It's December, winter and the holiday seasons are upon us, and the topic today is CoCo Christmas Wishlist... what item, real or imaginary would you like to have for the CoCo to make your life easier, or the CoCo better? On the show: Brian Joyce, Grant Leighty, CoCo Man, David Ladd, John Strong, Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Nick Marentes, Richard Lorbieski, Rick Adams, Ron Delvaux, and Steve Bjork. New Panel Members and intro: Brian Joyce and CoCo Man aka Jason Tech Talk: David Ladd let's us kn...
Dec 09, 2017•2 hr 25 min•Ep. 43
CoCoTALK! Episode 35 comes on the heels of Thanksgiving, so we'll hear from member of the show and the community on what they are thankful for this year. We also have a main topic, which is an update and preview of the upcoming NitrOS9 "Ease of Use" edition aimed for novice use and to be run on the CoCoSDC and emulators "out of the box" Grant Leighty's newbie question of the week was "what are peeks and pokes", and we'll hear the panel's responses. Ron's Garage this week features an MC-10 un-box...
Dec 01, 2017•3 hr•Ep. 42
Welcome to CoCoTALK! Episode 34, the first live CoCoTALK! we've had in about 3 weeks. Due to home internet issues, ogStevieStrow has been unable to live stream the show, the past few episodes have been pre-recorded. Today Grant Leighty takes over as both the live stream host and the show host for episode 34. The primary topics discussed were Discord, the new audio/video chat application most of the panel of CoCoTALK! use to communicate behind-the-scenes, as well as some of the differences betwee...
Nov 24, 2017•2 hr 26 min•Ep. 41
CoCoTALK! Episode 33 - Hardware Talk! Today we talk about the must have, rare, unique, hard to find, and otherwise sought after and coveted hardware devices to have for your CoCo collection. On the show: Bill Nobel, Bruce Moore, David Ladd, Grant Leighty, L. Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Michael Brant, Nick Marentes, Paul Fiscarelli, Jim Brain from Retro Innovations, Steve Bjork, and Ron Delvaux. We start off by hearing an update from Bruce Moore about Forest of Doom and the Contest winner. We ...
Nov 19, 2017•2 hr 56 min•Ep. 40
Only the bravest souls enter, only the most cunning return! Defeat innumerable monsters to ransom the king’s scepter, stolen by the evil wizard and kept deep in the Forest of Doom. Your sword, shield and wits are your only allies – pray you find a magical Inn as your only respite! Forest of Doom is a Role Playing Adventure Game for the Tandy Color Computer 1, 2, and 3. Created by D. Bruce More in roughly 1982 for a 4K CooCo 1 with standard Color BASIC, Bruce put this game to the side when get go...
Nov 06, 2017•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 39
In episode 31 of CoCoTALK! we'll discuss the buzz this week that's been going on in Facebook at the possibility of a modern version of the Rainbow Magazine, which was "the institution" of tech magazines for the Color Computer. Ron Delvaux has been busy creating not only mock covers, but will have a 20+ digital version of what the magazine could look like. We have set up a website for an on-line version of the magazine which is http://therainbow.online and we'll hear people's opinion and suggesti...
Nov 03, 2017•2 hr 33 min•Ep. 38
Episode 30 of CoCoTALK! finds us having to address some community drama that has popped up this week, which we attempt to do in a mature, and intelligent way, to shed light on some things, and hopefully find ourselves in a better place when it comes to competition, stepping on toes, etc. On the call: Barry Nelson, Boisey Pitre, Brendan Donahe, Ciaran Ancomb, David Ladd, Eddy Szczerbinski, Glen Hewlett, Grant Leight, John T. Robbs, L. Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Mike Rown, Nicholas Marentes, R...
Oct 27, 2017•2 hr 13 min•Ep. 36
Episode 29 - The Tandy Assembly Post Show! We'll talk about everything that was happening this past weekend! On the show: Brendan Donahe, Brett Gordon, Ciaran Anscomb, David Ladd, George Philips, Grant Leighty, Jay Searle, John Linville, John Strong, John T. Robbs, L. Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Mike Rowen, Neil Blanchard, Nick Marentes, Paul Thayer, Retro Innovations (Jim Brain), Richard Lorbieski, Simon Jonassen, Steve Batson, Wallace Ron Delvaux (21 people, wow!) CoCoTALK! airs live, right...
