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Currently Publishing

Newsletters

• CoCo~123 - Glenside CoCo Club newsletter (digital delivery)
• Compute's Gazette - 1980s Commodore magazine rebooted. It has already had an issue featuring the CoCo.

Books

Assembly

• 6801, 68701, & 6803 Microcomputer Programming & Interfacing, by Andrew C. Staugaard, Jr., (1981). ISBN: 0-672-21726-0
• 6809 Assembly Language Programming, by Lance Leventhal. McGraw-Hill, (1981). ISBN: 0-931988-35-7
• 6809 Machine Code Programming, by David Barrow. Granada Technical Books, (1984). ISBN: 0-246-12532-2
• 6809 Microcomputer Programmng and Interfacing with Experiments, by Andrew C. Staugaard, Jr., Howard W. Sams, (1981). ISBN: 0-672-21798-8
• Advanced 8-Bit Microprocessor Mc6809 by Robert J. Simpson & Raveendran Paramesran, Its Software, Hardware, Architecture & Interfacing Techniques
• Assembly Language Graphics for the TRS-80 Color Computer (1983) Dymax Don Inman, Kurt Inman
• Assembly Language Programming for the TRS-80 Color Computer (1985) Laurence A. Tepolt
• Assembly Language Programming for the COCO 3 (1987) Laurence A. Tepolt
• Assembly Language Subroutines for the 6809, by Lance Leventhal and Sally Cordes. McGraw-Hill, (1985). ISBN: 0-07-707152-2
• Microtechnology: the M6809, by P.J. Thewlis. Blackwell Scientific Publications, (1985). ISBN: 0-632-01315-X
• Programming the 6809, by Rodnay Zaks, William G. Labiak. Sybex, (1982). ISBN: 0-89588-078-4
• The 6809 Companion, by Mike James. Bernard Babani, (1982) . ISBN: 0-85934-077-5
• TRS-80 Color Computer Assembly Language Programming (1983) William Barden
• The MC6809 Cookbook by Carl D. Warren, (1980), TAB BOOKS Inc

Basic

• 101 Color Computer Programming Tips and Tricks 1981 Ron Clark
• 500 POKES, PEEKS 'N EXECS for the TRS-80 Color Computer (1984) Kishmore M.Santwani
• Supplement to 500 POKES, PEEKS 'N EXECS for the TRS-80 Color Computer (1986) Kishmore M.Santwani
• 55 Color Computer Programs for the Home, School, and Office Ron Clark
• 55 More Color Computer Programs for the Home, School & Office Ron Clark, Jim Cole
• I Speak BASIC to My Color Computer (1985) Aubrey B Jones
• Arcade Games in BASIC for the Color Computer Bruce Bell
• Basic Basic English Dictionary (For the Apple, IBM Pc, Commodore 64, Vic 20, Atari Trs-80, Trs-80 Color Computer, Ti-99/4A, Pet, and Timex Sinclair) Larry Noonan
• CoCo 3 Secrets Revealed (1986) John Gabbard
• Color Computer Applications John P. Grillo, J. D. Robertson
• Color Computer Graphics (1982) William Barden
• Color Computer Songbook (1982) Ron Clark
• CoCoFest Chronicles (199?) - Allen Huffman
• Guide to Super Software for the TRS-80 Color Computer (1985) Scott L. Norman
• Hands-on Basic for the Trs-80 Colour Computer (a Computer Literacy Book) (1983) Herbert Dean Peckham; Etc
• Hands-on Basic, for the Trs-80 Color Computer (Texas Instruments Software Series) (1983) Herbert Dean Peckham
• Inside the Dragon (1983) Duncan Smeed,Ian Sommerville
• Kids to Kids on the Color Computer Martin Cannon (Illustrator), William B. Sanders, Sam Edge
• Making the Most of Your TRS-80 Color Computer Peter Vernon
• More Color Computer Applications John P. Grillo, J. D. Robertson
• Stimulating simulations for the TRS-80 color computer C. William Engel
• The Color Computer Playground (1984) Fred D'Ignazio
• The Power of the TRS-80 Color Computer John Sharp, David Bolton, edited by Thomas Szlucha
• The Ultimate Color Computer Reference Guide and Tool-Kit (1985) David D. McLeod,Robert van der Poel
• The Working TRS-80 Color Computer (1984) David Lawrence
• Things to do with your trs-80 Color Computer (1983) Jerry Willis Merl Miller & D. LaMount Johnson
• Top-Down Basic for the TRS-80 Color Computer (1983) Ken Skier
• TRS-80 Color Computer Book Radio Shack, Home Computer, Motorola 6809, Zilog Z80, Commodore Vic-20, Commodore 64, Atari 8-Bit Family
• TRS-80 Color Computer Graphics (1982) Don Inman
• TRS-80 Color Computer Fantastic Games (1984) [various authors]
• TRS-80 Color Computer Programmer's Handbook (1986) [various authors]
• TRS-80 Color Computer & MC-10 Programs (1983) William Barden
• TRS-80 Color Computer Programs (1982) Tom Rugg,Phil Feldman
• TRS-80 Color Computer Program Writing Workbook (Apr 1983) Jim Cole
• TRS-80 Color Computer Program Writing Workbook (Apr 1983) Ron Clark
• TRS-80 Color Computer What Else You Can Do With Your TRS-80 (1985) [various authors]
• TRS-80 Colour Computer Space Adventures (1984) [various authors]
• TRS-80 Computer Reference Handbook 1982 William Barden - 62-2314
• TRS-80 Programs and Applications for the Color Computer (1982) Alfred Baker
• The TRS-80 User's Encyclopedia (Color computer & MC 10) (1984) Gary Phillips and GS Wright III by The Book Company
• Your Color Computer (1994) Doug Mosher

