[Coco] [Color Computer] The CoCo is alive!!?! Who knew?

[diegoba at adinet.com.uy]

First... welcome back!

There are a few sites that you should visit. www.coco3.com has an extensive 
list of links, but I think that in the last update, an slightly out-of-date 
list found it's way to the site (Roger?)

To create real coco disk, I use an old PC with DOS/Win98 and a 5 1/4 drive, 
and the programs DISKINI.EXE and RETRIEVE.EXE from http://www.vavasour.
ca/jeff/trs80.html
Most of the times, just type DISKINI B: MYDISK.DSK is enough to recreate the 
disk in the image file MYDISK to the disk in drive B.
If you want to buy original CoCo soft, ebay is a very good starting point, and 
will let you get an idea of how much would be a fair price.

Diego



>----Mensaje original----
>De: bsumpter at emediadesigns.com
>Fecha: 01/06/2007 12:16 
>Para: <ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com>
>Asunto: [Coco] [Color Computer] The CoCo is alive!!?! Who knew?
>
>Hello all ...
>
>I just found this list today while researching my old CoCo II to show 
>my wife my first computer. Needless to say I'm a little surprised 
>(and very happy) to find the CoCo is still alive and kicking after 
>all these years. So happy, in fact, that I just pulled my old CoCo II 
>out of storage and set it up in my office.
>
>Now I'm on a software hunt! When I was a kid using the CoCo, software 
>was rare and hard to come by. I programmed most of my own games and 
>utilities, and although these are long gone now, it taught me the 
>basics (pun intended) of programming and began what whould turn into 
>a computer career for me.
>
>Now that most of this stuff would be considered public domain, where 
>could I find some of the old software I lusted after in the RS 
>catalogs as a kid? Another minor point is I'm wondering how I 
>transfer this software from my PC to the CoCo 5.25" floppies? I 
>*think* I have an old 5.25" floppy drive somewhere in a box for the 
>PC. 
>
>Also, if anyone has a box of old CoCo II software on either 5.25" 
>floppies or cassettes they would be willing to sell, I'd be willing 
>to entertain an offer.
>
>Any information would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Brian
>
>
>
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