CoCoCrew Episode 75

Agenda

• Introduction (0:00:41)
  • Tandy Assembly is 1 months away...
  • CoCoFEST! is 2 months away!
  • Recent/current projects
  • eBay (or other) acquisitions
• Announcements (0:06:51)
  • Twitter -- @CoCoCrewPodcast
  • Facebook -- The CoCo Crew Podcast
  • Available on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, and tunein.
  • Available as video episodes on YouTube
  • 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
    
    
  • Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 16: September 11-12, 2021
  • Tandy Assembly 2021: Oct 1-3, 2021
  • VCF East 2021: Oct 8-10, 2021
  • The Midwest Gaming Classic: Nov 5-7, 2021
  • “Last” Chicago CoCoFEST!: Nov 6-7, 2021
  • VCF East 2022 Dates: Apr 29-30, May 1
  • “Last” Chicago CoCoFEST!: May 14-15, 2022 (tentative)
• News (0:17:44)
  
  • I Ching Basic Program (Jim Gerrie)
  • Freespin (Matthias Kramm)
  • The original source for the 1981 masterpiece “Defender” is now on Github! #Gaming #Arcade (Adafruit)
  • Coco3 hardware scrolling from Basic ! (MrDave @ AtariAge)
  • Dragon 64 Keyboard Key Switch Replacement (Alps SKCC) (Dragon Data Archive @ YouTube)
    
    
  • Chevy Tech for TRS-80 MC-10 (Jim Gerrie)
  • Faulty Electrolytic Caps Don’t Always Look Bad (Donald Papp @ Hackaday)
  • 3D Space Shuttle for CoCo 1, 2, and 3 (S)ECB - Version 3 (Andrew Ayers)
  • You Can Now Revisit the Most Popular Desktop Publishing App of the '80s in Your Browser (Andrew Liszewski @ Gizmodo)
  • CoCoVGA 64-column text mode on the MC-10, anyone? (Brendan Donahe)
    
    
  • Space Taxi (Jim Gerrie)
  • "Retro Rick's Maze-making Algorithm" version 4.00 (Richard Kelly)
     "Retro Rick's Maze-making Algorithm" ... new Dragon 32 version!
  • Introducing "Thor BBS"! A BBS dedicated to the Tandy/TRS-80 Colour Computer. (Patrick Pelletier)
  • Anyone aware the Electronic Book shows a BBC Acorn using it also?? (Ron Delvaux)
  • Xroar Online is now hosted on the Color Computer Archive and works with Safari browsers! (Guillaume Major)
    
    
  • Hockey (Jim Gerrie)
  • A glimpse into the CoCo - shots from my source code listing for Super Bustout (1980-81) (Glenn Sogge)
  • Zero Hour Blog: Chapter 09 - Cage Hoist and Shredder levels (Nick Marentes)
  • Turbo9 - Pipelined 6809 - Masters Thesis Summer Update (Kevin Phillipson & Michael Rywalt)
  • Simple solution to connect USB keyboard to VZ 200/300 retro Computer family (CasperDev @ github)
    
    
  • Phases de la lune (Jim Gerrie)
  • Fresh Paint Or Patina Of Ages, That’s The Antique Question (Jenny List @ Hackaday)
  • Rotating HyperTech text- 512k Tandy Color Computer 3 (Chet Simpson)
  • A Multi-Format Cross-Platform Floppy for 5.25" Floppy Day (Chris Osborn)
  • Remembering Radio Shack’s Windows Competitor: Tandy DeskMate (Benj Edwards)
    
    
  • Mandelbr (Jim Gerrie)
  • How Do DACs Work? - The Learning Circuit (element14 presents @ YouTube)
  • Audio Cassette Tape Data Retrospective (Al Williams @ Hackaday)
  • Why the IBM PC Used an Intel 8088 (Michael J. Miller @ PC Mag)
  • Joust is now available for the CoCo 3 (Glen Hewlett)
• Feedback (1:00:28)
  • "Enjoying the podcast, I listen to every new episode now." -- Kevin Phillipson
  • "I wanted you guys to get the first copies [of my CoCo3 Joust port] to thank you for your podcast and support to the CoCo community." -- Glen Hewlett
  • "Welcome back Boisy" -- Brian Wieseler
• Host Discussion -- What is considered as 'advancing the state of the art in the community'? (1:03:50)
• Tech Segment -- Issues re: CoCoSDC w/ FDC (1:17:38)
• This Month In CoCo History -- August 1983 (1:35:32)
• Neil's Corner -- Review of Glen Hewlett's Joust (1:36:54)
• Parting Thoughts (1:41:54)

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