CoCoCrew Episode 36

Agenda

• Introduction (0:00:40)
  • Tandy Assembly is 6 months away...
  • CoCoFEST! is 11 months away...
  • Recent/current projects
  • eBay (or other) acquisitions
• Announcements (0:07:12)
  • Twitter -- @CoCoCrewPodcast
  • Facebook -- The CoCo Crew Podcast
  • Available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and tunein.
  • Member of The Throwback Network
  • Listed on the Game-by-Game Podcast Information Hub
  • Show audio hosted at Cyber Ears
  • Email addresses
    
    
    • show@cococrew.org
    • podcast@cococrew.org
    • feedback@cococrew.org
    
    
    • john@cococrew.org
    • neil@cococrew.org
    • mike@cococrew.org
    • boisy@cococrew.org
    
    
  • RetroChallenge
    
    
  • CORGS-CON 2018: June 2, 2018
  • Dragon Meetup 2018: June 16, 2018
  • KansasFest 2018: July 16-22, 2018
  • Tandy Assembly 2018: November 10-11, 2018
• News (0:15:38)
  
  • Considering TRS-80 CoCo port to MiSTer (Roger Taylor)
  • C-Trek Alpha (Jim Gerrie)
  • King of Kong’s Billy Mitchell’s high scores wiped out by Twin Galaxies (Owen S. Good via Polygon.com)
  • Game Music Composer (Nick Marentes)
  • DwTerm - A RSDOS DriveWire 4 Terminal Program (Michael R. Furman)
  • pyDriveWire v0.3 CoCoFest 2018 Release (Michael R. Furman)
  • The First Text Adventure Game I Ever Wrote (Ken Reighard)
  • How to Preserve Vintage Electronics (Benj Edwards)
  • I'm not sure anyone is interested about a cross-plat toolchain setup... (Bryan Woodruff)
  • I temporarily fixed my coco3 keyboard so that all keys now function. I used single strands of multi-strand wire and plumber's tape. (Paul T. Barton)
  • I have a prototype built for the new MPI. (Ed Snider)
  • Here's a link to some line-in recordings I just made of a few chiptunes on the CoCo. (Ed Snider)
  • Sharing my Deft Pascal toolchain with the community. (André Ballista)
  • Patching the CoCo ROM, patch #1 (James Diffendaffer)
  • Coco Fest 2018 Slides (Jamie Cho)
  • Updated EDTASM6309! (Nick Marentes / Robert Gault)
  • I want to take issue with Steve [Bjork]'s comment on the MC10... (Mark Siegel)
  • The PLATO system that I’ve been putting together for retro-computing users is now open for testing. (Thomas Cherryhomes)
  • Downland 2 Game Development Blog (Paul Thayer)
  • CoCoVGA release 0.89 - Software-configurable characters (Brendan Donahe)
  • TRS-80 Coco Retro Computer Storage Showdown (6809coder @ YouTube)
  • INFOCOM adventure series for the DRAGON64 (Pere Serrat)
  • Kinder Morgan (Jim Gerrie)
  • Moon Shuttle for MCX (Jim Gerrie)
  • Low Level Bit Hacks You Absolutely Must Know (Peter Krumins)
  • Optimizing Integer Division By a Constant Divisor (Robert D. Grappel)
  • I'm aiming to do something realllllly retro with Donkey Kong Remix. (John Kowalski aka SockMaster)
  • For anyone using tcpser, here is the command line in linux that works for me... (Rutherford Le Blang)
  • I have just published a Color BASIC extension for Microsoft VS Code. (Darren Grant)
  • I have made a start on a 6809/6309 assembly extension for VS Code. (Darren Grant)
  • I'm proud to announce my original BBS (Internal Affairs) from '95-'97 Is Back! (Neil Blanchard)
• Feedback (1:07:19)
  • "One thing that I think is missing, which I also discussed on the Episode 34 roundtable, is some easier way for a newcomer to the Retro CoCo hobby to get themselves up to speed." -- Steve Stroh
  • "Thank you hosts for complements on the graphics for Dig Dug by Jim Gerrie. Looking to see him work his magic on more of my mockups. :) If we continue the partnership, surely all CoCo users will have an MC10 !!" -- Carlos Camacho
• Interview with Simon Jonassen (1:12:46)
• Tech Segment -- How can the CoCo DAC make multi-voice music? (1:39:26)
• Neil's Corner -- Amazing World of Malcom Mortar (2:13:06)
• Parting Thoughts (2:16:12)

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