The CoCo Nation Show

Episode 29 - The Tandy Assembly Post Show! We'll talk about everything that was happening this past weekend! On the show: Brendan Donahe, Brett Gordon, Ciaran Anscomb, David Ladd, George Philips, Grant Leighty, Jay Searle, John Linville, John Strong, John T. Robbs, L. Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Mike Rowen, Neil Blanchard, Nick Marentes, Paul Thayer, Retro Innovations (Jim Brain), Richard Lorbi...

Episode 28 is the Tandy Assembly Pre-Game show, this is the last live show before we're at Tandy Assembly next weekend, so we'll go over everything there is to discuss, play plenty of promo clips, and with some luck, be visited by some of the founders of the event. Tandy Assembly will be live streamed, and a special live edition of CoCoTALK! called TandyTALK! will take place Saturday evening, make...

CoCoTALK! Episode 27 - the Ease of Use Episode! Original air date - 09-23-2017 On the show: John Strong, Richard Lorbieski, Barry Nelson, Bill Nobel, Curtis Boyle, David Ladd, Simon Jonassen, Rick Adams, Nicholas Marentes, Jim Brain from Retro Innovations, and D. Bruce More. John Strong filled us in on the status of his projects "Dr. CoCo" a Dr. Mario clone which will feature the Game Master Cartr...

CoCoTALK #26 09-16-2017   Episode 26 - New CoCo games, assembly optimization, Simon's latest demo and more!   CoCoTALK! is the nation's leading live talk show featuring the Tandy Color Computer.  For video and audio replays, visit http://imacoconut.com   On the show: Ciaran Anscomb, D. Bruce Moore, Jacob Moore, David Ladd, Glen Hewlett, Grant Leighty, Jay Searle Curtis Boyle, Mark Overholser, Paul...

CoCoTALK! #25 09-09-2017   CoCoTALK! Episode #25 - The Hurricane Irma edition!   People on the show and items discussed: John W. Linville - Host of the CoCoCREW! POD Cast. Glen Hewlett interview on CoCoCREW!, Hack-A-Day project mention Bill Nobel: Full Source Code for the Ribbs BBS for OS9, v2.03. The "original" Three Musketeers of NitrOS9, Curtis Boyle and Bill Nobel & Wes Gail. John W. Linville:...

CoCoTALK #24 09-02-2017   Episode 24 - Oz K-Fest - Forrest of Doom trailer 2 - new OS-9 commercial and more!  09-02-2017   Episode 24 treated us to a peek down under to an Apple II event in Australia called Oz K-Fest which was a weekend event dedicated to the early Apple line of computers.  Our foreign correspondent Nick Marentes gave us an inside view of what the Australian Apple community are up...

CoCoTALK #23 08-26-2017   Episode 23 - Floppy TALK! and other hardware goodies with a few special guests! Episode 23 features all kind of hardware discussions, too many to list, you'll just have to watch and listen. The show:   Special guest  Host, of the Retro VGM Revival Hour Podcast, Edgar Valasco.   https://www.youtube.com/c/NostalgiaRoadTripChannel Ron's Garage : The Printer Video and POD Cas...

CoCoTALK #22 08-19-2017   Episode 22 - Nick Marentes Pac-Man 1.1 - Basic09 and more!   Nick Marentes Pac-Man update 1.1 http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/nickma/ProjectArchive/pacman.html Bruce Moore will show as a peek at BASIC09 Rons Garage:  A look at the amazing retro computer collection from Ron Delvaux Newbie question of the week from Grant Leighty Tech discussions with David Ladd, Curtis B...

CoCoTALK #20 08-05-2017   Episode 20 - Community Chat - Ron's Garage - Forest of Doom teaser   CoCoTALK turns 20 episodes old today and we're celebrating!  The topic is CoCo Community Chat, and all members of the CoCo Community are encouraged and invited to join us in the Skype call and become part of the discussion, to do so, you need to add ogStevieStrow as a Skype contact, and then call him dir...

CoCoTALK #19 07-29-2017   Episode 19 - CoCo Hardware!  Retro Innovations and CoCo on a Chip!   CoCo TALK is the nation's leading live talk show about the Tandy Color Computer, never mind that it's the only one.  In Episode 19 we'll dive into CoCo Hardware.   We'll hear and see from Jim Brain from Retro Innovations on what it takes to develop and produce hardware projects for the Color Computer, an...

CoCoTALK #18 07-22-2017   Episode 18 - An introduction to OS-9 and NitrOS-9   We are about to make history, as the first official presentation of OS-9 will happen today on CoCo TALK #18.  We'll talk a look at Microware's OS-9 Level I and II and then jump into the current version known as Nitro OS-9 or just NitrOS-9 for short.   Download OS-9 Level 1 v2.01: http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/...

CoCoTALK #17 July 15, 2017   Episode 17 - The World Premiere of Rick Adams' Bomb Threat!   The game that almost wasn't now is, and Rick Adams will talk about the history of this game, and how it's finally seeing the light of day!  Behold, for the first time ever, Bomb Threat for the Tandy Color Computer, originally created in 1984, lost in the sands of time, and faithfully recreated by Rick Himsel...

