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Tandy CoCo 3 CLS 100 easter egg explored

February 1, 2023 2 Comments

Posted in TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)

The most famous Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer (“CoCo”) easter egg has to be the hidden photo of the CoCo 3 programmers that shows up if you hold down CTRL-ALT while turning the machine on. (Alternatively, you can hold down CTRL-ALT and hit the reset button on the back of the machine to also display it.) I had the pleasure of…

Game Master Cartridge Enables Better Games for CoCo

February 15, 2018 0 Comments

Posted in Hardware, Homebrew Games News, News, Retro Gaming, TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)

Anyone with at least one foot in the Tandy Color Computer (CoCo) world these days will have already been hearing about something called the Game Master Cartridge (GMC). What is this device? Another whiz-bang flash-in-the-pan hardware announcement with little real utility? Or is this a good and useful product that everyone should acquire for their CoCo collection? Well, as the…

Dates on location announced for Tandy Assembly 2018

February 14, 2018 0 Comments

Posted in TRS-80, TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)

The official Tandy Assembly twitter account has announced that Tandy Assembly 2018 will be held on October 13 and 14 in Springfield, Ohio. They haven’t even updated their web site, but various podcasts had been hinting that Tandy Assembly would be held in roughly the same location and around the same time as 2017. Attendance was quite good last time,…

CoCo Crew Podcast #20 – 3 Months to CoCoFEST

January 31, 2017 0 Comments

Posted in Podcast, TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)

Once again, John, Neil, and Mike Rowan are back to invade your podcatcher and green your screen with news, discussion, and Q&A about the Tandy Color Computer. This month, the Crew feature an interview with CoCo programmer Rick Adams and a tech segment on the SN76489AN audio card. Link: cococrew.org Subscribe: iTunes