[Coco] Oregon Trail for the Coco

Wed Mar 14 15:50:38 EDT 2018

There is a text version floating around written in basic and ported by Jim
Gerrie. Here is a YouTube video of it :

https://youtu.be/DNEq3SLdDaU

On Fri, Mar 9, 2018, 1:16 PM <coco-request at maltedmedia.com> wrote:

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>    3. Re: Fwd: Re:  Service manual for CM-8 monitor (Richard Lorbieski)
>    4. Re: CoCoSDC - OS-9 utilities? (Tony Jewell)
>    5. Re: Oregon Trail for CoCo? (Bill Loguidice)
>    6. Re: using WIMGTOOL to add files to a .DSK image (Lee)
>    7. Re: Service manual for CM-8 monitor (EDDY SZCZERBINSKI)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 06:59:59 +0000
> From: Oswaldo Aquique <oaquique at msn.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Coco] Seattle area Coconuts
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> I'm in Duvall, WA and work in Seattle.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> On Behalf Of Ed Orbea
> Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2018 9:01 PM
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> Subject: [Coco] Seattle area Coconuts
>
> I was in Poulsbo (across Puget Sound) from Seattle, but just moved back to
> Southern Idaho (Nampa area). But there is another Coconut (Jim Cox) who is
> a member of the Coco Facebook group.
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> Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 07:00:31 +0000
> From: Oswaldo Aquique <oaquique at msn.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: [Coco] Oregon Trail for CoCo?
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> Is there a port of the Oregon Trail game for CoCo?
>
> Thanks,
> Oswaldo
>
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> Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 07:41:04 +0000
> From: Richard Lorbieski <richard at boysontech.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Fwd: Re:  Service manual for CM-8 monitor
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> I would be interested as well. I have a dead CM-8 that I like to resurrect.
>
> On Mar 8, 2018 5:37 PM, Steve Ostrom <smostrom7 at comcast.net> wrote:
> My spreadsheet inventory shows I own a copy of this service manual, but
> it’s identified as the same Tandy item number as the Owner’s manual.  Both
> are listed as 26-3215, the same item number as the monitor itself.  I’ll
> check out my Coco inventory the next time I take a trip to our family cabin
> to check on if the winter weather is causing any damage there.  We’ve had
> lots of snow and cold these past two months in MN.  Give me a couple of
> weeks and I’ll let you know
>
> --- Steve ---
>
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
> From: Bruce W. Calkins
> Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2018 2:52 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: [Coco] Fwd: Re: Service manual for CM-8 monitor
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>
> As far as I know there never was one released, if there even was one.
> Your best bet is a general TV service text.  Basically many monitors are
> TVs minus the tuners.
> Bruce W.
>
>
> On 03/08/2018 02:15 PM, Doug Fraser wrote:
>  > Hi all,
>  > I'm having vertical hold problems with my CM-8 monitor. I've just
> checked the color computer archive and the only reference material is
> the CM-8 owners manual. Does anyone have a service manual for this monitor?
>  > Doug
>  >
>  >
>  > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
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> Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 11:17:41 +0000
> From: Tony Jewell <tonyjewell at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCoSDC - OS-9 utilities?
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> Just to let you know, I solved this one! It's simply because the version of
> OS/9 I'm using - Dragon Data's v1.2 - doesn't support larger than 80 track
> single sided disks. Using the Toolshed, the relevant files were extracted
> from the image and put on a smaller disk, and I can access them just fine.
> Now, of course, I can't get the SDC drivers to work, but that's a different
> problem to solve!
>
> Thanks all,
> Tony
>
> On 2 March 2018 at 04:20, David Ladd <davidwladd at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 1:41 PM, Oswaldo Aquique <oaquique at msn.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I was able to list the content of the .os9 file from within NitrOS-9,
> but
> > > couldn’t run or copy the files to the /d0/cmds folder
> > >
> >
> > When using the CoCoSDC the descriptor for the CoCoSDC's driver is /sd0
> or
> > /sd1 not /d0 or /d1.  /d0 and /d1 are for real floppy drives when using
> > rb1773 driver.
> >
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> Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 08:42:46 -0500
> From: Bill Loguidice <bill at armchairarcade.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Oregon Trail for CoCo?
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> Great question. Was it spurred by the Target-exclusive handheld that's all
> the rage of late?
> https://www.target.com/p/handheld-oregon-trail-game/-/A-52719211 (it's
> believed that because of the graphics this is either the emulated DOS
> version or a new creation based on the DOS version, although no one is sure
> yet)
>
> Although I don't think there was any commercial release of this game for
> the CoCo (I believe only the Apple II and PC received the well-known MECC
> releases, although other platforms received "Oregon" and other variations
> on the 1971 original), I imagine there would had to have been at least some
> BASIC-driven games that were very similar. Hopefully someone knows.
>
> -Bill
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> On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 2:00 AM, Oswaldo Aquique <oaquique at msn.com> wrote:
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> > Is there a port of the Oregon Trail game for CoCo?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Oswaldo
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> Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 11:02:24 -0500
> From: Lee <leep at tigerbase.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] using WIMGTOOL to add files to a .DSK image
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> I've found Toolshed (
> https://sourceforge.net/p/toolshed/wiki/Documentation/)
> to be very useful in reading/writing/creating DECB and OS9 formatted floppy
> images (it can already create cassette WAVs). I use it in my PC development
> environment where I compile with lasm, then use decb.exe (or os9.exe) to
> copy resulting BINs to a disk image which is already mounted on the CoCo
> via DriveWire.
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> On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 12:47 AM, Stephen Fischer <SFischer1 at mindspring.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > The author of "EMUDSK" is on Facebook but is not active. He moved his
> > project to GitHub but it no EXE. The Sourceforge version has big
> problems.
> >
> > I have not seen him here.
> >
> > As you thinking of the author of CoCoDskUtil, he does post here at random
> > times.
> >
> > SHF
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 3/8/2018 9:19 PM, Wayne Campbell wrote:
> >
> >> I use wimgtool all the time when I'm working on decode. It's handy for
> >> copying the files that I edit on the PC to a disk image that I can then
> >> copy onto the hard drive image in VCC, and for copying files from VCC
> and
> >> saving them into a folder on the drive on the PC. It is a very handy
> tool.
> >> I also have a program called emudisc that works similarly but has a
> >> graphic
> >> interface so I can drag-and-drop to and from a disk image and I can also
> >> set or change the attributes on the file. The author is on this list,
> >> though his name escapes me at the moment. That program is also useful
> >> though I don't use it as much as I use wimgtool. That is primarily
> because
> >> I've been using wimgtool so long that it's just become habit to select
> it
> >> first.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Mar 7, 2018, 9:10 PM rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> This is a quick demonstration on how to use WIMGTOOL on your PC to add
> >>> files to a coco .DSK image.
> >>>
> >>> I use this technique to add .bin's and .ccc's to PRGFLASH.DSK so that I
> >>> can flash them to the Coco Flash using my SDC.
> >>>
> >>> I also use the same technique to add downloaded games and apps to an
> >>> existing .DSK image
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> https://youtu.be/HK8gliBrRno
> >>>
> >>>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 16:38:33 +0000
> From: EDDY SZCZERBINSKI <dhaulagiri at hotmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Service manual for CM-8 monitor
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> If you don't find the technical manual and need measurements (volts and
> etc) on a working CM-8,
>
> do not hesitate to ask me - I'll be glad to help.
>
> Have a nice weekend
>
>
> Eddy Szczerbinski
> DHAULAGIRI at HOTMAIL.COM
> 418 580 8464
> ________________________________
> De : Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> de la part de Doug Fraser <
> frase072 at telus.net>
> Envoyé : jeudi 8 mars 2018 14:15:21
> À : CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Objet : [Coco] Service manual for CM-8 monitor
>
> Hi all,
> I'm having vertical hold problems with my CM-8 monitor. I've just checked
> the color computer archive and the only reference material is the CM-8
> owners manual. Does anyone have a service manual for this monitor?
> Doug
>
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 10:56:33 -0600
> From: Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: [Coco] Simply Better word processor
> Message-ID: <6FC53043-C28A-4C6B-820A-541F95CA99A8 at pobox.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain;       charset=utf-8
>
> Does anyone remember how to use Simply Better? I bought it and used it for
> Sub-Etha Software documentation for awhile, and the master text files have
> all those control codes in it.
>
> Before I did into the big manual, I thought I’d ask if someone remembers
> the key sequences to:
>
> 1) Generate the print-ready version (which will append to the end of the
> file, all spaced out and nicely formatted).
>
> 2) Mark just a block and save it out.
>
> I want to convert my Simply Better docs to formatted ASCII to include on
> the CoCo archive disks. I uploaded a ton of Sub-Etha master disks but the
> docs are still not ready so we are waiting for me to figure out how to do
> this. I just haven’t had time.
>
> Anyone remmeber?
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 18:04:45 +0000
> From: Scott Wendt <malfunct at msn.com>
> To: Steve Stroh <steve.stroh at gmail.com>, "CoCoList for Color Computer
>         Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Seattle-area CoCoNuts?
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> I haven't heard of any CoCo meetups in the area.
>
> It is starting to sound like enough of us are in the area for one though.
>
> I also live in the Seattle area.
> ________________________________
> From: Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> on behalf of Steve Stroh <
> steve.stroh at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2018 1:05 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: [Coco] Seattle-area CoCoNuts?
>
> New to Retro CoCo, I'm curious if there are any meetups in the Seattle
> area for CoCoNuts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve Stroh
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