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- The CoCo Forum DATA LIBRARY #13: Products / Reviews
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- BANKER.TXT [70345,425]
-
- Keywords: BANKER 256K RAM EXPANSION
- Some information about the Banker 256K RAM board described in the
- Sept. 1985 HOT CoCo magazine, based on my initial experiences with
- it. It may help you if you are undecided about buying the Banker.
- -- Bob Hawkins
- 70345,425
-
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- BANKER.TXT [72355,407]
-
- Keywords: JR BANKER 512K 256K MEMORY EXPANSION
- An evaluation of the J & R Banker 256K/512K memory expansion unit,
- and some hardware fixes for design flaws in it. Written by Marty
- Goodman and uploaded with his permission.
-
-
- BASFRE.RVW [73007,2473]
-
- Keywords: ASCII TEXT. REVIEW. BASIC FREEDOM. EDITOR 3. DR. PREBLES
- PROGRAMS.
- Review of the program BASIC FREEDOM for the CoCo3, from Dr.
- Preble's Programs. A full screen editor on any text screen.
-
-
- BBS.REV [76703,376]
-
- Keywords: ASCII BBS REVIEW
- From the April 1984 issue of The Color Computer Magazine (now
- out of print and no longer available from the publisher), a review
- of four BBS systems for 64K CoCo's. Permission is granted to
- redistribute this file on non-commercial bulletin boards and club
- newsletters.
-
-
- BVPSOF.DAT [73776,215]
-
- Keywords: ASCII TEXT
- A description of software available from Bob van der Poel software
- in Edmonton, Alberta.
-
-
- CC3REV.TXT [72215,1504]
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- Keywords: COCO3
- Review of the Tandy Coco III with some peeks and pokes included,
- and a chart for helping disassemble the basic.
-
-
- CCTERM.TXT [70150,344]
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- Keywords: COLOR COCO TERMINAL REVIEW
- A review of 5 disk based smart terminal programs for the Color
- Computer.
-
-
- CHESSD.REV [75176,2330]
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- Keywords: CHESS CHESSD GAME REVIEW
- This is a review of ChesSD, a new Color Computer chess program. See
- also "SAMPLE.REV" for some sample games played by it, and also be
- on the lookout for games it will be playing vs. Sig members.
-
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- COCO.CAT [76703,376]
-
- Keywords: TANDY COCO CATALOG NEW
- These are the NEW Color-Computer items in the 1987 Software Catalog
- and 1987 Radio Shack general catalogs.
-
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- COCO3.FHL [70310,317]
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- Keywords: ASCII TEXT FRANK HOGG LABORATORY SUPPORTS THE COCO 3
- A short letter about FHL's intention to support the CoCo 3. Also a
- brief list of some on the products planned for introduction after
- OS9 Level II becomes available.
-
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- COCO3.PT1 [76703,376]
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- Keywords: ANNOUNCEMENT COCO3 HARDWARE
- On July 30, 1986, Tandy Corporation announced the availability of
- the Color Computer 3. This file describes the hardware, graphics
- capabilities, OS-9 Level II availability and general features of
- the CoCo3. See COCO3.PT2 for a look at the enhanced Extended Color
- BASIC in the CoCo3.
-
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- COCO3.PT2 [76703,376]
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- Keywords: ANNOUNCEMENT COCO3 EXTENDED COLOR BASIC
- On July 30, 1986, Tandy Corporation announced the availability of
- the CoCo3. This file describes the enhancements to Extended Color
- BASIC 2.0. See COCO3.PT1 for a description of the new hardware,
- systems, graphics capabilities and OS-9 Level II capabilities of
- the new machine.
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- COCO3.REV [70366,1376]
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- Keywords: REVIEW COCO3 COMPATIBILITY
- One users impressions of the Coco 3 after a day of frustration
- getting it to work with his existing hardware!
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- COCO3S.TXT [76576,1330]
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- Keywords: COCO3 OS9 LEVEL II NEW COCO
- This file is an update of an earlier specification sheet that was
- posted on this board.
-
-
- COCOUT.TXT [76703,376]
-
- Keywords: COCOUTIL COCO-UTIL
- Product information for COCOUTIL-2, an MS-DOS->CoCo disk program
- from Mark Data Products.
