[Coco] My introduction - a newbie

Joel Ewy jcewy at swbell.net
Sat Jan 27 00:17:34 EST 2007


Kevin Diggs wrote:
> Joel Ewy wrote:
>   
>> As Torsten mentions, the CoCo's built-in sound is not the computer's
>> strong point.  However, even with its limited hardware, there are some
>> games that make pretty good use of it.  I've always found the explosion
>> sounds in Polaris to be quite satisfying.  And Mega Bug (Pac-Man-like)
>> says "We Gotcha" when you lose.  Dungeons of Daggorath makes a heartbeat
>> sound that speeds up as your health declines and slows down as you
>> rest.  Recent discussions on this list have re-ignited my interest in
>> the Orchestra 90CC.  I may get it out again and plug it in.
>>
>> JCE
>>
>>     
> Don't forget to try the undocumented "double speed" feature. Details 
> should be in the archive.
>
> kevin
>
>   
The Orch-90CC has a double speed feature?  I assume this is something
different from just running the CoCo at double speed.  Are you referring
to the mail list archive or os9archive.rtsi.com?  Any ideas as to what
(keywords) I should be searching for?

JCE




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