Nice! I don't even remember some of those disks, other than the Video Poker game. Those BASIC games did in fact come from the book you mentioned, probably the TRS-80 version, and I probably intended to convert them to run on a CoCo, but never got around to it. I have no idea where that 3D disk came from; it might have come from my father-in-law or brother-in-law because I don't even recognize the handwriting on the disk. Even though those disks originally came from me, I found this video quite exciting because I probably didn't look at them in over 30 years, so it's like it's all new to me! I'm amazed that the disks can even be read. Good work, and I look forward to other videos!
Since you're on the Coco 3, how about trying switching to 40 (or even 80, if the display will handle it) column mode before running those "wide" games?
@@CanadianRetroThings Huh, well that's surprising. Wonder why they didn't update it in the 3 to adapt to the width in use? Saving a few bytes in ROM I guess? I cut my teeth on the Coco 1 back in the day but I've only had a Coco 3 for about a year or so and haven't had the space to keep it set up enough to do more than test and make sure it worked. The 3D demo did spark a bit of a memory. I had a Pascal compiler for the Coco called Deft Pascal. There was the compiler, the editor called Deft Bench, a graphics and other support libraries called Deft Extras, and a 3D Graphics Sampler. Unfortunately most of my disks and tapes from back then were lost, but somehow one Elephant Memory Systems box that I kept originals in stayed around and it has all those disks, plus some OS-9 Level 1 stuff, Telewriter 64, and Spell'n Fix. I wonder if that demo was written using the Deft libraries.
Question: Do you have an RS232 Pak? I just received a never-been-opened CoCo 2, and the seller also sent the RS232 Pak. I plugged it into my CoCo 3 and typed the EXEC HC(I forget the rest here), but the computer just hung. Wondering if it's compatible with the CoCo 3, if I'm doing something wrong, or if the module may be defective.
I'm certain that the RS232 Pak hardware is compatible with the CoCo 3, but the ROM-based software may not be. With a Multi-Pak Interface or a Y-cable and a disk drive, or a cassette-based terminal program it should be usable on the CoCo 3.
@@joelavcoco Cool! Thanks for the tips! I am just in the process of rebuilding my childhood computer setup, but I don't want to open the CoCo 2 LOL. I have a cassette recorder for it but no cable yet. I was interested in terminal software so I could get a generic bender and hook up a modem or Wimodem232. I REALLY want to find a Direct Connect Modem Pad as that's what I got back when I was a kid and did my first BBSing on it ;)
Nice! I don't even remember some of those disks, other than the Video Poker game. Those BASIC games did in fact come from the book you mentioned, probably the TRS-80 version, and I probably intended to convert them to run on a CoCo, but never got around to it. I have no idea where that 3D disk came from; it might have come from my father-in-law or brother-in-law because I don't even recognize the handwriting on the disk. Even though those disks originally came from me, I found this video quite exciting because I probably didn't look at them in over 30 years, so it's like it's all new to me! I'm amazed that the disks can even be read. Good work, and I look forward to other videos!
There is so much, I am like a kid in a candy store running all over the place. I need to slow down and focus! 😁
"80C" is what the color computer was nicknamed before "CoCo" became popular
I did not know that!
Since you're on the Coco 3, how about trying switching to 40 (or even 80, if the display will handle it) column mode before running those "wide" games?
the PRINT@ statement does not work in 40 or 80 column mode, it results in an HP ERROR (which stands for High Resolution Print Error)
@@CanadianRetroThings Huh, well that's surprising. Wonder why they didn't update it in the 3 to adapt to the width in use? Saving a few bytes in ROM I guess? I cut my teeth on the Coco 1 back in the day but I've only had a Coco 3 for about a year or so and haven't had the space to keep it set up enough to do more than test and make sure it worked.
The 3D demo did spark a bit of a memory. I had a Pascal compiler for the Coco called Deft Pascal. There was the compiler, the editor called Deft Bench, a graphics and other support libraries called Deft Extras, and a 3D Graphics Sampler. Unfortunately most of my disks and tapes from back then were lost, but somehow one Elephant Memory Systems box that I kept originals in stayed around and it has all those disks, plus some OS-9 Level 1 stuff, Telewriter 64, and Spell'n Fix. I wonder if that demo was written using the Deft libraries.
@@EddieSheffield Deft Pascal 3.3 and 4.1 are available on the Color Computer Archive. I have never checked them out but now I may have to!
I like the 3D display program !
Is there any editor on the disk ?
I did not see an editor on this disk, but there are still about 150 to go through....
Question: Do you have an RS232 Pak? I just received a never-been-opened CoCo 2, and the seller also sent the RS232 Pak. I plugged it into my CoCo 3 and typed the EXEC HC(I forget the rest here), but the computer just hung. Wondering if it's compatible with the CoCo 3, if I'm doing something wrong, or if the module may be defective.
I'm certain that the RS232 Pak hardware is compatible with the CoCo 3, but the ROM-based software may not be. With a Multi-Pak Interface or a Y-cable and a disk drive, or a cassette-based terminal program it should be usable on the CoCo 3.
@@joelavcoco Cool! Thanks for the tips! I am just in the process of rebuilding my childhood computer setup, but I don't want to open the CoCo 2 LOL. I have a cassette recorder for it but no cable yet. I was interested in terminal software so I could get a generic bender and hook up a modem or Wimodem232. I REALLY want to find a Direct Connect Modem Pad as that's what I got back when I was a kid and did my first BBSing on it ;)
@@joelavcoco* gender bender, Direct Connect Modem Pak