Oct 19, 2017•3 hr 9 min•Ep. 35
Episode 28 is the Tandy Assembly Pre-Game show, this is the last live show before we're at Tandy Assembly next weekend, so we'll go over everything there is to discuss, play plenty of promo clips, and with some luck, be visited by some of the founders of the event. Tandy Assembly will be live streamed, and a special live edition of CoCoTALK! called TandyTALK! will take place Saturday evening, make sure you subscribe to the Tandy Assembly YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPyGtUzQ...
Oct 05, 2017•3 hr 21 min•Ep. 33
CoCoTALK! Episode 27 - the Ease of Use Episode! Original air date - 09-23-2017 On the show: John Strong, Richard Lorbieski, Barry Nelson, Bill Nobel, Curtis Boyle, David Ladd, Simon Jonassen, Rick Adams, Nicholas Marentes, Jim Brain from Retro Innovations, and D. Bruce More. John Strong filled us in on the status of his projects "Dr. CoCo" a Dr. Mario clone which will feature the Game Master Cartridge sound chip, as will "Handy Andy" a Wreck-It Ralph/Fix-It Felix Clone, along with some news of V...
Sep 29, 2017•3 hr 20 min•Ep. 32
CoCoTALK #26 09-16-2017 Episode 26 - New CoCo games, assembly optimization, Simon's latest demo and more! CoCoTALK! is the nation's leading live talk show featuring the Tandy Color Computer. For video and audio replays, visit http://imacoconut.com On the show: Ciaran Anscomb, D. Bruce Moore, Jacob Moore, David Ladd, Glen Hewlett, Grant Leighty, Jay Searle Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Paul Thayer, Richard Lorbieski, Ron Delvaux, Simon Jonassen, Wayne Campbell Ciaran Anscomb shared a cool CoCo/D...
Sep 22, 2017•3 hr 2 min•Ep. 31
CoCoTALK! #25 09-09-2017 CoCoTALK! Episode #25 - The Hurricane Irma edition! People on the show and items discussed: John W. Linville - Host of the CoCoCREW! POD Cast. Glen Hewlett interview on CoCoCREW!, Hack-A-Day project mention Bill Nobel: Full Source Code for the Ribbs BBS for OS9, v2.03. The "original" Three Musketeers of NitrOS9, Curtis Boyle and Bill Nobel & Wes Gail. John W. Linville: Another Mashup of The CoCoCrew! and Trash Talk.. Pending Interview with Curtis Boyle and Bill Nobel...
Sep 17, 2017•2 hr 39 min•Ep. 30
CoCoTALK #24 09-02-2017 Episode 24 - Oz K-Fest - Forrest of Doom trailer 2 - new OS-9 commercial and more! 09-02-2017 Episode 24 treated us to a peek down under to an Apple II event in Australia called Oz K-Fest which was a weekend event dedicated to the early Apple line of computers. Our foreign correspondent Nick Marentes gave us an inside view of what the Australian Apple community are up to these days, and the projects are impressive! We also got to see the world premier of the Forest of Doo...
Sep 08, 2017•2 hr 47 min•Ep. 29
CoCoTALK #23 08-26-2017 Episode 23 - Floppy TALK! and other hardware goodies with a few special guests! Episode 23 features all kind of hardware discussions, too many to list, you'll just have to watch and listen. The show: Special guest Host, of the Retro VGM Revival Hour Podcast, Edgar Valasco. https://www.youtube.com/c/NostalgiaRoadTripChannel Ron's Garage : The Printer Video and POD Cast Statistics Ron's Garage : CoCo 1. Simon Jonassen - Vector Graphics Bruce Moore - Pheonix IDE by Roger Tay...
Sep 01, 2017•3 hr 30 min•Ep. 28
CoCoTALK #22 08-19-2017 Episode 22 - Nick Marentes Pac-Man 1.1 - Basic09 and more! Nick Marentes Pac-Man update 1.1 http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/nickma/ProjectArchive/pacman.html Bruce Moore will show as a peek at BASIC09 Rons Garage: A look at the amazing retro computer collection from Ron Delvaux Newbie question of the week from Grant Leighty Tech discussions with David Ladd, Curtis Boyle and others Tandy Assembly, and more! On the show: Nick Marentes Bruce Moore David Ladd Mark Overhols...
