[Coco] Virtual Program Paks

[Bill Pierce]

Aaron, I'm not using his actual code, as that would never work in Os9 anyway. Just using it to see how he aquired the frequencies from a 1 bit source. My actual code would be far from what Steve did as I plan to do it from both the cassette port (1-bit) & the joystick port (6-bit). I will also use the either the Hi-Rez graphics screens or the 80 column text screem where Steve used the Semi-Graphics screen... which the Coco 3 doesn't even have. In fact, there's only so much of "Audio Spectrum Analyzer" that will run on a Coco 3 before it crashes the machine. This is the very reason I would like to make a new one as the old one is useless unless run on a coco 1 or 2.

If I remember right, the main reason Steve was holding on to his stuff was due to contracts with Tandy, Sega and others. I know Sega released all writers from their contracts when the Owner/CEO passed away and they dissolved the company and give them the freedom to republish their games with other companies.
Tandy on the other hand... we won't even get into that ball of wax... but who pays them any mind anymore anyway. Just look at the archives... and your website, all the "Owner's Manuals" and a lot of the others are either copyrighted by MicroWare & published by Tandy, or just owned by Tandy alltogether.

Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
Bill Pierce
ooogalapasooo at aol.com




-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tue, Aug 21, 2012 6:22 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] Virtual Program Paks


You would want to request specific authorization from Steve before
working with anything he wrote.  It is my understanding that none of
his CoCo work should be considered to be "open" or in the public
domain, as he wishes to retain all rights for legal reasons.


On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Aaron, I was trying to disassemble Steve Bjork's "Audio Spectrum 
Analyzer" and didn't know if I needed to look for a header.
>
> And... Steve Bjork, If you're reading this, do you still have a source file 
for the pak? I'm thinking of doing an OS9 version with Hi Rez screens and the 
source would be helpful.
>
> Thanks
>
> Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
> Bill Pierce
> ooogalapasooo at aol.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Tue, Aug 21, 2012 1:27 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Virtual Program Paks
>
>
> in my experience they are simply dumps of the pak's memory range.
>
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Guys,
>>  Do the program pak images download from the archives have any type of header
> or anything, or are they just direct dumps from the paks?
>>
>> Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
>> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
>> Bill Pierce
>> ooogalapasooo at aol.com
>>
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