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We're back with Episode 79 of CoCoTALK! live, aka "Old Guys Talking" just stay off our lawn and we'll be OK. We covered the gripping topics of "Do you still have your original first CoCo", and, "Who got into the CoCo 'late' into it's lifespan", we also got a live and impromptu demonstration on how to use the EDTASM program to create and assemble a program, and we did a "Hello World" Demo with the...

Today on CoCoTALK! Episode 78 we'll have a very special guest, Eric Crichlow to talk about his latest retro inspired game Loot Raider inspired by the classic Lode Runner game from the Applie II and cloned many ways to the CoCo, as well as Eric's own version for the MM/1 We'll also feature part 10 in the ongoing assembly language series by Seve Bjork and cover news from around the globe, all this a...

Today on CoCoTALK! Live we'll feature part 9 in the on-going series on 6809 Assembly language by Steve Bjork, as well as hear from the panel and review news and information regarding the Tandy Color Computer and other interesting areas of vintage computing and retro gaming, join us live at 2PM EST! News items links: Carlos Camacho sprint samples: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalin...

We're back with episode 76 of CoCoTALK! the world's leading live talk show featuring the Tandy Color Computer, we'll have part 8 in the on-going assembly language series by Steve Bjork, and so much more, make sure you join us! 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, r...

We're back with another live episode of CoCoTALK! this makes 75, and we'll have part 7 in the on-going assembly language series hosted by Steve Bjork, as well as look at photos, and videos, and hear from the attendees who were at Vintage Computing Festival Mid West #13 in Chicago last weekend, should be a good show! VCFMW Talks play list https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE-Iywr9LQERoM2Iy6EeO...

I have to say, I'm glad this show turned out as good as it did, the initial topic, "Drama Judor" was to let our host, Steve Strowbridge blow off some steam and get a few things off his chest with regards to events that have transpired over the past week that caused a lot of our social channels to be less than pleasant at times. A healthy discussion ensued from that, and afterwards, after Steve lef...

We are back with another live episode of CoCoTALK! Episode 72 will feature assembly language part 6 with Steve Bjork and other CoCo and retro related goodies. CoCoTALK! Email any suggestions you have for the show to  cocotalk@cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord: Discord:  https://discord.gg/4J5nHXm CoCoTALK! airs live, right here on YouTube each and every Saturday at 2:00 PM E...

We're back with episode 72 of CoCoTALK! LIve! We'll be talking about all kinds of retro and vintage computing crap, join us! Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord: https://discord.gg/9NCAvA7 CoCoTALK! airs live, right here on YouTube each and every Saturday at 2:00 PM EDT! We are also available for replay and podcast listen...

Another great episode packed with news from around the retrosphere, a Why did Tandy do that question, a Core Dump! with Nick Marentes, and, an on going discussion about, Abe Vigoda? You'll have to watch to see! 00:28:54 - Why Did Tandy Do that? Floppy discussions 01:02:37 - Bruce Moore shows off his development environment 01:25:13 - Omnistar has been beaten for the 2nd time! 01:33:00 - CoreDump!...

CoCoTALK! Episode 70 covered a lot of retro news and treated us to a special guest Dennis Bathory-Kitsz! Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord: https://discord.gg/9NCAvA7 Help support the show by becoming a patron https://www.patreon.com/ogsteviestrow Retro SWAG sales help support operating costs and make you look cool http...

Episode 69 is live an on the airwaves, today we'll feature part 5 in the on-going series on Assembly language with Steve Bjork, we have special guests hosts and co-hosts Grant Leighty and L. Curtis Boyle, we can talk about the latest episode of the CoCo Crew Podcast, what's going on in the world of retro, and so much more! 00:00 show and panel introductions 09:07 world premier of Boomerang Mania v...

CoCoTALK! is now live streaming and replaying right here, where it started, at the ogStevieStrow channel. Today we celebrate 10K that's right, we've received over 10,000 downloads on the podcast versions of our show. We also experience part 4 in the on-going series on 6809 Assembly with Steve Bjork, you won't want to miss that. To learn more about CoCoTALK! visit http://cocotalk.live send us feed...

Our main topic today is the CocoPi project which has been updated to support Dragon emulation, too, this runs on a Raspberry Pi3 and uses MAME and XROAR as the emulators to run CoCo and Dragon systems, has a ton of software built in, and a lot of other cool features like a built-in DriveWire server, EMCEE Server, and PyWire (Python DriveWire), and so much more! Ron Klein will be walking us through...