-
-
- CYRUS.GAM [75176,2330]
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- Keywords: CYRUS CHESS GAMES REVIEW CONTINUED PART 2
- This file has five sample games in it. One is the Cyrus-ChesSD
- competition held on the SIG, another is a game I played against it,
- and the remaining three are games Cyrus played against itself using
- its demonstration modes.
-
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- CYRUS.REV [75176,2330]
-
- Keywords: CHESS CYRUS REVIEW
- This is a review of Cyrus, Radio Shack's new chess program.
-
-
- DATABS.TXT [72207,2650]
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- Keywords: DATABASE PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT
- THIS ASCII FILE DESCRIBES AN ADDRESS LABEL DATABASE, LISTING ITS
- MAIN POINTS. THE DATABASE FEATURES SCREEN ORIENTED DATA ENTRY AND
- EXCELLENT RECORD MANIPULATION. IT HAS FOUR METHODS OF OUTPUTING
- INFORMATION (WITH VARIATIONS ON EACH), INCLUDING ENVELOPE PRINTING
- AND MAILMERGE. NOT LIMITED TO ADDRESSES, THOUGH!
-
-
- DISKON.TXT [72355,407]
-
- Keywords: DISK CONTROLLER COMPARATIVE REVIEW
- Comparative review of various available makes of disk controller.
- Written by Marty Goodman and uploaded with his permission. This
- file replaces and earlier, now seriously out-of-date version
- uploaded in October, 1984. Marty sends his compliments and best
- regards to all old friends here.
-
-
- DMP105.TXT [70735,343]
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- Keywords: ASCII TEXT REVIEW DMP105
- Some thoughts toward the DMP105 printer, might give you some
- insights towards your next printer purchase.
-
-
- DS69A.TXT [72355,407]
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- Keywords: DIGITIZER MICROWORKS PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT
- Preliminary product announcement and description for the Micro
- Works' DS69A digitizer, a substantially improved version of their
- earlier DS69 model.
- Announcement written by Marty Goodman and uploaded to CIS with his
- permission. Marty sends his compliments and best regards to all
- old friends here.
-
-
- DSKMT3.RVW [73007,2473]
-
- Keywords: ASCII TEXT REVIEW OF DESKMATE 3 DESKMATE3
- An honest review of Tandy's new Level 2 OS9 offering Deskmate 3.
- Included are the good and bad points, likes and dislikes. If you
- are considering the purchase of this program you may wish to
- download and read this file. Dan Robins
-
-
- EWORD.REV [70007,2246]
-
- Keywords: REVIEW ELITEWORD ELITE
- This is a roughly 8K long review of the new release (Ver 1.2) of
- Elite Word PBJ, a wordprocessor designed to take advantage of the
- PBJ 80 column card for the CoCo. It is a highly critical review,
- with several comparisons to Telewriter, the wordprocessor I
- currently use. It also contains some general hints as to how to
- remove the copy protection Elite uses on that program.
- ---Marty 70007,2246
-
-
- INFOCO.REV [73337,3023]
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- Keywords: REVIEW INFOCOM PLANETFALL ADVENTURE
- THIS IS A TEXT FILE CONTAINING A REVIEW OF THE INFOCOM TEXT
- ADVENTURE GAME INFOCOM. I RECOMMEND YOU READ IT. ADDRESS ALL
- QUESTIONS TO ME, CHARLIE MURTAUGH, USER # 73337,3023.
-
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- JDOS.TXT [76317,1241]
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- Keywords: JDOS COMPATIBLE SOFTWARE
- THIS AN INCOMPLETE LIST OF SOFTWARE WHICH IS COMPATIBLE WITH JDOS.
-
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- KEYBRD.TXT [71705,143]
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- Keywords: ASCII TEXT KEYBOARD
- A REVIEW OF SOME CURRENTLY AVAILABLE REPLACEMENT KEYBOARDS FOR THE
- COCO AND SOME HINTS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WOULD BUILD YOUR OWN.
-
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- KYBD.CC [71735,344]
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- Keywords: ASCII HARDWARE KEYBOARD JAMECO
- This file is a short How-To on installing the JAMECO K62 keyboard
- in a Coco.
