Interview schedule:

Not scheduled yet, but Logan Ward and Britt Monk have agreed to come on
the show.

Upcoming conventions/trade shows of interest to Coco people:

Tandy Assembly dates and new venue have been announced on Facebook. Oct
2-Oct 4 at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel at the Cincinnati Airport:
https://www.facebook.com/events/896272716427805/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D

New England RetroFest is happening in Concord, New Hamphire on Saturday
October 24.
https://neretrofest.com/

The 2nd VCF Montreal dates have been announced, and they have moved a few
months ahead to avoid the dead of winter (it was in January earlier this
year; the next one is November 7-8 this year as well). It’s at a new
location closer to Montreal proper (Champlain College Saint-Lambert):
https://cvcfed.org/vcf-montreal-2-0/

That same weekend, and newly added to the list, is the next RetroSC retro
computer/gaming show in Brazil that usually features a large contingent
of Coco clones (CP-400, Codimex, etc.), which is happening November 7,
2026 in Florianoplois, Brazil:
Portuguese site (try Google Translate, etc. to translate):
https://retrosc.org/

CocoFest for 2027 is May 14-15:
https://www.glensideccc.com/

NEWS:

Dragon 32/64

Ian Wellock needs beta testers with actual Dragons. For what, he doesn’t
say. Sounds like something to keep an eye on.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/dragon32/permalink/4549196968673270/
Tom Erik Gundersen (and Claude) release Astro Invasion, which is
definately not the 1979 Stern arcade classic Astro Invader. CoCo owers
are allowed – key map auto detected.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/dragon32/permalink/4549139395345694
Direct Download Link:
https://www.dirt-burners.com/astroinvasion/
Adrian Stokes still has a couple Dragon 64 motherboards left. Wait,
he doesn’t. Wait, he’s ordered more. So, wait and more will come.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/dragon32/permalink/4545283422397958

Coco 1/2/3 (and multi-platform)

For Septandy he asked why someone would have chosen a CoCo 2 in 1983–84.
He talks about the timeline of the CoCo and Tandy. He goes on to compare
it with the other computers at that time. By the end of the video he
powers it on and then talks about the work he wants to do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuMjIbbAHeA
Then, he tore the machine down completely, deep-cleaned the motherboard,
cleaned and Retrobrighted the case and keys, treated the switches/contacts,
and chased down the flaky video issue. He put the board right into the
kitchen sink.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R51ecRc24t8
Bradley Goldsmith – The HDMI carts from .8bitcrush.com’ are available. We
expect this first lot never gets out of Australia, but things are moving.
He made his first run of 5 HDMI Cart. CoCo 1 and 2 support is stable.
CoCo3 HSCREEN support is still experimental however the basics are
there including 40/80 column support and the full Sierra catalogue.
CoCo 3 is fully supported playing CoCo 1 and 2 games. Right now he is
jsut selling them in Australia in case there are any issues.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10164846208427641/
Displays from Wiesler’s Warehouse SepTandy Tour, week four
Day 22’s theme is ‘The Owl flies alone’
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10164828670397641/ Day 23 then Owl Ware and LR Tech got together
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10164832995697641/ Day 24 he caught controller fever.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10164837630092641/ Day 25 features the Amdisk III
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10164842156607641/ Day 26 reveals Kenton’s BBS kit – dual RS232 card and SCSI hard drive
interface.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10164846168607641/
Don Sorensen went and got a oneROM from Cloud9. Seems to be a fan.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10164840263282641/

OneROM “official site”:
https://onerom.org/
He’s also giving Brian a run for his money with a 4th, totally maxed
out CoCo3.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10164839955777641/

Robert Giuffre opened the real time clock rabbithole just a crack
yesterday. We expect a few more options and opinions in the days to come:-)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10164839639007641/
Marco Spedaletti has been tweaking the ugBASIC complier for Mac. Follow
the link and hit ‘translate’ for a writeup
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10164841792067641/
Felipe Antoniosi is making CoCo Ones and Twos into Threes with a Tang
Nano. This is early work, soon to appear open source, guessing GitHub?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2leh26hEUDY
For SepTandy, Simon Jonassen and Tazman (Scott Cooper) made this
‘inside ring torus’ which is just awesome. Math and coding. Who knew?
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10164828029542641/ And if you prefer wire frame, they did that to.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10164828047642641/
TJBChris : Customizing OS-9 On the Tandy CoCo
Chris walks through making backups of your disks then uses CONFIG to make
a custom boot for your OS-9
https://youtu.be/K6McY24179Q?si=4FUEdA_CR6cuEaUz

MC-10

Jeff Mocker – Retro Ranger: For Septandy he talked about the MC-10 and
gave this one a good cleaning with a and demo, and a look at modern upgrades
https://youtu.be/RLeK9D0T_Us

Game On news (all Coco related platforms):

Billy’s Midway Arcade does a video review of Dungeons of Daggorith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l4orqVGBKM
Antonio Caballero is looking for beta testers. We’ve linked the thread
in show notes.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10164838187422641/

==============================================================================

Speak your mind! Let us know what you think at:
feedback@TheCoCoNation.com

If replying on a mailing list, please trim replies to the specific items.

Get connected with more of the CoCo, Dragon and MC-10 community here:
https://thecoconation.com/community/