Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This week we'll focus on people who are new to being back to the CoCo hobby, a lot has changed in the past 40 years and the CoCo is alive and well, and there are a lot of things you can do in the CoCo hobby. So how does one start? What's the best way? What's the best CoCo setup? How do I get and run hardware and software, what's the minimum I'd need, how far can we go, what about emulators, and so much more.
Gather your questions and we'll hear from a variety of people on how they CoCo and what suggestions we have for people just getting back to the CoCo.
We'll review the GameON! results from Candy Company, learn what next week's game will be, cover CoCo news, and more!
CoCoTALK!
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: discord.gg/4J5nHXm
To find out more about the Color Computer visit imacoconut.com
General segments with time stamps you can quick link to:
00:04:16 Nick Marotta magizine cover
00:05:24 Panel Introductions
00:12:53 News from around the retro world
01:13:01 CoCo Thoughts
01:14:18 GameON! challenge results
01:27:16 Next week's game announcment
01:27:04 GameON! news
02:05:53 CoCo Thoughts
02:08:24 Discussion - Back to CoCo
02:32:10 Aaron Doughty
04:05:51 Nightmare Highway - The song
04:08:36 CoCo Caboose - after show & wrap-up discussion
Custom artwork designed by Instagram artist Joel M. Adams:
instagram.com/artistjoelmadams
Custom CoCoTALK! and retro merchandise is available at:
8bit256.com
Consider becoming a patron of the show:
patreon.com/ogsteviestrow
Live interactive video streams:
youtube.com/c/Ogsteviestrow/live
facebook.com/cocotalklive
periscope.tv/CoCoTALKlive
twitter.com/CoCoTALKlive
News stories for Episode #164, June 13, 2020 show:
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1) Christopher Hyzer (TJB Chris on YouTube) has released a video on how to replace the "3 mugateers"
youtu.be/Ezjx75N-m68
2) Todd Wallace (Lord Dragon) has released both a video, and software images
facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158330794107641
3) Ciaran Anscomb has released a new version of XRoar (0.36):
6809.org.uk/xroar
4) Aaron over at The Amigos released a video on assembling the Keys2USB board (sold by Paul Fiscarelli)
youtu.be/hulOoHIcgmM
5) Jerry Stratton posted a link to his blog on Facebook (he is the author of the Super Basic),
hoboes.com/Mimsy/hacks/coco/convert-pcbasic-code-trs-80-extended-color-basic/?fbclid=IwAR18IlUAtCQsg_udEX-iuopouUIbvIl6np14dXUTm5xXKE98rCIXk2NXawM
6) Soren Roug posted on reverse engineered the OS9P1 kernel
facebook.com/groups/dragon32/permalink/2623730101219976
7) ChibiAkumas on YouTube is starting a video tutorial series on programming the 6809
youtu.be/UIy0DgmVReY
8) Allen Huffman posted an article on bit shifting in BASIC:
subethasoftware.com/2020/06/11/bit-shifting-in-basic
9) John Whitworth shows his Dragon MSX 2+ prototype board
facebook.com/groups/dragon32/permalink/2642744715985181
facebook.com/groups/dragon32/permalink/2643514192574900
10) Ian Hopkin posted some photos from a UK Tandy Catalog (1984-1985)
facebook.com/groups/dragon32/permalink/2642159462710373
11) Ed Snider put up on article of a modification he did for Stevie for the MC-10 - a memory upgrade
thezippsterzone.com/2020/06/12/mc-10-8k-internal-mod
12) Don't know if it is still available, but RE1974 (Ian Maveric)
youtu.be/8_yiXbWCtzw
13) Mark Marlette posted a picture of the motherboard of one of the last OSK machines that Frank Hogg Labs produced
facebook.com/groups/274667910367845/permalink/301029597731676
14) Bart van den Akker of the Home Computer Museum
facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158345358612641
Game On news:
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1) Marlin Lee has a new Demon Seed Coco gameplay video up:
youtu.be/LnI5RJnXJzo
2) Davy Mitchell (Daftspaneiel on Github) posted a link to his disk image which contains multiple Coco games in BASIC
facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158336836097641
github.com/daftspaniel/daftspanielcoco3/tree/master/DiskImages
3) Both Carlos Camachos and Terry Steege started some interesting conversations
facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158337015617641
facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158337205327641
4) Aaron @ Amigos also did a Coco livestream last night on Twitch:
twitch.tv/videos/649263160
5) Cuthbert Dragon's YouTube page was busy this week. Some text adventure games, games we have seen before, and some new
youtube.com/user/MaryWinstead32/videos
This week we'll focus on people who are new to being back to the CoCo hobby, a lot has changed in the past 40 years and the CoCo is alive and well, and there are a lot of things you can do in the CoCo hobby. So how does one start? What's the best way? What's the best CoCo setup? How do I get and run hardware and software, what's the minimum I'd need, how far can we go, what about emulators, and so much more.
