News stories for Episode 287, November 5, 2022

News stories for Episode 287, November 5, 2022

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(October 29-November 4)

NOTE 1: Since the NitrOS9 30th Anniversary 2nd Decade special interview with Boisy was live recorded at a non-standard time and went around 2 hours, Steve has decided to make it it's own standalone episode (#286). So today's episode will now be #287, and the two hour interview episode is already up on YouTube.

NOTE 2: Live from Brazil - Retro SC show with Erico & Luciano at the top of the show

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

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1) Voidstar Tech posted a video showing him connecting two 8 bit computers (a PET and a Coco 3) via WiModems to connect to each other via wireless LAN:

 https://youtu.be/PH7YtoxOdrI

2) Robert Emery posted a video showing his Portable Coco 3, with a *lot* of mods:

 https://youtu.be/rP8AFvWrdVM

3) Geek with Social Skills on YouTube received a Coco 2 that had been stored in a barn, and given to him by Tim Lindner. Spoiler - it ain't working outta the box:

 https://youtu.be/9J587haAHZA

4) JaysVintageJunk on YouTube did several videos this past week. First he did a "Pickups from Golborne" where he picked up several things, including a Coco 2 (21:50 for the Coco 2):

 https://youtu.be/Ik5wtDOMKfk

Then his first turning it on and trying to remember how to use it:

 https://youtu.be/b_ZetvvqUfg

And finally a video where he got some tape games working on it (both real cassette & through WAV files from a laptop):

 https://youtu.be/7o0us_vBvM0

5) hirudov2d on YouTube put up a video showing BASIC on a Codimex CD-6809 - A Coco compatible computer from 1983 - but with some BASIC improvements (like accepting lowercase commands):

 https://youtu.be/bdX1VsHIyn0

6) The latest Coco Crew episode has been released, including an interview with Ian Mavric from Australia about Tandy Assembly:

 http://cococrew.org/

7) Our very own Ken of Canadian Retro Things did a follow up video exploring "is it worth installing a 6309 in a Coco 1/2?". This time he concentrates on the power draw and heat from the 6809 vs. 6309 CPU, and the fact that running the 6309 version of NitrOS9 and BASIC09 allows existing programs to speed up without one having to change a single line of BASIC09 code (which he shows using a Mandelbrot set graphics drawing program. It still takes a long time, but noticeably less):

 https://youtu.be/kFw91cdgxcw

MC-10

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1) Jayfor80's on YouTube did a quick video showing a working MC-10 he picked up from ebay this week:

 https://youtu.be/6JX5a6fQAew

Dragon 32/64

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1) Tim Gilberts released a 20+ minute video to summarize the Dragon Meetup in Port Talbot, Wales:

 https://youtu.be/od2Up_4j5Xo

2) Julian Brown posted an update (and some more in the comments) of his progress with getting all the parts onto his Dragon 32 motherboard recreation. Not quite to the point of firing it up yet, though:

 https://www.facebook.com/groups/dragon32/posts/3309030359356610/

Game On news (all Coco related platforms):

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1) Color Computer Programing on YouTube released a video showing the full stage one to his graphical adventure style game "Tales of Suburbia", which now includes some single voice PLAY style music:

 https://youtu.be/R-M5uqfOd2Y

2) Jim Gerrie release a port of the puzzle program REVERSE by Ramon Zamora from the 1978 book, "What Happens When you Hit Return", originally for the TRS-80 Model 1/3:

 https://youtu.be/NLkN7Q0fs78

He also released a version of Rally-X for the MC-10 in SG6, with some routines by both Darren Atkinson (of MCX-128 fame) and Greg Dionne for special routines for updating the screen and for held down key input:

 https://youtu.be/quf8F0C4Jas

And, he also released an MC-10 port of the original Little Brick out game from 1979 that Steve Wozniak wrote as a demo for his Apple II Integer BASIC (which also includes the keyboard reading routine by Greg Dionne):

 https://youtu.be/za8P1HN2Eys

3) Pere Serrat & Kees van Oss (Sorry I forgot to mention Kees' name last week!) have released the 59th AGD converted games pack, featuring 7 more games, for both the Coco's and the Dragons: Dungeon Escape Escape Room Fat Hearts Gassy Glasgow Minty's Marvelous Travels Mojoni in the Sewer World (easy version) Mojoni in the Sewer World (hard version)

 http://archive.worldofdragon.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=11047

4) Rob's Retro Rambles posted a video of him playing & reviewing "And All Because..." on his Dragon 32:

 https://youtu.be/OSnJSzBgXS8

5) FRGCB Dude (stands for "Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog") channel on YouTube did a cross platform comparison video of the UK game "Hunchback", including the original arcade version and the Dragon 32/64 (Arcade at the beginning, Dragon at 10:51):

 https://youtu.be/_9Pt3HaFIZY

6) The Laird's Lair on YouTube also did a cross platform game video compare, for Space Zap, including the Dragon 32:

 https://youtu.be/WbHhK2X6mXM