Category: TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)
Just announced at today’s Virtual CoCoFest is a new web-based version of the 1982 classic, Dungeons of Daggorath: http://daggorath.online/index.html It is a faithful recreation of the original TRS-80 Color Computer version, with some additions (including cheat modes). It even supports the ZLOAD and ZSAVE commands to save and restore the current game state to the browser. The project is open…
Last month, the Glenside Color Computer Club announced it would be rescheduling this year’s Chicago CoCoFEST! due to the Coronavirus/Covic-19 pandemic. This was unfortunate, because 2020 marks the 40th anniversary of the Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer, and the 29th annual “Last” Chicago CoCoFEST! event. As of this posting, no new date has been announced, but discussions have been had…
YouTube decided to show me a video by 8-Bit Show And Tell. It is a BASIC driving game called “10 PRINT RACER” for the Commodore PET. For those that don’t know, “10 PRINT” is a one line Commodore BASIC program that generates a maze by randomly printing slash and backslash PETASCII characters. 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10 There is…
Over in the Color Computer group on Facebook, there was a post by member Phill Harvey-Smith discussing CoCo ROMs and the ROMs of the CoCo clones. Another member, Cathe Cita, responded and provided a link to this cool article about the Microsoft BASIC ROM easter eggs: The Egg that Was – CLS I was already aware of the CoCo’s “clear screen” easter egg, likely…
As they say: “It is never too late to start learning”. If you believe that and is a happy owner of a TRS-80 CoCo, you are lucky! The Oregon Trail is being ported to the CoCo! Early today, Paul Shoemaker posted a video on the TRS-80 Color Computer Facebook group showing his progress porting probably the most famous educational game…
(Apologies to Tom T. Hall; I couldn’t resist, and it leaves room for a followup.) Recently a gentleman asked me whether I have a CoCo 3 (more formally, a TRS-80 Color Computer 3). He was curious about whether I could run a couple of benchmarks both in Color BASIC and in BASIC09. I do have a CoCo 3, but I…
XRoar is a primarily a Dragon emulator for Linux, Unix, Mac OS X and Windows. It also emulates the Tandy Colour Computer models 1 & 2, due to hardware similarities. Because its multiplatform nature, XRoar was also ported to the PS3 and Android. The version 0.35.4 is out, including many fixes and additions, including (from version 0.35): Mac OS X…
With the end of NOMAN 2019 this April 14th, the Basic 10Liners contest is also over and the winners announced. If the BASIC 10Liner contest is new for you, check our previous article about it: 2019 BASIC 10-Liner Contest in On! This year there were nothing less than 83 contestants which made the task to give scores to all of…
How do you keep track of all the different machines released over the years? How do you catalogue different versions of games, down to the different packaging? And how can you ensure that the game you’re looking for is real and authentic? Databases, that’s how! The Martin Ahman, AJ Heller and Joerg Droege talk to Fred Fischer from Consolevariations and…
Attention All Vintage Computer Enthusiasts: Tandy Assembly 2018 will be held on November 10 and 11 in Springfield, Ohio. This is the second year of the all-Tandy show. Computers and electronics from any of the Tandy/Radio Shack lines will be on display. As Tandy was an early leader in the computer and electronics market, and they had a wide variety…
