Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Episode 176 of CoCoTALK! kicks off #SepTandy with lots of talking about the Tandy Color Computer. We're Tandy all year round, but we'll join the fun in celebrating #SepTandy all month long.

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General segments with time stamps you can quick link to:
00:02:37 Panel Introductions
00:13:23 Who's new to Discord this week
00:14:39 New Flitcher commerial - courtesy of Alison DeNu
00:16:33 CoCo Thoughts
00:16:50 GameON! challenge results
00:19:29 GameON! Discussion - Canyon Climber
00:39:12 Next week's game announcement - Rally-SG
00:46:46 GameON! news
01:31:23 News from around the world
02:38:27 Project updates and acquisitions
02:53:41 Show discussion
03:25:27 CoCo Caboose - after show & wrap-up discussion

News stories for Episode #176, September 5, 2020 show:
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1) Todd Wallace (Lord Dragon) has released a video showing his new OS9/NitrOS9 utility
tinyurl.com/y6o3xomy

2) Charlie (charlie2020 on Discord) has released version 1.3 of some OS9/NitrOS9 utilities that he wrote in BASIC09:
jechar.ca/coco/Download

3) "Mr. Lurchs Things" "SepTandy 2020" promotion between multiple YouTube pages. His upgrades include the 6309, SDC and 512K:
youtu.be/LsCZu4Z2KBU

4) Also part of SeptTandy 2020 is TheRetroChannel
youtu.be/PNnAg8qFdzM

5) A 3rd "SepTandy" video is from Dinty's Hideaway
youtu.be/UbL84lYfPUQ

6) A 4th "SepTandy" video is from "Adrian's Digital Basement"
youtu.be/wPtTv8yoBLc

7) A reminder of David O'Connors naming contest for his Coco 3 in a Model III case project
tinyurl.com/yy2yvgtx

8) Fran Purcell has a cool photo from the air of the Computer Plus facility in Littleton, Massachusetts circa 1981
tinyurl.com/y4zsdzvw

9) Fred Rique has been experimenting with some animations done with Semi-graphics 24 mode
tinyurl.com/y2pjjfyv

10) Coco Crew episode 63 was released, including an interview with Curtis Kaylor (who wrote the printer emulator we covered last week)
cococrew.org

11) The Amigos are doing an "International Computer Club" Zoom call next Saturday (September 12) at 5 PM EST
twitch.tv/amigosretrogaming

12) David O'Connor is also attending the Adelaide Retro Computing Group September Event next Friday
tinyurl.com/y55stm3k

13) Glenside Color Computer Club is having a virtual picnic on September 19th - details to follow.

Game On news:
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1) Jim Gerrie has released a "complete remake" of his MC-10 port of the Scott Adams 1978 text adventure game called Adventureland
youtu.be/Zy7jgIdcogA
He also put up a video of his port of "Sirius Adventure"
youtu.be/0JGNjYnB2Dw

2) Our own Stevie Strowbridge officially release his BASIC shoot em up Cosmic Aliens
cosmicaliens.com

3) Amigos show "ARG Presents" Sunday morning show (featuring The Interbank Incident and Rad Warrior)
youtu.be/Z11kxXlLjpA

4) SimonWGB on YouTube put up another Dragon 32 game stream (includes Frogger, Screaming Ab-Dabs, Caverns of Chaos). These are long plays.
youtu.be/CBPcWSJ6Cc0?t=235

5) "Cloudy Eggs" on YouTube did a comparison of the educational game
youtu.be/wDo7IzC4oyc

6) DaveJustDave on YouTube released an interview with Ken Williams (who, with his wife Roberta created Sierra),
youtu.be/gdEYABhmVNo

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