[Coco] Sierra Xmas 86 demo

[Blake Patterson]

Nice.

Obviously I love Christmas demos, based on my blog post. :-) I am sure I saw that demo running on the CoCo in the mall Radio Shack in the '80s when I used to spend a lot of time just fiddling on the machines.

Good stuff.



bp

On Dec 9, 2012, at 4:15 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:

> 
> Yep, the only thing different from that video and the Coco version is that in the video, the sound is playing along with the graphics. On the Coco version, the song plays all the way through , then the animation for that song runs. The Coco and OS9 did not do sound and animation together very well. The interrupts had to blocked while the music played so it stalled the video until the music is over. This happens on each screen in the demo. But it's still a good demo of the Coco 3 and OS9... with a little Sierra game advertising thrown in to boot :-)
> 
> Bll P
> 
> 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: Charlie <chazbeenhad at hotmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sun, Dec 9, 2012 3:40 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Sierra Xmas 86 demo
> 
> 
> Hi Blake.
> This is the Demo: 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w4xECgTYkE&feature=player_embedded
> AGI Xmas demo 1986. It runs OS9 just like King's Quest 3.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Blake Patterson" <blakespot at gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 3:33 PM
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Sierra Xmas 86 demo
> 
>> I didn't know the CoCo had a ver of the Sierra XMAS demo. Is that the one 
>> that I have on my X-Mas demos page, but in a DOS ver?
>> 
>> http://www.bytecellar.com/2011/12/10/have-a-helping-of-8-bit-holiday-cheer/
>> 
>> Same demo? Interesting.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> bp
>> 
>> On Dec 9, 2012, at 1:12 PM, "Charlie" <chazbeenhad at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Does anyone know how to use, or have a working copy of the Sierra XMAS 86 
>>> demo?
>>> 
>>> I downloaded it here ( http://tandycoco.com/dsk_imgs/rs-dos/Demos.zip )
>>> 
>>> It doesn't boot with DOS and DIR shows some garbage.
>>> 
>>> Thank you!
>>> 
>>> Charlie
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