Gather your questions and we'll hear from a variety of people on how they CoCo and what suggestions we have for people just getting back to the CoCo.
We'll review the GameON! results from Candy Company, learn what next week's game will be, cover CoCo news, and more!
CoCoTALK!
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: discord.gg/4J5nHXm
To find out more about the Color Computer visit imacoconut.com
General segments with time stamps you can quick link to:
00:04:16 Nick Marotta magizine cover
00:05:24 Panel Introductions
00:12:53 News from around the retro world
01:13:01 CoCo Thoughts
01:14:18 GameON! challenge results
01:27:16 Next week's game announcment
01:27:04 GameON! news
02:05:53 CoCo Thoughts
02:08:24 Discussion - Back to CoCo
02:32:10 Aaron Doughty
04:05:51 Nightmare Highway - The song
04:08:36 CoCo Caboose - after show & wrap-up discussion
Custom artwork designed by Instagram artist Joel M. Adams:
instagram.com/artistjoelmadams
Custom CoCoTALK! and retro merchandise is available at:
8bit256.com
Consider becoming a patron of the show:
patreon.com/ogsteviestrow
Live interactive video streams:
youtube.com/c/Ogsteviestrow/live
facebook.com/cocotalklive
periscope.tv/CoCoTALKlive
twitter.com/CoCoTALKlive
News stories for Episode #164, June 13, 2020 show:
=================================================
1) Christopher Hyzer (TJB Chris on YouTube) has released a video on how to replace the "3 mugateers"
youtu.be/Ezjx75N-m68
2) Todd Wallace (Lord Dragon) has released both a video, and software images
facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158330794107641
3) Ciaran Anscomb has released a new version of XRoar (0.36):
6809.org.uk/xroar
4) Aaron over at The Amigos released a video on assembling the Keys2USB board (sold by Paul Fiscarelli)
youtu.be/hulOoHIcgmM
5) Jerry Stratton posted a link to his blog on Facebook (he is the author of the Super Basic),
hoboes.com/Mimsy/hacks/coco/convert-pcbasic-code-trs-80-extended-color-basic/?fbclid=IwAR18IlUAtCQsg_udEX-iuopouUIbvIl6np14dXUTm5xXKE98rCIXk2NXawM
6) Soren Roug posted on reverse engineered the OS9P1 kernel
facebook.com/groups/dragon32/permalink/2623730101219976
7) ChibiAkumas on YouTube is starting a video tutorial series on programming the 6809
youtu.be/UIy0DgmVReY
8) Allen Huffman posted an article on bit shifting in BASIC:
subethasoftware.com/2020/06/11/bit-shifting-in-basic
9) John Whitworth shows his Dragon MSX 2+ prototype board
facebook.com/groups/dragon32/permalink/2642744715985181
facebook.com/groups/dragon32/permalink/2643514192574900
10) Ian Hopkin posted some photos from a UK Tandy Catalog (1984-1985)
facebook.com/groups/dragon32/permalink/2642159462710373
11) Ed Snider put up on article of a modification he did for Stevie for the MC-10 - a memory upgrade
thezippsterzone.com/2020/06/12/mc-10-8k-internal-mod
12) Don't know if it is still available, but RE1974 (Ian Maveric)
youtu.be/8_yiXbWCtzw
13) Mark Marlette posted a picture of the motherboard of one of the last OSK machines that Frank Hogg Labs produced
facebook.com/groups/274667910367845/permalink/301029597731676
14) Bart van den Akker of the Home Computer Museum
facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158345358612641
Game On news:
=============
1) Marlin Lee has a new Demon Seed Coco gameplay video up:
youtu.be/LnI5RJnXJzo
2) Davy Mitchell (Daftspaneiel on Github) posted a link to his disk image which contains multiple Coco games in BASIC
facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158336836097641
github.com/daftspaniel/daftspanielcoco3/tree/master/DiskImages
3) Both Carlos Camachos and Terry Steege started some interesting conversations
facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158337015617641
facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158337205327641
4) Aaron @ Amigos also did a Coco livestream last night on Twitch:
twitch.tv/videos/649263160
5) Cuthbert Dragon's YouTube page was busy this week. Some text adventure games, games we have seen before, and some new
youtube.com/user/MaryWinstead32/videos
