CoCoCrew Episode 53

Agenda

• Introduction (0:00:42)
  • CoCoFEST! is 6 months away
  • Tandy Assembly is ~12 months away...
  • Recent/current projects
  • eBay (or other) acquisitions
• Announcements (0:07:58)
  • Twitter -- @CoCoCrewPodcast
  • Facebook -- The CoCo Crew Podcast
  • Available on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, and tunein.
  • Available as video episodes on YouTube
  • Video episodes also available on the CoCoTV channel on Roku (sponsored by Roger Taylor)
  • 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
    • ron@cococrew.org
    
    
  • The 37th Annual Chicago TI International World Faire: November 2, 2019
  • World of Commodore 2019: December 7, 2019
  • Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest: March 21-22, 2020
  • 29th Annual "Last" Chicago CoCoFEST!: April 18-19, 2020
  • Vintage Computer Festival East: April 24-26, 2020
  • KansasFest 2020: July 21-26, 2020
• News (0:22:27)
  
  • Glenside Club Officer Election Results (John Linville)
  • How a basement hacker transformed Donkey Kong for the Atari 2600 (David L. Craddock @ Ars Technica)
  • I have done some simple prototyping and will be making new gamepads with 2 buttons... (Sheldon MacDonald)
  • Rescue Update (Jim Gerrie)
  • So i made a little converter for a digital joystick... (Randolph Rudolph)
  • GunStar Blog: Chapter 21 - Levels 3 and 4 (Nick Marentes)
    
    
  • I got my mini mpi today! Very cool rig with my gmc music cart! (Sheldon MacDonald)
  • The CoCo Show: A TRS-80 Color Computer Podcast (Boat and Aaron)
  • Galaxy! by Avalon Hill (Jim Gerrie)
  • GrafExpress (demo video) (Bill Pierce)
  • Just got a nicer SCART cable working... (Chris Burke)
  • I had to replace the cart socket on my model 3... (John E. Bielak)
    
    
  • #SepTandy - Quick tour of my 3D Remake of TRS-80 classic "Temple of Rom" (Jon Day)
  • Mythbusters: Glue for Fun and Profit (Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage)
  • Building Video Pong With Discrete Components (Lewin Day @ Hackaday)
  • That Game Cartridge Isn’t As Straightforward As You’d Think (Jenny List @ Hackaday)
  • Dragon GameBase (.mad. @ worldofdragon.org)
  • SWTPC 6800/6809 Computer Review and History (TanRu Nomad)
    
    
  • Akalabeth (Jim Gerrie)
  • Gary Becker and I will be continuing our collaboration beyond, and building on, the GIME-X project... (Ed Snider)
  • Creating new Vectrex Games in 2019 with Robin Jubber - Retro Tea Break (RetroManCave)
  • Ever give up on a computer hobby? (Hexacorerunner @ AtariAge)
  • My prototype mini controller for the coco’s. (Sheldon MacDonald)
  • LCCS: The LCD / CRT Hybrid from JVC (Technology Connections @ YouTube)
    
    
  • Devastated. Long term OVCC project falls short (Walter Zambotti)
  • So let's be honest here... would you like me to turn your TV into a CoCo 3? (Roger Taylor)
  • The Legacy Of The Floppy Still Looms Over Windows (Jenny List @ Hackaday)
  • Why You Should Work Less and Spend More Time on Hobbies (Gaetano DiNardi @ Harvard Business Review)
  • 'Collapse OS' Is an Open Source Operating System for the Post-Apocalypse (Matthew Gault @ Vice)
  • WHY DID NATHAN BUY A TRS-80? (3oldtechdudes @ YouTube)
• Feedback (1:10:48)
  • "Enhancements were not uncommon back when the machines are current so that seems reasonable.  At some point the replacement and enhancement gets so intense I really wonder if they liked the machine in the first place." -- George Phillips
  • "I only care about CoCo compatibility as a sadly necessary step to bootstrap to a decent 6809 or 6309 NitrOS-9 system." -- James Jones
  • "We are in DIRE need of software. There's really no reason to buy much of the hardware that's out there unless software is written for it." -- Brian Blake
• Host Discussion -- Importance of books, manuals, docs to collecting? (1:16:39)
• This Month In CoCo History -- Princeton RainbowFest, October 1986 (1:37:37)
• Interview w/ Boisy Pitre (1:39:49)
• Tech Segment -- How does Extended Color BASIC 'PLAY' command keep time? (2:32:07)
• Neil's Corner -- Review of Rogue (2:56:47)
• Parting Thoughts (3:01:18)

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