Aug 26, 2017•2 hr 30 min•Ep. 27
CoCoTALK #20 08-05-2017 Episode 20 - Community Chat - Ron's Garage - Forest of Doom teaser CoCoTALK turns 20 episodes old today and we're celebrating! The topic is CoCo Community Chat, and all members of the CoCo Community are encouraged and invited to join us in the Skype call and become part of the discussion, to do so, you need to add ogStevieStrow as a Skype contact, and then call him directly. A new segment has been created, Ron's Garage, where Ron Delvaux shows us some of his amazing retro...
Aug 25, 2017•3 hr 36 min•Ep. 25
CoCoTALK #19 07-29-2017 Episode 19 - CoCo Hardware! Retro Innovations and CoCo on a Chip! CoCo TALK is the nation's leading live talk show about the Tandy Color Computer, never mind that it's the only one. In Episode 19 we'll dive into CoCo Hardware. We'll hear and see from Jim Brain from Retro Innovations on what it takes to develop and produce hardware projects for the Color Computer, and we'll discuss "hardware emulation" platforms such as the CoCo FPGA and Roger Taylor's "CoCo on a Chip" and...
Aug 25, 2017•3 hr 29 min•Ep. 24
CoCoTALK #18 07-22-2017 Episode 18 - An introduction to OS-9 and NitrOS-9 We are about to make history, as the first official presentation of OS-9 will happen today on CoCo TALK #18. We'll talk a look at Microware's OS-9 Level I and II and then jump into the current version known as Nitro OS-9 or just NitrOS-9 for short. Download OS-9 Level 1 v2.01: http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Disks/Operating%20Systems/OS-9%20Level%201%20v2.01%20(Tandy).zip Download OS-9 Level 2 v2.00: http://www.co...
Aug 24, 2017•2 hr 54 min•Ep. 23
CoCoTALK #17 July 15, 2017 Episode 17 - The World Premiere of Rick Adams' Bomb Threat! The game that almost wasn't now is, and Rick Adams will talk about the history of this game, and how it's finally seeing the light of day! Behold, for the first time ever, Bomb Threat for the Tandy Color Computer, originally created in 1984, lost in the sands of time, and faithfully recreated by Rick Himself using the assistance of modern technology. Check out more of Rick Adams at http://rickadams.org On the ...
Aug 23, 2017•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 22
CoCoTALK #16 07-08-2017 Episode 16 - MESSUI tweaks for CoCo emulation, MAME and MESS debugging tutorial We are on week 16 of CoCo TALK, and this week, we have a new speaker to join us, Jay Searle will show us some cool tips, tricks and tweaks on using the MESSUI for CoCo specific emulation. He'll also show us how to use the MAME and MESS debugger to aid in software development via emulators. This, and a whole lot of other CoCo TALK from our panel and viewers. MAME download: http://www.mamedev.or...
Aug 23, 2017•2 hr 35 min•Ep. 21
CoCoTALK #15 07-01-2017 Episode 15 - Pac-Man Transcoded to the CoCo 3 - CoCo Crew Podcast and more! This week's CoCo TALK will include the world premiere of Glen Hewlett's adaptation of the original Pac-Man arcade system to the Tandy Color Computer 3. We'll get the first look at the completed game in action, the user manual, and the links to download the game. We'll also listen to the latest episode of the CoCo Crew Podcast, and who knows what else! Glen Hewlett's Blog: https://nowhereman999.wor...
Aug 23, 2017•2 hr 28 min•Ep. 20
CoCoTALK #14 06-24-2017 Episode 14 - Media Players - Dunjunz - Xroar and more! This week we'll talk about Ed Snider's Media Player for the CoCo. We'll also talk with Ciaran Anscomb, the author of Xroar, a fine CoCo and Dragon emulator, and look at his current project, a port of DunJunz! Check out the Dunjunz blog here: http://www.6809.org.uk/dev/dunjunz/ Check out Xroar here: http://www.6809.org.uk/xroar/ Check out Ed Snider's Zipster Zone: https://sites.google.com/site/thezippsterzone/home On t...
