[Coco] CoCo Talk #7 "For Beginners" Saturday, May 6th @ 2:00 PM EST

[Michael Brant]

Stevie, one topic I would like to hear is about what hardware would people
like to see reproduced.  We had a few discussions on FB about audio
digitizers and cassette to cassettea adapters.  I wonder what else other
coco users might want to see reproduced.

On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Steve Strowbridge <ogsteviestrow at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Last week's show was the CoCoFEST! wrap-up show / Tandy Assembly kick off
> discussion, so it was not highly technical, but that was the topic.
> I'm in favor of both topic based shows and free form ones, and we've
> already had a good mix.
> As long as people are interested in continuing to either take part in the
> talks, I hope we can continue to have them each week, or at least
> bi-monthly.
> I'm open to suggestions, requests, topics, you name it, anyone who wants a
> subject or topic covered, let us know, I think we have enough people to
> lean on to get just about anything explained.
>
> We are just about a half hour away from this week's talk, hope to see as
> many people there as possible.
>
>
> Steve Strowbridge, aka
> The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
> http://ogsteviestrow.com
> ogsteviestrow at gmail.com
>
>
> On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 1:20 AM, Michael Brant <brant.michael.l at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Oh Ed and we are all glad to have tech junkie or gurus like you the fold.
> >
> > On May 6, 2017 12:18 AM, "Zippster" <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, some of us are tech junkies ya know…   :)
> > >
> > > - Ed
> > >
> > >
> > > > On May 5, 2017, at 9:10 PM, RETRO Innovations <go4retro at go4retro.com
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On 5/5/2017 8:48 PM, Steve Strowbridge wrote:
> > > >> CoCo Talk #7 will be dedicated to newbies and beginners with the
> Tandy
> > > >> Color Computer, we will try and void "highly technical" talk as much
> > as
> > > >> possible :)
> > > > I thought #6 was the non-technical talk? :-)
> > > >
> > > > Is there a concern you're trying to address?  Is it that people have
> > > asked you to tone down the tech, or is there a desire to create more
> > > variety in topics?  Do tech discussions not work well in the format?
> Is
> > > there a cycle of topic detail and this is the month for these talks,
> > > whereas another month with be more technical?
> > > >
> > > > I ask because these notifications imply that the tech folks are not
> as
> > > welcome in the discussions, or that they are continuing to disrupt the
> > > discussions previously held.
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps it might be worthwhile to put more clarity in place?  If the
> > > goal is to rotate between tech and non tech, that's fine.  If the goal
> is
> > > to focus on non-tech, that's probably OK, but where do the tech folks
> go
> > > for their weekly dose of this?  If the discussions always end up
> > technical,
> > > even when the host tries to steer away from that, why does that happen?
> > Is
> > > there something that needs to be done?
> > > >
> > > > I know, probably deeper than most folks care about, but as a
> > "technical"
> > > person, the note about #6 and this #7 catering to the non technical
> crowd
> > > raised my eyebrows.
> > > >
> > > > Jim
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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