New CoCo book available!

Long time CoCo enthusiast Boisy Pitre and author Bill Loguidice have collaborated on a new book entitled "CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy's Underdog Computer" which is now available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and CRC Press.

I received my copy the day before Christmas, and I am really enjoying the read. Members of Facebook group for the book are also giving high praise to the book and it's authors. You can find the Facebook group by searching for the title.

There are also several posts about the book on this blog's G+ page, and in the Color Computer G+ community.

(Image used with permission by Boisy Pitre)

Though the book chronicles the history of the Tandy Color Computer I believe many retro-computing enthusiasts will enjoy reading the book and appreciate the historical information it provides so check it out. Cheers ~ Jim

Color Computer Manuals And Books AvailableColor Computer Manuals And Books Available

Update 10/18/09: All manuals have now been given away.

I have been doing a little house cleaning, and I have gone through all my Color Computer manuals and books and sorted out all the duplicates. All the manuals and books below are available for the cost of shipping (USPS or UPS, your choice).

I want to give back to the CoCo Community, so I would prefer to give these only to those I know from the CoCo list hosted by Maltedmedia, and not to speculators who will just sell the stuff on eBay.

If you are not a member of the list, but are in need of these manuals feel free to contact me via the email link in the "Welcome" section, and will can discuss your needs.

This list will be updated as items are given away, so check back often to see what is still available ~ Jim

Color Computer Manuals And Books:

1. Getting Started With Color Basic. Radio Shack Catalog Number 26-3191 3 Copies - 1 spoke for
   
2. Going Ahead With Extended Color Basic. (No Radio Shack Catalog number listed.) Spoken for
   
3. Color Computer 3 Basic Quick Reference Guide Spoken for
   
4. TRS-80 Color Computer Operation Manual. Radio Shack Catalog Number 26-3001/3002 Spoken for
   
5. Color Computer Disk System - Owners Manual & Programming Guide. (No Radio Shack Catalog number listed.) 3 Copies - 1 spoken for
6. Color Computer 3 Extended Basic. (No Radio Shack Catalog number listed.) Spoken for
7. Introducing Your Color Computer 3. (No Radio Shack Catalog number listed.) 3 Copies - 1 spoken for
8. Tandy Service Manual - Color Computer 3 NTSC/PAL Version with 512K Exansion RAM Card. Radio Shack Catalog Number 26-3334 - Spoken for
   
9. TRS-80 Color Computer Technical Reference Manual Spoken for
10. Direct Connect Modem Pak Operation Manual 26-2228 Spoken for
11. Deluxe RS-232 Program Pak Operation Manual. Radio Shack Catalog Number 26-2226 4 copies - 1 spoken for
    
12. DMP-100 Printer Manual. Radio Shack Catalog Number 26-1253
13. TRS-80 Color Computer Assembly Language Programming - William Barden Jr. Radio Shack Catalog Number 62-2077 - Spoken for
14. Instructions for Presto Painter for the CoCo

OS-9 Specific Manuals And Books:

1. The Complete Rainbow Guide To OS-9 ISBN: 0-932471-00-5 2 Copies - 1 spoken for
   
2. The Official Basic 09 Tour Guide ISBN: 0-918035-00-7 Spoken for

The following is a collection of Radio Shack OS-9 Manuals that have been hole punched and placed in a three ring binder, and will only be offered as a complete set:

• Getting Started With OS-9
• OS-9 Commands
• OS-9 Program Development
• OS-9 Technical Information
• This set has been spoken for.
  

Miscellaneous Manuals and Books:

1. 6809 Microcomputer Programming & Interfacing With Experiments ISBN: 0-672-21798-8 Tentatively spoken for.
   
2. Circuit Design Programs For The TRS-80 ISBN: 0-672-21741-4
3. Color Computer Graphics - William Barden Jr. Radio Shack Catalog Number 62-2076
4. How To Use Your Radio Shack Printer - William Barden Jr. Radio Shack Catalog Number 26-1242
5. Motorola MC6809-MC6809E Microprocessor Programming Manual Motorola Catalog Number: M6809PM(AD)
6. Technical Manual for the Star Mitronics Gemini-10X Dot Matrix Printer
7. C. Itoh Dot Matrix Printer Model 8510A Users Manual

Cool CoCo videos!

Allen Huffman put together this great video of the 18th "Last" CoCoFest that took place last weekend. I have never been to a CoCoFest, so for me this is a great treat because I finally get to see some of the people who I have only known via email or chat.

So check out Al's great "CoCoFest 2009 Teaser" video, and be sure to read his "2009 CoCoFest Report"!



Allen also let me know (and the entire CoCo News Group) about this video montage from shubibinman titled "Tandy CoCo Tribute" If you are an CoCoNut or an 8-Bit Retro gamer then you should get a blast out of this!