by admin | Feb 4, 2025 | Color Computer 1, Color Computer 2, Color Computer 3, Uncategorized
Donkey King or Kong? In the early 80’s, arcade games were all the rage, and having the best home port version often, and very sadly, lead to the belief that the system the ‘best’ version of a game was on was indeed, the best system. I distinctly...
by admin | Mar 5, 2024 | Hardware, Uncategorized
July 1983 Rainbow Magazine I HAVE SPENT THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR LOOKING FOR THIS. IN 1983 MY FATHER BUILT A ‘STAND’ FOR MY COCO 1. I THOUGHT THE ORIGINAL DESIGN FOR IT CAME FROM POPULAR MECHANICS. AFTER THUMBING THRU THE ISSUES OF ‘THE...
by admin | Mar 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
THIS SERIES OF FOUR ARTICLES FIRST APPEARED IN THE SEPTEMBER 1987 ISSUE OF THE RAINBOW MAGAZINE. IT’S A NICELY DONE TUTORIAL OF THE BASIC PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE FOR THE COLOR COMPUTER SERIES. While it’s not an exhaustive master-class in coco basic, it is a...
by admin | Mar 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
BELOW IS AN ARTICLE BRIZA POINTED ME TO, DEALING WITH ARTIFACTING ON A COCO3. WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE INFORMATIVE CONSIDERING EVERYTHING GOING ON WITH THE ARTIFACT COLOR DISCUSSIONS… This is basically software artifacting, that has been known for a while, and not...
