The CoCo Nation Show

We're one week away from the 27th Annual "Last" Chicago CoCoFEST! and we'll dedicate this episode to talking all about this year's CoCoFEST! and fond memories we've had from FESTS' gone past, such as Rainbowfest, PennFest, etc. On the panel: Grant Leighty, Jason the CoCo Man, David Ladd, David Laffineuse, Glen Hewlett, L. Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Mikey, Nick Marentes, Richard Lorbieski, Rick...

We are two weeks away from CoCoFEST! Wonder what we're going to talk about today? On the call: Brian Schubring the music man, Grant Leighty, Jason the CoCo Man, Bruce and Jacob Moore, David Ladd, David Laffineuse, James Diffendaffer, Javier Rivera, John Strong, Mark Overholser, Nick Marentes, Jim Brain from Retro Innovations, Richard Lorbieski from Boyson Technologies, Steve Bjork YouTube link: ht...

CoCoTALK! Episode 52 - Three weeks to CoCoFEST! We're 3 weeks away from CoCoFEST! and today we'll air at a special time, 3PM EDT 1 hour later than usual. On the panel: Brian Schubring, Grant Leighty, Jason the CoCo Man, David Ladd, James Diffendaffer, Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Nick Marentes, Richard Lorbieski, Rick Adams, Ron Delvaux, Simon Jonassen, Steve Batson, Steve Bjork Original YouTube...

The live version of this show was one of our shortest ever, but the podcast version has some bonus content, just for your listening pleasure! I'm very pressed for time today due to other obligations this afternoon, so we're going to have a very short CoCoTALK! probably an hour. We'll get straight to the meat and potatoes, hear about any project updates, a possible brief news segment, then check in...

We're on Episode 50, and it's Saint Patrick's Day! Do we need anything else? On the call: Allen Huffman, Grant Leighty, Jason CoCoMan, Bruce Moore, David Ladd, Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Nick Marentes, Ron Delvaux, Steve Bjork, Terry Steen Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Help support the show by becoming a patron https://www.patreon.com/ogsteviestrow Retro...

We're back with episode 49 of CoCoTALK! We are counting down the weeks until CocoFEST! and this episode is jam packed with news and tech talk. On the call: Allen Huffman, Bill Nobel, Grant Leighty, Jason CoCo Man Reighard, David Ladd, John Strong, L. Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Nick Marentes, Paul Barton, Richard Lorbieski, Ron Delvaux, Steve Bjork Resident Troll: Jim Brain Watch the original Y...

Rick Adams' Temple of ROM is getting some great buzz this week! The Return to ROM 3D project launched some preview videos today, the source code was dis-assembled and returned back to Rick and he's got it in his hands, and so much more, so we'll have Temple of ROM TALK! today! On the call: Allen Huffman, Grant Leighty, Jason CoCo Man Reighard, Bruce Moore, David Ladd, John Strong, Nick Marentes, P...

CoCoTALK! Episode 47 was a 4 hour train ride through the county side of retro computing and we talked about a lot of things, and had a lot of new members to the panel this week! First time panel members included: Jim Gerrie, From the apple community Javier Rivera, from Brazil Juan Carlos Castro y Castro, Tony Cappellini, and making his 2nd appearance on the show, Tim Lindner. Also on the show - Al...

We are back for Episode 46 of CoCoTALK! Live! and we'll talk about... the CoCo! The highlight of this episode was reading through some troll comments on Facebook, but we got some other discussions, in, too! On the call: Grant Leighty, Allen Huffman, Jason CoComan Reighard, David Ladd, David Mitchell, Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Nick Marentes, Rick Adams Original YouTube video: https://youtu.be/...

The latest episode of the CoCo Crew Podcast has dropped, if you missed it, visit http://cococrew.org The host discussion was based off a Facebook post about cross-posting to multiple groups, and I think we'll pick that topic up and add a few more than two cents to it. We may also have another question to ask, and possibly answer in our new segment, "Why did Tandy do that?" of "Why did they do that...

This week on CoCoTALK! we'll ask the question "Why did Tandy do that?" and get into some nitty gritty pontifications. On the call: Allen Huffman, CoCoMan Jason Reighard, Bruce More, David Ladd, Curtis Boyle, Lee Patterson, Mark Overholser, Mikey, Nick Marentes, Paul Thayer, Richard Lorbieski, Ron Delvaux, Simon Jonassen, Steve Bjork Original YouTube live stream video replay:   https://youtu.be/o3v...

This week on CoCoTALK! we'll talk compilers, CMOC the C-like compiler has been evolving over time, and we can expect an OS-9 version soon, we'll also talk about some of the BASIC compilers for the CoCo, too. On the panel: Allen Huffman, Barry Nelson, Boisy Pitre, Bendan Donahe, Grant Leighty, Jason Reighgart the CoCo Man, David Ladd, Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Nick Marentes, Richard Cavell, Ri...

Original YouTube version of the show:   https://youtu.be/eg8MESDmAc4 We're back in the swing with another live episode of CoCoTALK! the nation's leading live talk show featuring the Tandy Color Computer!  This is our first live episode of 2018. On the call: Jason CoCo Man, David Ladd, Grant Leighty, John Linville, John Mark Mobley, John Strong, Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Mikey, Paul Fiscarelli...

Original video episode YouTube link:   https://youtu.be/OtdgWeD7N4Q This week's CoCoTALK! was not live, it was recorded Friday night as our second ever CoCoTALK! after dark, no agenda, no live audience, just a couple of guys talking CoCo, and perhaps having some adult beverages. On the call: Bill Nobel, Boisy Pitre, Grant Leighty, CoCoMan Jason Reighard, Bruce Moore, David Ladd, John Linville, Joh...

It's New Year's Eve Eve, let's celebrate, reflect on the year, and look forward to 2018 On the show: Grant Leighty, Jason Reighard, Bruce Moore, John Linville, John Strong, Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Paul Fiscarelli, Richard Lorbieski, Ron Delvaux, Simon Jonassen, Steve Bjork. Help support the show by becoming a patron https://www.patreon.com/ogsteviestrow Retro SWAG sales help support operati...

CoCoTALK! Episode 39 - Christmas Eve Eve edition   Original YouTube video: https://youtu.be/i3K0Nj4To78   It's the night before Christmas eve, what are we going to talk about? CoCo Stuff! On the call: Grant Leighty, Jason the Coco Man, Bruce Moore, David Ladd, Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Paul Fiscarelli, Paul Thayer, Jim Brain, Richard Cavell, Richard Lorbieski, Simon Jonassen, Steve Bjork CoCo...

Today we will reveal the 2nd winner of the Forest of Doom contest, the "Chalice of Bravery", we'll also see some live stream game-play of the game. To get our copy of Forest of Doom, visit http://fod.gracenote.ca 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.l...

Episode 37 aka CoCoTALK! Express! was focused on holiday cheer, we took at look at a few CoCo Christmas demos, got to hear from Paul Thayer, author of the latest CoCo hit, Timber Man, and even took a sneak peek at Donkey Kong Remix Christmas Edition. On the show: CoCoMan Jason, Curtis Boyle, Paul Thayer, Ron Delvaux, Simon Jonassen and Steve Bjork. CoCoTALK! airs live, right here on YouTube each a...

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 Bjor...

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 pee...

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 th...

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....

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...

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 ve...

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 Hew...