CoCoCrew Episode 81

Agenda

• Introduction (00:00:42)
  • CoCoFEST! is 2 months away
  • Tandy Assembly is 7 months away...
  • Recent/current projects
  • eBay (or other) acquisitions
• Announcements (00:07:42)
  • 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
    
    
  • VCF East: Apr 22-24, 2022
  • Midwest Gaming Classic: Apr 29 – May 1, 2022
  • “Last” Chicago CoCoFEST!: May 14-15, 2022
  • Southern-Fried Gaming Expo: July 15-17, 2022
  • KansasFest: July 19-24, 2022
  • VCF West: Aug 6-7, 2022
  • Tandy Assembly: Sep 30 - Oct 2, 2022
• News (00:22:10)
  
  • "Animal" from David Ahl's BASIC Computer Games (Jim Gerrie)
  • John's ECMA-55 Minimal BASIC Compiler (John Gatewood Ham)
  • Radio Shack TRS80 - MC 10 Micro Color Computer - Unbox & First Test - Retro 8bit Computer (TJ Ferreira)
  • A single page assembler, disassembler, and emulator for entry-level tinkering with the 6809 CPU. (Gwilym Thomas)
    
    
  • BASIC Program "Flags" (Jim Gerrie)
  • GAKKEN TV BOY (200X) ON TANDY TRS-80 MC-10 DEMO (Takeo Namiki)
  • I realized with horror recently that I had not done a version of Poker Squares for the Dragon. (Paul Shoemaker)
     Here's a walk-through of the Poker Squares: Dragon Edition game that I am working on.
  • Zero Hour: A Game Development Blog by Nickolas Marentes for the Tandy Color Computer 3. (Nick Marentes)
     Chapter 12 - EMF Chamber and Hydraulic Lifter
     Chapter 13 - All Levels Complete!
    
    
  • This is an example of AI provided in the book "AI for Small Computers" by John Krutch. (Jim Gerrie)
  • I'm working on a new program to flash memory banks of the Coco SDC. (Guillaume Major)
  • KiCad files for cartridge edge connector (gold fingers) (John Whitworth)
  • Using Fishing Wire To Hold In Pin Headers Is A Nifty Trick (Lewin Day @ Hackaday)
    
    
  • "KINGMOVE" by John Krutch is a simple demonstration of AI programming. (Jim Gerrie)
  • Setup and use a GOTEK with a Tandy Color Computer (Retro Tech Time @ YouTube)
  • Turbo9 - Pipelined 6809 - Benchmarking & Performance (turbo9 @ YouTube)
  • Demo of an early prototype of my VGM converter/player for the Color Computer 3 (Chet Simpson)
    
    
  • "Electronic Brain" by Tim Hartnell (Jim Gerrie)
  • An option for North American MC-10 owners with no power supply... (John Linville)
  • The Sedna Strain (Erico Patricio Monteiro)
  • imma just dump a vid of what is 1546 BYTES of code, and see if anyone can work out how !! (Simon Jonassen)
    
    
  • For The Challenge - Variation 2 of Logiker's X-mas Challenge (Jim Gerrie)
  • CoCoFest 2022 is FREE to Attend (Grant Leighty)
     If you would like to give a presentation at the 30th Annual “Last” Chicago CoCoFest, please contact the CoCoFest Organizer, Grant Leighty.
     We’re happy to announce we have opened up registration for CoCoFEST! 2022 in Elk Grove Village, IL.
  • Ice hockey for the color computer (wip) (Sheldon MacDonald)
  • "Get Me Outta Here!" is an escape room game... (Paul Thayer)
    
    
  • I've been working on Chazbeenhad's "Demon Attack" to try to get it working using Greg Dionne's compiler. (Jim Gerrie)
  • Playing with a PI calculator this morning. I was surprised that it stopped working after 5 significant digits. (Trey Tomes)
  • CoCo and 16-bits (Allen Huffman)
  • new AGD converted games - Pack#48 (Pere Serrat)
     new AGD converted games - Pack #49
    
    
  • Been working on Jaz's "Dropship." (Jim Gerrie)
     "Dropship" by Darren Ottery
  • Lisp In 436 Bytes (Al Williams @ Hackaday)
  • You Can’t Rely on Inspiration: Essential Writing Advice from J.G. Ballard (Emily Temple @ Pocket Worthy)
  • How to (Ethically) Get Rid of Your Unwanted Stuff (Jaime Stathis @ Wired)
• Feedback (01:02:21)
  • "I am hoping that with some of the replacement motherboards, cases, etc. projects being worked on, that people who want to enjoy running a “real” Coco will see prices go down to acceptable levels for these machines..." -- L. Curtis Boyle
  • "Did you think about using a LM3914 Dot/Bar Display Driver for your joystick tester?" -- John Strong
• This Month In CoCo History -- February 1985 (01:05:11)
• Host Discussion -- Is Glenside membership still worthwhile? (01:08:34)
• Tech Segment -- Errors in Schematics (01:26:00)
• Neil's Corner -- Review of CoCodle (01:47:49)
• Parting Thoughts (01:52:07)

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