[Coco] The MultiSensory Sound Laboratory, Part 2

[Bruce Borer]

I would be interested in buying a CoCo3  with English manuals.  My manuals
are in French

On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM Brian Blake via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> That all really borders on amazing....
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> Ohioan by birth, Floridian by the grace of U-Haul and a bad economy...
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> Sarcasm is the body's natural defense to stupidity.
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> On Fri, Aug 15, 2025, 9:44 PM Bruce Borer via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> wrote:
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> > 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
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> > On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM Jim Brain (GCCC President) via Coco <
> > coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
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> > > 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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