Some of you may have seen me rage quit a video game, but never before have I rage quit hosting a live show, this makes history! CocoTALK! Episode 66, now available for the rest of the world who missed it live, is now available for your viewing pleasure! Main Show Segments: Assembly Language with Steve Bjork - part 2 BASIC Interpreter unraveled by James Diffendaffer Rage Quit by Stevie Strow who's...

 This week on CoCoTALK! We debut a brand new segment called Core Dump! This segment is the brain child of Nick Marentes.  This will be a tech talk focussed on some aspect of software, programming, development, etc.  The idea is to present something, either a question, or a problem, or show off something you've come up with, then get some input and suggestions from the panel and viewers, followed b...

For Episode 64 of CoCoTALK! we will continue the Assembly language segment, part 2 will explain memory concepts. We'll also talk about "The State of CoCo Hardware" as a discussion came on on projects, and various opinions on wants, needs, duplicate products, etc., so hopefully we can all weigh in on this, in a civilized manor, and we'll probably talk about other CoCo things, too! Join the discussi...

Today on CoCoTALK! we start a new segment on Assembly language presented by Color Computer video game living legend, Mr. Steve Bjork. The first lesson will explain a bit about how numbers work, the difference between decimal, binary, and hex numbers, and specifically, how the Color Computer's 6809 processor handle's numbers via it's Assembly language! This is going to be good! On the panel: Grant...

This is it, the world premier of the first few episodes of the all new audio drama CoCo Forever by D. Bruce Moore! Check out CoCo Forever on the web  http://cocoforever.gracenote.ca/ On the panel: Grant "Greg" Leighty, Jason "CoCo Man" Reighard, D. Bruce Moore, James Gerrie, Mark Overholser, Nick Marentes, Richard Lorbieski, Rick Adams, Ron Delvaux, Steve Bjork Join the discussion live! Add cocota...

We're back with episode 61 of CoCoTALK! and we're covering news and topics from around the world this week! On the panel: Bart van den Akker from the Netherlands Home Computer Museum, Jason the CoCo Man Reighard, Grant Leighty, John Mark Mobley, L. Curtis Boyle, Mark D. Overholser, Nick Marentes, and Rick Adams Links to news and discussion topics: Rare white CoCo 1 on ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm...

Episode 60 of CoCoTALK! gave us a peek at CORGSCON the Columbus Ohio Retro Gaming Society Convention, and it looked pretty cool! We also got to see a little bit of Nick Marentes' updated Music composer and player software he's working on to add sound to future games. We got to see and hear from Javier Rivera the "other Apple guy" and see some projects he's working on with retro brite, package repr...

It's Memorial Day weekend, and we're live for another episode of CoCoTALK! and we should be simulcasting on both YouTube and the CoCo TV channel on Roku, join us! On the panel: Jason CoCo Man Reighard, D. Bruce Moore, James Diffendaffer, L. Curtis Boyle, Mark D. Overholser, Nick Marentes, and Ron Delvaux! http://www.cococommunity.net/phoenix-ide/ 00:00:00 - Lead In and Opening. 00:02:10 - Going ar...

Welcome back! This week is episode 58 of CoCoTALK! Today we make history, we'll be simulcasting our live show not only here to YouTube, but starting @ 3PM EST you can also catch the show in progress on the CoCo TV channel on Roku! Starting next week, CoCoTALK! will be live on both YouTube and RoKu @ 2PM EST every week. Now there's even more ways to enjoy your CoCo content, so join us on YouTube an...

Welcome back! This week is episode 57 of CoCoTALK! We got into a little community discussions, hearing from Paul Thayer on his current project of creating a Download II, and his blogging about assembly and compiled sprites. We got to hear from Dave Phillipsen, and have a riveting discussion about creating multi-voice music on the CoCo. All this and more! On the panel: Grant Leighty, Jason the CoCo...

Happy Cinco De Mayo! For Episode 56 we have a special guest host, Grant Leighty and Curtis Boyle. Our special guest today was Thomas Cherryhomes from Irata On-Line and Jim Brain from Retro Innovations. https://IRATA.ONLINE https://go4retro.com/ Original YouTube video: https://youtu.be/E9fXP-XocxI 00:00:00 - Lead In and Opening 00:02:11 - Going around the room... 00:03:24 - Updates and Acquisitions...

We're back with the latest episode of CoCoTALK! Episode 55 is the CoCoFEST! wrap-up show, and we'll be talking all about last weekend's CoCoFEST! which was the biggest in the past 10 years! Join us on Skype by adding cocotalk@cocotalk.live as a Skype contact and call in. We're also airing at a different time, Friday @ 9 PM EST April 27th 2018. On the panel: Bill Nobel, Brendan Donahe, Jason the Co...