Hardware

• A Full Turn Of The Screw (1989) Tony DiStefano
• TRS-80 Color Computer Interfacing, with Experiments (1982) Andrew C Staugaard
• TRS-80 Models I, III, & Color Computer Interfacing Projects (1983) William Barden
• TRS-80 Micro Computer Technical Reference Handbook Model I

History

• CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy's Underdog Computer (2013) Bill Loguidice Boisy Pitre
• CoCoFest Chronicles (1998) Allen Huffman
• Tandy's Little Wonder (1993) Frank Swygert

LOGO

• Coco LOGO for the TRS-80 Color Computer (1985) Dale Peterson
• Computer Art and Animation: A User's Guide to Radio Shack Color LOGO David D. Thornburg
• Learning LOGO on the TRS-80 Color Computer Tony Adams, Pauline Adams, Anne McDougall
• Introducing LOGO: For the Apple II Computer, Texas Instruments 99/4A and Tandy Color Computer Peter Ross
• The TRS-80 Color LOGO Manual Thomas Milton Kemnitz

OS-9

• BASIC09 Tour Guide (1985) - Peter Dibble
• Inside OS-9 Level 2 (1987) - Kevin Darling
• Mastering OS-9 on the Tandy Color Computer (1995) Paul K. Ward
• OS-9 Guru (1992) Paul S. Dayan
• OS-9 Insights (1988) Petter Dibble
• OS-9 Level 2 and the Tandy Color Computer 3 (1992) Rodger Alexander,Scott Honaker
• OS-9 User Notes Volume 1 (1985) Petter Dibble
• The Complete Rainbow Guide to OS-9 (1985) Peter Dibble,Dale Puckett
• The Complete Rainbow Guide to OS-9 Level II (1987) Peter Dibble,Dale Puckett
• Using Awk with OS-9 (1993) Zack C. Sessions

The Rainbow bookshelf

• The Rainbow Book of Adventures (198?) Falsoft (Various Contributors)
• The Second Rainbow Book of Adventures (1985) Falsoft Charles L. Springer (Editor), Marjie Faul
• The Third Rainbow Book of Adventures Jutta Kapfhammer (Editor), Philip S. Helm (Editor)
• The Fourth Rainbow Book of Adventures (1988)
• The Rainbow Book of Simulations (198?) [various authors]
• The Second Rainbow Book of Simulations (1986) [various authors]

Others

• Spreadsheeting on the TRS-80 Color Computer (1993) Harry Anbarlian

Magazines

Newstand

CoCo specific

• The Color Computer Magazine
• Hot CoCo
• International Color Computer Club Newsletter
• The Rainbow (July 1981 to May 1993) - Falsoft
• Dragon User (May 1983 to January 1989)

Magazines with CoCo Sections

• 68 Micro Journal
• 80-US / Basic Computing
• 80 Micro / 80 Microcomputing
• Australian COCO
• Compute! Magazine
• Computer Shopper
• Computer User
• Forum SixtyEight
• Micro - 6502/6809 Journal
• Micro-80
• TRS-80 Microcomputer News
• World of 68' Micros

Disk or Tape Magazines

• Chromasette - the original
• Color LOAD 80 - spinoff of CLOAD 80 from 80 Micro Announced June 82 first ad
• Rainbow on Tape - from Falsoft
• Rainbow on Disk- from Falsoft
• Instant CoCo - from HOT CoCo Announcement in 80 Micro
• The Color Computer Magazine Tapes from The Color Computer Magazine [1]
• CFDM - CoCo Friends Disk Magazine from Rick's Computer Enterprises.
• The Upgrade - by the Mid Iowa & Country CoCo Club.
• NineTimes - by Jordan Tsvetkoff of JWT Enterprises.
• UP-2-Date - (Dragon computer only)

Subscription Only (non-newstand)

• CoCo Clipboard Magazine
• Coco Tech Journal
• Color Computer News
• Color Micro Journal
• Dazzle
• Dragon World (Dragon Computer Only)
• Dynamic Color News
• International OS-9 Underground
• Metamorphasis / No Name Magazine
• OSKer
• Spectrogram
• TRS-80 Computing / Color Computing
• UpTime - Published by Jordan Tsvetkoff, the guy behind Pyramix (one of the first 3rd party CoCo 3 games).
• Wizard's Castle

Newsletters

• Australian OS-9 Newsletter
• Coco Ads
• Bits & Bytes - CoCoByte's club newsletter (Colombia)
• Coco News
• Coco Notes Newsletter
• CoCoPS - Newsletter for the Color Computer Preservation Society. Only three issues, though four were promised.
• CoCo Report, The - Rick's Computer Enterprise; The creators of CFDM and PCFDM proudly present: ...
• Coco Trader
• Color Computer Weekly
• East Texas Color Computer Club / International Color Computer Club
• Info CoCoNut (Dutch)
• Glenside CoCo-123 (XXXX-Current) - Glenside Color Computer Club's newsletter. Still going!
• Lewis Clark Exchange
• MOTD
• Stop Press (Dragon Computer Only)
• OS-9 International
• OS-9 Newsletter
• Undercolor (12/10/1984-6/30/1985) - Dennis Bathory-Kitsz's publication. 11 issues total.