Tag: cocofest
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…
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…
LWTOOLS is a set of cross-development tools for the Motorola 6809 and Hitachi 6309 microprocessors. It supports assembling to raw binaries, CoCo LOADM binaries, and a proprietary object file format for later linking. It also supports macros and file inclusion among other things. The version 4.14 has been released bringing the following changes, including explanations from the author: The “forwardrefmax”…
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
Hosted by the Glenside Color Computer Club, CoCoFEST! is an annual festival centered around the Radio Shack Color Computer and other 6809-based hardware and operating systems, bringing together retro computing enthusiasts from around the globe. The organizers want to make clear that other 8-bit computers and operating systems are also welcome! The event will happen on April 23 and 24,…
More than two decades later, the annual CoCoFEST will have its last edition again. The dates of the next event are April 25 & 26, 2015. The show begins at 9 am. Tickets for this event are $5 per person at the door for the two-day event. Details of the event: HERON POINT CONVENTION CENTER 645 West North Avenue Lombard,…
