Greetings everyone!
I recently got into messing around with vintage computers after picking up a Panasonic Electrotune and original CoCo 1
Almost identical paint scheme by the way... I really like the aesthetic even though people apparently hated silver cocos.
I think it's a beautiful piece of history
It's missing the joysticks which I ordered originals of but I'm also kind of clueless as to whether these games and software can be played without peripherals.
My guess is no and a lot of the software and games require additional components.
It came with the manuals on the software and manuals for the TRS but I'm kind of shocked how non descriptive some of this material was.
I've got
Quasar commander - needs joystick (on the way originals)
Videotex - needs modem (can you still connect to BBS's in the US?)
Color Term Plus - I think the same although I'm not entirely sure what this even does yet. I know it does something online
Audio Spectrum Analyzer (believe I need a datasette with audio in)
Football - looks like same on the joystick
Chess - Joystick?
It's wild to see what computers were back then and I must say that I find the whole cartridge thing strange to look back upon. Why a cartridge and not a cassette or a floppy?
I came from an original Compaq employee family and played on the portable II as a young kid but these were just a wee bit before I was around
If anyone has some sage knowledge they can drop on me, things to check for, must haves, etc would greatly appreciate as I'm new
Anyways, I will be lurking until I know more about this beast.
I recently got into messing around with vintage computers after picking up a Panasonic Electrotune and original CoCo 1
Almost identical paint scheme by the way... I really like the aesthetic even though people apparently hated silver cocos.
I think it's a beautiful piece of history
It's missing the joysticks which I ordered originals of but I'm also kind of clueless as to whether these games and software can be played without peripherals.
My guess is no and a lot of the software and games require additional components.
It came with the manuals on the software and manuals for the TRS but I'm kind of shocked how non descriptive some of this material was.
I've got
Quasar commander - needs joystick (on the way originals)
Videotex - needs modem (can you still connect to BBS's in the US?)
Color Term Plus - I think the same although I'm not entirely sure what this even does yet. I know it does something online
Audio Spectrum Analyzer (believe I need a datasette with audio in)
Football - looks like same on the joystick
Chess - Joystick?
It's wild to see what computers were back then and I must say that I find the whole cartridge thing strange to look back upon. Why a cartridge and not a cassette or a floppy?
I came from an original Compaq employee family and played on the portable II as a young kid but these were just a wee bit before I was around
If anyone has some sage knowledge they can drop on me, things to check for, must haves, etc would greatly appreciate as I'm new
Anyways, I will be lurking until I know more about this beast.