard42/dynosprite

CoCoTALK #16 07-08-2017

Episode 16 - MESSUI tweaks for CoCo emulation, MAME and MESS debugging tutorial

We are on week 16 of CoCo TALK, and this week, we have a new speaker to join us, Jay Searle will show us some cool tips, tricks and tweaks on using the MESSUI for CoCo specific emulation.  He'll also show us how to use the MAME and MESS debugger to aid in software development via emulators.  This, and a whole lot of other CoCo TALK from our panel and viewers.

MAME download:  http://www.mamedev.org/release.html

MESS UI download:  http://messui.1emulation.com/

On the show:

• Jay Searle

Links:

• Original live stream:   https://youtu.be/B4KU8PJuTog

CoCoTALK #15 07-01-2017

Episode 15 - Pac-Man Transcoded to the CoCo 3 - CoCo Crew Podcast and more!

This week's CoCo TALK will include the world premiere of Glen Hewlett's adaptation of the original Pac-Man arcade system to the Tandy Color Computer 3.  We'll get the first look at the completed game in action, the user manual, and the links to download the game.

We'll also listen to the latest episode of the CoCo Crew Podcast, and who knows what else!

Glen Hewlett's Blog:

https://nowhereman999.wordpress.com/2016/12/29/zilog-z80-to-motorola-6809-transcode-part-001/

Download Pac-Man:

http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=76795763136641545801

Listen to the CoCo Crew Podcast:

http://cococrew.org

On the call:

• Glen Hewlett

Links:

• Original live stream:   https://youtu.be/fwYwI94PQuo

CoCoTALK #14 06-24-2017

Episode 14 - Media Players - Dunjunz - Xroar and more!

This week we'll talk about Ed Snider's Media Player for the CoCo.  We'll also talk with Ciaran Anscomb, the author of Xroar, a fine CoCo and Dragon emulator, and look at his current project, a port of DunJunz!

Check out the Dunjunz blog here:

http://www.6809.org.uk/dev/dunjunz/

Check out Xroar here:

http://www.6809.org.uk/xroar/

Check out Ed Snider's Zipster Zone:

https://sites.google.com/site/thezippsterzone/home

On the call:

• Fedor Steeman

Links:

• Original live stream:   https://youtu.be/oqLx8LoFEOs

CoCoTALK #13 06-17-2016

Episode 13 - Jim Gerrie Goodies - Surprise guests Steve Bjork and Neil Brookings!

This week on CoCo TALK let's talk about:

Jim Gerrie's Goodies:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XBnbsv3fA8&list=UUUtXDjPX3EbKaByo5MeFlYg

Jim Gerrie makes tons of games for the MC-10 and for the CoCo, let's look at some of the latest ones.

We had an unexpected visit from Steve Bjork, and heard some great stories and insight into a ton of things, too many to mention, you'll just have to listen.

Neil Brookings, aka Neil Blanchard from the CoCo Crew Podcast stopped by, too, and we talked about Tandy Assembly updates, and more!

On the show:

• Mark Overholser

Links:

• Original live stream:   https://youtu.be/dBGA_0scmjk

CoCoTALK #12 06-11-217

Episode 12 - Setting up MAME to be a CoCo - Hotel Elevator Man, project updates, random talk, and more!

We are back for CoCo TALK #12 the nation's leading (and only) live weekly talk show about the Tandy Color Computer!

We'll talk about and demonstrate how to configure MAME to run as a Color Computer Emulator

http://mamedev.org/release.html

Which will require ROMS from the Color Computer Archive:

http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/ROMs/MESS/

We'll talk about Nick Marentes' latest blog post for his game in development Gun Star

http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/nickma/Gunstar/03.html

Take a look at Glen Hewlett's latest YouTube video showing his Pac-Man port to the coco compared to the real game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrjF21Vou4M&feature=youtu.be

Perhaps discuss our "favorite" or the "best" and "worst" CoCo emulators (all subject to individual opinion), and whatever else comes up!

On the Show:

• Barry Nelson

• Original live stream:   https://youtu.be/x15fcSBAn5o