CoCoTALK #16 07-08-2017   Episode 16 - MESSUI tweaks for CoCo emulation, MAME and MESS debugging tutorial   We are on week 16 of CoCo TALK, and this week, we have a new speaker to join us, Jay Searle will show us some cool tips, tricks and tweaks on using the MESSUI for CoCo specific emulation.  He'll also show us how to use the MAME and MESS debugger to aid in software development via emulators....

CoCoTALK #15 07-01-2017   Episode 15 - Pac-Man Transcoded to the CoCo 3 - CoCo Crew Podcast and more!   This week's CoCo TALK will include the world premiere of Glen Hewlett's adaptation of the original Pac-Man arcade system to the Tandy Color Computer 3.  We'll get the first look at the completed game in action, the user manual, and the links to download the game.   We'll also listen to the lates...

CoCoTALK #14 06-24-2017   Episode 14 - Media Players - Dunjunz - Xroar and more!   This week we'll talk about Ed Snider's Media Player for the CoCo.  We'll also talk with Ciaran Anscomb, the author of Xroar, a fine CoCo and Dragon emulator, and look at his current project, a port of DunJunz!   Check out the Dunjunz blog here: http://www.6809.org.uk/dev/dunjunz/   Check out Xroar here: http://www.6...

CoCoTALK #13 06-17-2016 Episode 13 - Jim Gerrie Goodies - Surprise guests Steve Bjork and Neil Brookings! This week on CoCo TALK let's talk about:   Jim Gerrie's Goodies:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XBnbsv3fA8&list=UUUtXDjPX3EbKaByo5MeFlYg Jim Gerrie makes tons of games for the MC-10 and for the CoCo, let's look at some of the latest ones.   We had an unexpected visit from Steve Bjork, and...

CoCoTALK #12 06-11-217   Episode 12 - Setting up MAME to be a CoCo - Hotel Elevator Man, project updates, random talk, and more!   We are back for CoCo TALK #12 the nation's leading (and only) live weekly talk show about the Tandy Color Computer! We'll talk about and demonstrate how to configure MAME to run as a Color Computer Emulator http://mamedev.org/release.html Which will require ROMS from t...

Episode 11: 06-03-2017   CoCoTALK #11 - Speech/Sound pack emulation, Creating CoCo Cartridges, Podcast Review, Assembly vs. Machine Code and more!   We are back for CoCo Talk #11 the nation's leading live talk show about the Tandy Color Computer!   This week's hot topics? - How about the Speech and Sound Pack being emulated to MAME! - To cart or not to cart, the pros and cons of putting a CoCo gam...

Episode 010:  05-27-2017   CoCoTALK #10 - What is your favorite CoCo game? - Hardware discussions, and more!   We are back for CoCo TALK #10 and this week, the primary topic is What is your favorite Color Computer Game?  We'll talk CoCo games, what's our favorite, what we liked about that game, tips/tricks, etc.  We may even play a few games live, on-demand.   We will also talk about CoCo hardware...

Episode 008: 05-13-2017 CoCo Sprites, Embarrassing moments, has hardware gone too far?   We are back for the 8th CoCo TALK featuring a bunch of old guys talking about an old computer, what's more exciting than that?  This week we'll talk about some topics that have been around the web, between the CoCo mailing list and the CoCo Facebook group, there's never a shortage of discussions to weigh in on...

Episode 007: 05-06-2017 Beginners and Newbies edition   We are back for CoCo TALK #7 this one is dedicated to the beginners, and new members of the CoCo community, and we are going to try and keep the "depth" of the technical jargon as shallow as possible, and hopefully have a safe and friendly place where we can ask any type of questions, regardless of how "simple" or "basic" it may seem about th...

Episode 006: 04-30-2017  CoCoFEST! 2017 Wrap-up show   We are back for episode 6 of CoCo TALK! The weekly live talk show about the Tandy Color Computer.  This week we are going to talk about The 26th Annual "Last" Chicago CoCoFEST! Which took place last weekend in Lombard, IL.  We'll speak with some of the people who were there, some who watched it live, and some who couldn't make it.  We'll also...

Episode 005:  04-15-2017   Easter Edition - 1 week to CoCoFEST! - merch, emulators, games and more - 04-15-2017   On the show: Nick Marentes Curtis Boyle Bill Nobel Mark Overholser Rick Adams Richard E. Crislip John W. Linville Barry Nelson Links: Original Live stream: https://youtu.be/OT-BsMkwDyk You can visit CoCoTALK! on the web  http://cocotalk.live/ Check out the CoCo Crew Podcast  http://coc...

Episode 004: 04-08-2017   CoCo Community Discussions   On the show: Nick Marentes Bill Nobel John Strong Brett Gordon Sock Master John Kowalski Curtis Boyle John Linville Barry Nelson David Ladd Mike Rowen aka MiRo Simen Jonassen   The topic was focussed on the Color Computer Community and what it’s like to be a member of it.  Our community consists of people from every end of the technical spectr...

Episode 003: 04-02-217   John Strong from Strongware shows off projects and development tools   On the show: Mark Overholser John W. Linville John Strong David Ladd Kipp Coon Hugo Durort Curtis Boyle Rick Adams Jim Brain Barry Nelson   We had a bunch of people on the show and we talked about a lot of things, but the highlight was having John Strong talk about his hardware and software projects as...