Streaming from the Vintage Computing Festival Midwest, in Elmhurst, IL. Visit http://vcfmw.org/ to learn more about VCFMW Segment timeline: Main Exhibitor walk-through: 0:13:00 Overflow area walk-through: 01:20:00 CoCo News: 02:22:00 John Strong: 03:15:45 Tandy Assembly Promo: 03:42:30 Brian (The Music Man) Schubring and Bonus news: 04:01:00 Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord...
Sep 17, 2019•59 min•Ep. 240
Streaming from the Vintage Computing Festival Midwest, in Elmhurst, IL. Visit http://vcfmw.org/ to learn more about VCFMW Segment timeline: Main Exhibitor walk-through: 0:13:00 Overflow area walk-through: 01:20:00 CoCo News: 02:22:00 John Strong: 03:15:45 Tandy Assembly Promo: 03:42:30 Brian (The Music Man) Schubring and Bonus news: 04:01:00 Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord...
Sep 17, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 239
Today we'll see footage from an actual Radio Shack store in Fergus Falls, ND, and we'll cover CoCo and retro news from around the world, all this and more! Dragon MMC https://www.facebook.com/486899808139431/photos/a.1140963062733099/1373107506185319/?type=3&theater&ifg=1 CoCo Dream Team https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3546521472040762&set=gm.911639275871352&type=3&theater&ifg=1 Singing River Computer Club Colorama BBS https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=38610...
Sep 09, 2019•3 hr 22 min•Ep. 236
So we're pleased to announce a very special guest, Erturk Kocalar, from www.8bitforce.com he's going to talk about his RetroShield for Arduino Mega project that was shown off at VCF West. Episode 123 of CoCoTALK! live will look at the evolution of the Color Computer Community, it's past, it's present, and speculate on it's future, we'll hear from old timers and new comers alike, so let's all chime in about our favorite computer and community Live interactive video streams: https://www.youtube.co...
Sep 01, 2019•3 hr 32 min•Ep. 234
We've had so many amazing things happen on this show, it's hard to imagine what's going to happen next, and, this week, we have a brand new CoCo game to unveil to the world, it's going to be a surprise to us all, even on the panel, but we're super excited to have our software library expand. Turns out the game is called Run Dino Run, by Paul Fiscarelli, with the 3-voice music player by Simon Jonassen, and it’s a lot of fun. You can download it here http://imacoconut.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/0...
Aug 25, 2019•3 hr 7 min•Ep. 232
Keller, Texas marks the location of the first "new" official Radio Shack Store in 2019, and our live correspondent Joe Burnett will take us on a live video tour of this new store, and we'll hopefully hear from some employees, customers, and managers. Full article: http://www.fortworthbusiness.com/news/radioshack-reboot-retailer-powers-up-with-new-vision/article_2b0389aa-bac5-11e9-b62b-aff8b65d0aa1.html?fbclid=IwAR0RNyIssjWn_gNVj0Yew-X_BXmwiSJpKLIYwgeBa7k8OCugVhA1k7qu_JA We'll also hear from Guru...
Aug 19, 2019•3 hr 58 min•Ep. 231
David O'Connor, Australian's own lord of the analog modular synths is going to give us some live demonstrations of using the Tandy Color Computer to output and control analog synths including Moogs. He'll also be showing the ACO160 evaluation kit that can turn any single voice sound into midi and pitch data to run synths, it's very cool. We'll also hear a wrap-up from last week's Vintage Computing Festival West, where our very own Mark Overholser, Mikey Furman, Rob Inman and Tim Linder attended ...
Aug 11, 2019•2 hr 41 min•Ep. 228
Today we'll feature exclusive coverage from the Vintage Computing Festival West at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. We'll have a strong CoCo presence with multiple tables and setups, Michael Furman, Tim Lindner, Mark Overholser and Rob Inman will be present to help represent and give us a tour of the event. All this and more on today's CoCoTALK! Live interactive video streams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqj3IMT0-A8 https://www.facebook.com/cocotalklive https://www.p...
Aug 04, 2019•4 hr 4 min•Ep. 226
Today's show main topic will be "Fond Memories of our early CoCo Days" Or "Fond Memories" for short. Think about what it was like when you got your CoCo, what you did with it and how it effected your life going forward. CoCoTALK! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqj3IMT0-A8 https://www.facebook.com/cocotalklive https://www.periscope.tv/CoCoTALKlive/ https://twitter.com/CoCoTALKlive Live interactive audio stream: https://www.spreaker.com/show/cocotalklive Email any suggestions you have for the sho...
Jul 28, 2019•3 hr 8 min•Ep. 224
This week on CoCoTALK! we'll have a very special guest on the live panel that you wont want to miss! Along with that, we'll hear from a cross-section of the CoCo community, cover some news of what happened the past week in the MC-10, Dragon and CoCo communities, and possibly get into some hardware, and/or software discussions. Now that the show is over, we can reveal that our special guest was none other than David Murray, The 8-bit guy, and we had a great conversation with Dave, so check it out...
