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2025-12-29: I have restored the wiki to a backup from the end of November. Starting in September 2025, accesses went form the 800MB-1.2GB range per month to 26GB in September, 42GB in October, and 70GB in November with most accesses originating from China. As soon as I realized what was causing all the access problems in November, I shut it down (it had reached 36GB by then) behind a password/login screen. The database had gotten corrupted, and I tried a restore from just before the spike in access but that didn't work. Thus, end of November. I still have the other daily backups so if there were any important additions in December, let me know and maybe they can be recovered. - Allen H.
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[[Program Pak]] was Tandy/Radio Shack's name for its format of software cartridges designed for the CoCo's expansion/cartridge slot. Program Pak contact pins had a distinctive spring-loaded protective hard plastic sleeve which | [[Program Pak]] was Tandy/Radio Shack's name for its format of software cartridges designed for the CoCo's expansion/cartridge slot. Each Program Pak's contact pins had a distinctive spring-loaded protective hard plastic sleeve which was pushed back into the cartridge when the cartridge was inserted into the CoCo, and which sprag back to its protective covering position when the cartridge was removed. | ||
By far, most Radio Shack branded software titles were released on Program Paks. (Third party developers usually released their titles on disk and/or tape). While cartridges had long been associated with video games, thanks to consoles such as the Atari 2600 and similar competitors, and while most Radio Shack CoCo video games were also on Program Paks, other, non-gaming software was also available on the cartridges, such as the [[Color SCRIPSIT]] and [[Color SCRIPSIT II]] word processors and others. | By far, most Radio Shack branded software titles were released on Program Paks. (Third party developers usually released their titles on disk and/or tape). While cartridges had long been associated with video games, thanks to consoles such as the Atari 2600 and similar competitors, and while most Radio Shack CoCo video games were also on Program Paks, other, non-gaming software was also available on the cartridges, such as the [[Color SCRIPSIT]] and [[Color SCRIPSIT II]] word processors and others. | ||
Revision as of 17:46, 27 June 2006
Program Pak was Tandy/Radio Shack's name for its format of software cartridges designed for the CoCo's expansion/cartridge slot. Each Program Pak's contact pins had a distinctive spring-loaded protective hard plastic sleeve which was pushed back into the cartridge when the cartridge was inserted into the CoCo, and which sprag back to its protective covering position when the cartridge was removed.
By far, most Radio Shack branded software titles were released on Program Paks. (Third party developers usually released their titles on disk and/or tape). While cartridges had long been associated with video games, thanks to consoles such as the Atari 2600 and similar competitors, and while most Radio Shack CoCo video games were also on Program Paks, other, non-gaming software was also available on the cartridges, such as the Color SCRIPSIT and Color SCRIPSIT II word processors and others.