Aug 22, 2017•3 hr 3 min•Ep. 19
CoCoTALK #13 06-17-2016 Episode 13 - Jim Gerrie Goodies - Surprise guests Steve Bjork and Neil Brookings! This week on CoCo TALK let's talk about: Jim Gerrie's Goodies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XBnbsv3fA8&list=UUUtXDjPX3EbKaByo5MeFlYg Jim Gerrie makes tons of games for the MC-10 and for the CoCo, let's look at some of the latest ones. We had an unexpected visit from Steve Bjork, and heard some great stories and insight into a ton of things, too many to mention, you'll just have to li...
Aug 22, 2017•3 hr 7 min•Ep. 18
CoCoTALK #12 06-11-217 Episode 12 - Setting up MAME to be a CoCo - Hotel Elevator Man, project updates, random talk, and more! We are back for CoCo TALK #12 the nation's leading (and only) live weekly talk show about the Tandy Color Computer! We'll talk about and demonstrate how to configure MAME to run as a Color Computer Emulator http://mamedev.org/release.html Which will require ROMS from the Color Computer Archive: http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/ROMs/MESS/ We'll talk about Nick Mar...
Aug 22, 2017•2 hr 32 min•Ep. 17
Episode 11: 06-03-2017 CoCoTALK #11 - Speech/Sound pack emulation, Creating CoCo Cartridges, Podcast Review, Assembly vs. Machine Code and more! We are back for CoCo Talk #11 the nation's leading live talk show about the Tandy Color Computer! This week's hot topics? - How about the Speech and Sound Pack being emulated to MAME! - To cart or not to cart, the pros and cons of putting a CoCo game on a cartridge, and the market for it - CoCo Crew Podcast #24 review discussion - Latest line up for Tan...
Aug 21, 2017•3 hr•Ep. 15
Episode 010: 05-27-2017 CoCoTALK #10 - What is your favorite CoCo game? - Hardware discussions, and more! We are back for CoCo TALK #10 and this week, the primary topic is What is your favorite Color Computer Game? We'll talk CoCo games, what's our favorite, what we liked about that game, tips/tricks, etc. We may even play a few games live, on-demand. We will also talk about CoCo hardware, CoCo motherboard versions, serial numbers, you name it! On the show: Nick Marentes Curtis Boyle Barry Nelso...
Aug 16, 2017•2 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Episode 008: 05-13-2017 CoCo Sprites, Embarrassing moments, has hardware gone too far? We are back for the 8th CoCo TALK featuring a bunch of old guys talking about an old computer, what's more exciting than that? This week we'll talk about some topics that have been around the web, between the CoCo mailing list and the CoCo Facebook group, there's never a shortage of discussions to weigh in on. Compiled sprites, what's your most embarrassing moment? Have we gone "too far" with hardware upgrades...
Aug 15, 2017•2 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Episode 007: 05-06-2017 Beginners and Newbies edition We are back for CoCo TALK #7 this one is dedicated to the beginners, and new members of the CoCo community, and we are going to try and keep the "depth" of the technical jargon as shallow as possible, and hopefully have a safe and friendly place where we can ask any type of questions, regardless of how "simple" or "basic" it may seem about the Tandy Color Computer, the retro computer hobby, programming in BASIC, how to set up or use a CoCo, w...
Aug 14, 2017•2 hr 49 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Episode 006: 04-30-2017 CoCoFEST! 2017 Wrap-up show We are back for episode 6 of CoCo TALK! The weekly live talk show about the Tandy Color Computer. This week we are going to talk about The 26th Annual "Last" Chicago CoCoFEST! Which took place last weekend in Lombard, IL. We'll speak with some of the people who were there, some who watched it live, and some who couldn't make it. We'll also talk about the next geek outing, Tandy Assembly, which takes place in October, in Ohio, and it's about all...
Aug 12, 2017•2 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Episode 005: 04-15-2017 Easter Edition - 1 week to CoCoFEST! - merch, emulators, games and more - 04-15-2017 On the show: Nick Marentes Curtis Boyle Bill Nobel Mark Overholser Rick Adams Richard E. Crislip John W. Linville Barry Nelson Links: Original Live stream: https://youtu.be/OT-BsMkwDyk You can visit CoCoTALK! on the web http://cocotalk.live/ Check out the CoCo Crew Podcast http://cococrew.org/ Curtis Boyle's CoCo Games List website http://www.lcurtisboyle.com/nitros9/coco_game_list.html C...
Aug 12, 2017•1 hr 55 min•Season 1Ep. 5