Jul 21, 2019•4 hr 14 min•Ep. 223
We're back with another great live episode of CoCoTALK! the world's leading live talk show featuring the Tandy Color Comptuer. This week we'll reveal the winners of the private CoCo Forever screening party. cover CoCo news and so much more! CoCoTALK! Join the live panel on ZOOM: https://zoom.us/j/109422739 Live interactive video streams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqj3IMT0-A8 https://www.facebook.com/cocotalklive https://www.periscope.tv/CoCoTALKlive/ https://twitter.com/CoCoTALKlive Live i...
Jul 15, 2019•2 hr 17 min•Ep. 220
Today we'll announce a very special opportunity to join a private screening of the entire series of CoCoForever, created by D. Bruce Moore, and we'll hear from the cast, crew, and consumes of the series. A few special guests will also be invited, send an email to CoCoTALK@CoCoTALK.live with your entry, telling us _WHY_ you should attend the private screening. News stories for July 6 show: 1) Jeff Teunissen (Deek on Discord) has started a public github for ALL C source code for OS9/NitrOS-9 (past...
Jul 07, 2019•2 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 219
News stories for June 22 show: 1) Ron Klein has release a 2nd tutorial video on running the CocoPi3 - this time for working with disk images: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPmmhA2Wf5s 2) Ron Klein has also put up a video about using the Atom Editor for cross platform software development to the Coco: https://youtu.be/CkFVCOD0NoU He also has uploaded the files for it to GitHub: https://github.com/mrgw454/AtomDevEnv 3) Mark D. Overholser & Bill Nobel have both received some Omniboards for de...
Jul 01, 2019•2 hr 27 min•Ep. 214
Today we'll be even liver than ever, because we'll have our first ever live audio podcast on Spreaker! Live YouTube video feed: http://live.cocotalk.live Live audio podcast feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/cocotalklive News stories for June 22 show: 1) AGD game pack #31 release by Pere Serrat and Kees van Oss. Includes Breakanoid, Chunkzone, Operation Labyrinth Fall, Pengo Quest & Percy Penguin. Of note is that these are much more recently made games from the Spectrum; these are from 2015...
Jun 23, 2019•3 hr 5 min•Ep. 211
Episode 112 of CoCoTALK! will deal with adding/upgrading RAM in your CoCo 3. From 512K to 2MB and beyond, we'll hear first-hand from those who've done it, see a tutorial video on how to do it, and discuss how much RAM is really "needed" in a CoCo 3. We'll also review some news from around the retro web, including Davy Mitchell's retro corner and Dragon games, Jim Gerries MC-10 trophy challenges, and more, tune in at 2PM EDT at http://live.cocotalk.live NEWS LINKS: CoCo PSG Tank Battle (Mat Chy) ...
Jun 17, 2019•3 hr 20 min•Ep. 208
This week's episode is a potpourri of CoCo goodness, we'll have an announcement from Richard Lorbieski of BoysonTech we'll cover this week in CoCo news, hear from members of the community, possibly see some footage from VCF East this year, and maybe, if we're lucky, see a tutorial on how to install a memory upgrade on a CoCo 3. All this and more, tune in live and join the CoCo community with CoCoTALK!
Jun 09, 2019•2 hr 49 min•Ep. 206
Fedor Steemen shows us the Motorola Raster Memory System We have a reflective segment we call "Dirty Laundry" Cover some CoCo news Finally have a fairly lengthy and heavy discussion about some current drama in the community. CoCoTALK! Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord: https://discord.gg/4J5nHXm Join the live panel ZOOM: https://zoom.us/j/109422739 Custom artwork designed by Instagram artist Joel M. Adams: https://www...
Jun 02, 2019•4 hr 56 min•Ep. 204
Steamed courtesy of Marc Bosley, and co-hosted by L. Curtis Boyle, and "that guy who made Zaxxon", Steve Bjork, catch up on what's new and exciting this week in the world of retro computing and the Tandy Color Computer. Catch us live on YouTube at http://live.cocotalk.live on our Facebook page https://facebook.com/cocotalklive CoCoTALK! Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord: https://discord.gg/4J5nHXm Join the live panel ...
May 26, 2019•3 hr 22 min•Ep. 202
Episode 108 of CoCoTALK! aired live Saturday may 18th 2018, and what a great show we ended up having. We got to see live footage from HamVention an annual HAM radio event, and our own CocoMan Jason Reighard ended up getting a lot of cool CoCo and retro gear. A civil discussion about copyright protection was had, as well as project updates and other discussions from members of the CoCo community. Make sure to stay on top of all things CoCoTALK! at http://cocotalk.live...
May 19, 2019•3 hr 18 min•Ep. 200
CoCoTALK! episode 107 will be reviewing this past weekend's 28th annual "last" Chicago CoCoFEST! which took place in Lombard, IL. We'll hear from those who were there We'll see lots of pictures We'll hear the stories (there are some great stories this year!) We'll see what people purchased from exhibitors We'll see what people got in the auction We'll see an updated preview of Simon Jonassen's CoCo 3 demo We'll get a look at Beta 4 of Nitros09 Ease of Use edition Time permitting we'll see a tech...
