[Coco] The MultiSensory Sound Laboratory, Part 2

[Brian Blake]

That all really borders on amazing....




Ohioan by birth, Floridian by the grace of U-Haul and a bad economy...
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On Fri, Aug 15, 2025, 9:44 PM Bruce Borer via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> Let the CoCo read the cartridge and print it out, or save it to a floppy
> for a soft copy.
> I do the same to read the Disk Controller Cartridge in order to modify it.
> Reply to me if someone needs help doing it.
>
> BrucePB
>
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM Jim Brain (GCCC President) via Coco <
> coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
>
> > Best viewed on our web page:
> >
> > https://www.glensideccc.com/the-multisensory-sound-laboratory-part-2/
> >
> > Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with Norman Lederman, of Oval
> > Window Audio <http://www.ovalwindowaudio.com/>
> > (http://www.ovalwindowaudio.com/) about his company’s MultiSensory Sound
> > Laboratory (MSSL). The solution, detailed in my previous note
> > <https://www.glensideccc.com/the-multisensory-sound-laboratory-part-1/>,
> > utilized a TANDY Color Computer, as well as an Audio Spectrum Analyzer
> > cartridge, to help hearing impaired students “see” sound. I’d been added
> > to the conversation after Norman initially contacted our past treasurer
> > Eric Canales. As part of the discussion, Norman noted that his company
> > was no longer offering the solution to schools and other educational
> > facilities and he was interested in donating some excess stock to our
> club.
> >
> > Glenside Color Computer Club is always interested in donations, and I
> > told told Norman as much. Given that Norman (and the donations) were in
> > Colorado, we arranged to have the items shipped. Norman described what
> > would be arriving in the shipment, but I was not prepared for what I saw
> > as I opened the 4 boxes.
> >
> > Within the shipment was eleven (11!) brand new TANDY Color Computer 3
> > units, in original plastic, mint in box. They do not look like they were
> > ever touched. In addition, the shipment included 10 (one was shipped
> > later and does not appear in the pictures) Ramsey Music Lights kits
> > (used to to create the LumaSound light tower in the Multi-Sensory Sound
> > Laboratory setup, and 9 Audio Spectrum Analyzer cartridges. Some have
> > standard retail cartridge packaging, but a few sport a plain gray label
> > with typewritten text.
> >
> > After the shipment arrived, Norman called me and discussed the MSSL
> > project/product in more detail, while I shared some background on GCCC
> > and the Color Computer community in general. I told him the club was
> > very grateful for the donation, and we would work to ensure these items
> > are enjoyed by our membership. Except for 1 of the Ramsey light kits
> > (which I hope to solder up in hopes of creating an MSSL setup for the
> > 2026 CoCoFEST!), the units will be stored in expectation of finding a
> > new home during our 2026 show. And yes, if someone can point me to a
> > cartridge reader program, I’ll cover the “CART” pin and see if the
> > differently marked Audio Spectrum Analyzer cartridges contain different
> > code than the regular version.
> >
> > Jim
> >
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> > Glenside Color Computer Club (GCCC)
> > president at glensideccc.com
> > www.glensideccc.com
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