CoCoCrew Episode 5

Agenda

• Intro (00:01:32)
  • CoCoFEST! six months away (for real!)
  • eBay acquisitions
  • Recent/current projects
• Announcements (00:11:57)
  • Twitter -- @CoCoCrewPodcast
  • Facebook -- The CoCo Crew Podcast
  • Available on iTunes and Stitcher
  • Hosted at Cyber Ears
  • Email addresses
    • show@cococrew.org
    • podcast@cococrew.org
    • feedback@cococrew.org
    
    
    • john@cococrew.org
    • neil@cococrew.org
• News (00:14:19)
  
  • VCC 2.0.1b Released (Bill Pierce)
  • CoCo3FPGA v3.0 release (Gary Becker)
    • DoD not working...
    • v3.0.0.1 released
    • discussion of new name
  • Tandy/Radio Shack was a clue on Jeopardy! (Vincent Tran)
  • NitrOS9 running on multicomp (Neal Crook)
  • Brainf*ck interpreter available in NitrOS-9 repository (Boisy Pitre)
  • Photos of Color Computer 2 kit (Ed Snider)
  • RGB2VGA cases available (John Strong)
  • MC6847 VGA (FPGA) Project (Ed Snider and Brendan Donahe)
  • Kipper SBC Update (Kip Koon)
  • Multi ROM bank builder tool (Chad Hendon)
  • LWTOOLS 4.12 released (William Astle)
  • Another meeting of the Danish CoCo Society! (Simon Jonassen and Fedor Steeman)
  • Hi-Res Interface (Nick Marentes and Sockmaster)
  • PSA / warning for all RGB2VGA owners (Ed Snider and Roger Taylor)
  • MC-10 composite board prototype under test (Simon Jonassen and Ed Snider)
  • Floppy Days Episode 47 (John and Neil)
  • Plateau of the Past sells for $52!! (Neil)
  • Sneak peek at 512K CoCo3 badge replacement (Boisy Pitre)
  • Replacement feet for CoCo3 (Raymond Jett)
  • Public bulletin board system that supports the Trs-80 Color Computer and Os9 Level 2 (Phillip Taylor)
  • An FPGA GIME project, and CoCo FPGA Experimenter's Board (Ed Snider)
  • MShell 01.00.3e BETA release (Bill Pierce)
• Feedback (01:00:05)
  • Reaction to "stealing projects" discussion (Ed Snider)
  • Praise for registering as a "fan" at Cyber Ears (Mike Rowen)
  • Reaction to CoCo project discussion (Brian Blake)
  • Feedback on PIA segment (Brett Gordon)
  • Dragon Multi-Cart info (Roland Schwaiger)
• Host discussion -- what makes a project successful? what dooms some to fail? (Retro VGS, CoCo-X, others?) (01:06:05)
• Tech segment -- cartridge slot (01:23:38)
• Games Corner -- Donkey Kong and DK Remix (01:42:22)
• Parting Thoughts (01:46:04)

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