May 13, 2019•3 hr 9 min•Ep. 198
The year 2019 marks the 28th annual "last" Chicago CoCoFEST! in Lombard Illinois hosted by the Glenside Color Computer Club, and we were there all weekend bringing live coverage, and, thanks to the folks who weren't able to attend, still have a live episode of CoCoTALK! so enjoy! CoCoTALK! Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord: https://discord.gg/4J5nHXm Join the live panel ZOOM: https://zoom.us/j/109422739 CoCoTALK! airs...
May 08, 2019•2 hr 31 min•Ep. 196
We're about a week away from CoCoFEST! this will be the last CoCoTALK! before the FEST! let's talk CoCoFEST! Special thanks to MarcB for being the live streamer and for the entire panel for helping the show go on! CoCoTALK! Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord: https://discord.gg/4J5nHXm CoCoTALK! airs live, right here on YouTube each and every Saturday at 2:00 PM EDT! We are also available for replay and podcast listeni...
Apr 29, 2019•3 hr 45 min•Ep. 194
History was made, and a Tandy Speech and Sound Pack was awarded live on air based on the audience votes. A new segment called Game On was also introduced, and lots of news and talk of the upcoming CoCoFEST! News links: BBC Archive - Musical Computer: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=262930994658413 Robert Sieg - HiRes SG6 modes on the MC-10: https://www.facebook.com/groups/731424100317748/permalink/2071882059605272/ Mega Mini MPI serial adapter: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=234466482...
Apr 22, 2019•3 hr 7 min•Ep. 190
Live from Oklahoma City it's CoCoTALK! Episode 103! Thanks to MarcB for streaming! 00:00:00 Opening. 00:00:57 Around the Room. 00:22:49 Nicholas Marotta: Interested in Purchasing a CoCo 2. 00:28:55 ogStevie Strow: Office Remodel. 00:30:33 Brian Wieseler: Book, Comics and Dell 2408-WFPB. 00:37:51 Rick Adams: Snow Free?? 00:40:07 Paul Shoemaker: Dungeon Crawl, and CoCo 2 Poster. 00:49:19 Break. 00:51:47 The New Rainbow Magazine Update. 00:59:53 News, From Around the CoCo and Dragon World.. 01:35:4...
Apr 15, 2019•2 hr 37 min•Ep. 188
We're live from Hollywood California with a special guest broadcaster and host, Mr. Rob Inman creator of the Boomerang mania video, and all around nice guy! On the panel: Rob Inman, Ron Delvaux, Mark Bosley, Nick Marotta, Curtis Boyle, David O'Connor, Simon Jonassen, Jason the CoCoMan Reighard, Nick Marentes, David Ladd, Brian the Music Man Schubring, and Rick Adams, thank you, you're too kind! Make sure you stay in tune with the CoCo community in Discord: https://discord.gg/4J5nHXm And don't fo...
Apr 07, 2019•2 hr 35 min•Ep. 186
We're live, back and better than ever with episode 101 of CoCoTALK! live the world's leading live talk show featuring the Tandy Color Computer! CoCoTALK! Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord: https://discord.gg/4J5nHXm CoCoTALK! airs live, right here on YouTube each and every Saturday at 2:00 PM EDT! We are also available for replay and podcast listening! For all things CoCoTALK! visit http://cocotalk.live VCF-PNW Album ...
Apr 01, 2019•3 hr 29 min•Ep. 184
CoCoTALK! celebrates 100 episodes with special musical guest David O’Connor from http://synthtweaks.com/ playing us some cool analog synth music along with the cast and crew of the Color Computer community as we celebrate 39 years of this magnificent machine! For all things CoCOTALK! visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live
Mar 18, 2019•4 hr 58 min•Ep. 181
We're live with episode 99 of CoCoTALK! the World's leading live talk show featuring the Tandy Color Computer! 1 more until 100! CoCoTALK! Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord: https://discord.gg/4J5nHXm CoCoTALK! airs live, right here on YouTube each and every Saturday at 2:00 PM EDT! We are also available for replay and podcast listening! For all things CoCoTALK! visit http://cocotalk.live Regular segments: Panel intro...
Mar 11, 2019•3 hr 45 min•Ep. 179
My favorite version of Window ever, and now the highest episode ever, it's episode 98! New Guests David O'Connor joins us with his musical array of gear including CoCos. We've got a special video un-boxing from Jason Downs, we've got some music on the Game Master Cartridge, and who knows what else? Jim Gerrie joins us along with Mark B, and probably some other old guys, too :) CoCoTALK! Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Disco...
Mar 04, 2019•3 hr 22 min•Ep. 177
We're live with episode 97 of CoCoTALK! at it's new time 8PM EST every Saturday, what will we talk about tonight? Why CoCo! of Course! We'll also introduce a new downloadable segment, CLOADM where you can load a piece of software into your CoCo, tell us what it is, and win a prize! CoCoTALK! Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord: https://discord.gg/4J5nHXm CoCoTALK! airs live, right here on YouTube each and every Saturday...
Feb 25, 2019•2 hr 34 min•Ep. 175
