Floppy Days Episode 24 - The CompuColor II

News, upcoming vintage computer shows, feedback. Special co-host Jim Battle of compucolor.org and audio clips from Graham and Garry Epps!

Main topic: The CompuColor II

Links Mentioned in the Show:

What I’ve Been Up To/New Acquisitions

• VCF Midwest - http://starbase.globalpc.net/eccc/, https://www.facebook.com/events/257907004391707/

• TI CC-40 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_Compact_Computer_40

• TI PC-200 Printer - http://www.datamath.org/Sci/Galaxy/PC-200.htm

News

• Kickstarter Funded ‘Commodore 64: A Visual Compendium’ Hits Online Stores - http://www.funstock.co.uk/commodore-64-a-visual-commpendium-c64-book

• SpeccyJam website - http://www.speccyjam.com/

• SpeccyJam 2014 Games page - http://www.speccyjam.com/games/

• The Living Computer Museum is hiring a Sr. Vintage Software Developer - http://www.livingcomputermuseum.org/TemplateMain.aspx?contentId=45

• Reddit’s Retrobattlestations BASIC week is back on its 3rd edition - http://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/2fn1zq/basic_week_3_under_the_sea/

• Dartmouth BASIC Simulator - http://dtss.dartmouth.edu

• Glenside Color Computer Club - http://glensideccc.com/newindex.shtml

• Dartmouth BASIC Contest initial information - http://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/2ee4l5/cocofest_dartmouth_time_sharing_system_contest/

• Amstrad CPC-464 Contest happening in Spain - http://concursocpc.byterealms.com/concurso2014/

• Vintage Is The New Old - http://www.vintageisthenewold.com or http://www.vitno.net

• Commodore is Awesome - http://awesome.commodore.me

• History of Personal Computing Podcast - http://www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com/

• 32nd Chicago TI International World Faire - http://www.chicagotiug.com/tiki-index.php?page=Faire

• VCF East 10.0 - http://www.midatlanticretro.com/

Emulation

• JavaScript CompuColor II Emulator by Jim Battle - http://compucolor.org/emu/ccemu.html

• MESS (emulation) - http://www.mess.org/

Current Web Sites/Links/Mail Lists

• Computer Closet - http://www.computercloset.org/CompuColorII.htm

• OldComputers.com - http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=560&st=1

• OldComputers.net - http://oldcomputers.net/compucolor-ii.html

• Instruction Manual - http://oldcomputers.net/Compucolor-II-Instruction-Manual.pdf

• Programming and Reference Manual - http://oldcomputers.net/Compucolor-II-Prog-Ref-Manual-rev-1.pdf

• Software Library Newsletter - http://oldcomputers.net/Compucolor-II-Library-Newsletters.pdf

• ComputerWorld, May15, 1978 - http://books.google.com/books?id=ycJb-Oo9BoIC&lpg=PA73&ots=7ZVosHzlhr&dq=compucolor%20georgia&pg=PA73#v=onepage&q=compucolor%20georgia&f=false

• CompuColor.org - A tribute to the CompuColor II (Jim Battle) - http://www.compucolor.org/

• CompuColor II video on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_jWcgwgmwg

• CompuColor ad at vintagecomputing.com - http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/580/retro-scan-of-the-week-compucolor-ii

• Earl Evans’ episode about the CompuColor II on the Retrobits podcast - http://retrobits.libsyn.com/show-092-a-close-encounter-the-compu-color-ii

• Chess on the CompuColor at the Chess Programming Wiki - https://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Compucolor+Chess

• DiskVacuum project reads and explores Compucolor II disks (Jim Battle) - http://www.gadgetfactory.net/2014/01/diskvacuum-project-reads-and-explores-compucolor-ii-disks/

• THE GIANNA GIAVELLI BLOG - interesting discussion on why the Apple II succeeded and the CompuColor failed - http://thegiannagiavelliblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/apple-falling-apart-without-jobs.html

• CompuColor’s used at the EPCOT Universe of Energy for Ride Operator Consoles - http://progresscityusa.com/energy/tech_console.htm

References

• Wikipedia - http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compucolor_II

Closing

• Throwback Network - http://www.throwbacknetwork.net

Jim Battle Links

• Two videos Jim recorded to help sell his compucolor on ebay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_jWcgwgmwg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkjYM2bXhrM

• Longer tour of the machine- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibRA6fcwBpc

• Demonstration of what it looks like when you delete a file - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RNl5C_4ZGY

• ISC portion of bitsavers.org - http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/intelligentSystemsCorp/

• Jim Battle website, with email link and links to his other vintage computer sites - http://www.thebattles.net

• Page with all Jim’s vintage computer stuff - http://thebattles.net/jimsjunk.html

• Jim’s Wang 2200 Site - http://www.wang2200.org