OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOSZ5qJdFGE Thanks Desfeek! Unboxing a new COMPUTER! Snagged an incredible deal, I could not pass up this deal from Desfeek on Atariage. Great deal for a classic computer I did not have yet or ever experienced, I have seen several on here showing games on this computer that I have never experienced so I jumped at the chance to obtain this new (for me) platform. Just need some game carts now lol! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd_1138 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Great and fun video! You're going to have great fun with that CoCo. You can get games/programs on 3 types of media -- cassettes. floppies, and cartridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Great and fun video! You're going to have great fun with that CoCo. You can get games/programs on 3 types of media -- cassettes. floppies, and cartridges. ...you forgot Coco programming books and mags as a form of media to start enjoying the Coco right away Hahaha, user videos are always fun! I should have gotten into making 'em a long time ago. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatta Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 That looks like fun. I've been hankering after a CoCo myself. A number of other Tandy products have fallen into my hands recently, but I'm still missing a CoCo. Have you looked into flash devices for the CoCo? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Looks like fun, congrats! I never used a CoCo myself, but just in the last year or two I've heard a bunch of different, random people talk about what a decent gaming computer it was. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 That looks like fun. I've been hankering after a CoCo myself. A number of other Tandy products have fallen into my hands recently, but I'm still missing a CoCo. Have you looked into flash devices for the CoCo? Not much YET but this site look of interest? http://www.coco3.com/community/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 That looks like fun. I've been hankering after a CoCo myself. A number of other Tandy products have fallen into my hands recently, but I'm still missing a CoCo. Have you looked into flash devices for the CoCo? Not much YET but this site look of interest? http://www.coco3.com/community/ The MicroSD interface from there or the SuperIDE from Cloud9 would do the job. I favor the MicroSD myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 (edited) BTW, if you want games, look at the CoCo Game List or grab Briza's Collection from this page. Edited January 18, 2011 by JamesD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Excellent, Rob! Welcome to the Tandy Club WOOHOO! Or, being a Texas based company YEEHAA! There is a LOT of great things to do on the Tandy Coco2, you're gonna have a blast with it. Score!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Yeah, I have three and really only need one Only four games though, and horrible ones at that. We need to grab some cartridge lots and do some tradin' Hey if I could plug the fact that I'm selling a Coco 64k and a Coco 2 in the marketplace at the moment, thus far lots of interest, but no one wants to pay the shipping so they are still available. Thanks! AX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desfeek Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 You're very welcome OldSchoolRetroGamer! Enjoy the world of CoCo, and I will take the proceeds ($10 woo) and explore the world of ZX-81's! We all win! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhan Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I had one of those when I was younger. The joysticks were fucking badass. I wish I had those still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrozoneorg Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Don't forget the Dragon 32 and Dragon 64 machines! Welsh computers based on the coco. Most dragon software should also work on the coco. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Don't forget the Dragon 32 and Dragon 64 machines! Welsh computers based on the coco. Most dragon software should also work on the coco. Cool, good to know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Don't forget the Dragon 32 and Dragon 64 machines! Welsh computers based on the coco. Most dragon software should also work on the coco. Actually, most CoCo software works on the Dragon, but a lot of Dragon software does not work on the CoCo. Programmers in Europe didn't use the ROM calls to read the keyboard and read it themselves to save some clock cycles. That would be ok normally but the Dragon has a different keyboard layout than the CoCo. A lot of the software has been patched to work on the CoCo but not all of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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