-
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- MAGNAV.TXT [74156,3374]
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- Keywords: MONITOR MAGNAVOX CABLE COLOR
- Review of the Magnavox 8CM515 color monitor. Instructions on how
- to make a cable for the COCO 3.
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- MAXREV.PRT [70136,35]
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- Keywords: MAX-10 COLORWARE WORD PROCESSOR COCO3 WYSIWYG GRAPHICS
- DESK TOP PUBLISHING
- This is a review of Colorware's new Max-10 word processor. I have
- been using Max-10 for about a month and have recently put together
- our club's newsletter with it. I have included my CompuServe
- number in the review. Contact me if you have any questions or
- comments.
-
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- MDMPAK.REV [72355,407]
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- Keywords: MODEM PAK TANDY COMMUNICATIONS RS232 REVIEW XMODEM
- A generally negative review of the recently-introduced Tandy Modem
- Pak. Written by Marty Goodman and uploaded with his permission.
-
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- MGNAVX.TXT [74726,1752]
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- Keywords: MAGNAVOX MONITOR RGB OVERVIEW REVIEW CABLE
- This is an overview of several Magnavox RGB monitors which can be
- used with the CoCo 3. The CM-8 is also briefly mentioned, too. I
- have personal experience with the 8CM515 and Tandy's CM-8, but I
- have tinkered with the other Magnavox CMs in some local stores.
- I've also include some instructions on how to construct a cable for
- the Magnavox CMs when used with a CoCo 3. Lee Veal 74726,1752
-
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- MIDICM.TXT [75136,3605]
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- Keywords: MIDI REVIEW SYNTRAX COCOMIDI
- This is a review/comparison of my impressions of Intercomp Sound's
- SYNTRAX 1.0 and Speech System's COCOMIDI sequencer systems for the
- Coco. Dr.Q (75136,3605)
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- MIDIRV.TXT [74126,2736]
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- Keywords: MIDI REVIEW COLORORCHESTRA COCOMIDI
- This is a review and comparison of CocoMIDI and ColorOrchestra.
- 10-24-86 Jonathan C. Cluts
-
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- NEWCAT.TXT [72437,1614]
-
- Keywords: NEW CATALOG ITEMS COCO
- A LIST OF NEW ITEMS FOR THE COCO IN THE LATEST RADIO SHACK DEALER
- PRICE LIST.
-
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- PAKBUS.TXT [71705,143]
-
- Keywords: ASCII TEXT COCOBUS MULTIPAK INTERFACE
- A comparison of the Tandy Multi-Pak Interface and the PBJ CoCo Bus.
-
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- PBJPAK.TXT [71705,143]
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- Keywords: TEXT REVIEW RS232 PBJ PBJ2SP
- A comparative review of the PBJ2SP and the Deluxe RS232 PAK.
- Includes tips for kit builders.
-
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- PENPAL.REV [75106,251]
-
- Keywords: REVIEW PENPAL SOFTWARE
- THIS FILE IS AN IN DEPTH REVIEW OF PENPAL, AN INTEGRATED PACKAGE
- FOR THE COCO FROM FOUR STAR SOFTWARE.
- IT IS 7 PAGES LONG AND IS FORMATTED
- FOR 80 COLUMNS WITH 66 LINES PER PAGE. IT SHOULD BE PRINTED WITH
- ALL MARGINS SET TO 0 OR DIRECTLY DUMPED TO THE PRINTER FROM YOUR
- BUFFER. HOPE THIS IS HELPFUL.
-
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- PLNTFA.REV [76576,2011]
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- Keywords: INFOCOM PLANETFALL GAMES
- A review of the newest COCO games...INFOCOM's PLANETFALL
-
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- PROGMR.TXT [71705,143]
-
- Keywords: ASCII TEXT EPROM PROGRAMMER PROGRAMMERS
- A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TWO POPULAR E-PROM PROGRAMMERS. THE
- INTRONICS PROGRAMMER AND THE COLOR BURNER FROM GREEN MOUNTAIN
- MICRO. ADVISED READING FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WOULD VENTURE INTO
- THIS REALM.
-
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- RECAP.TXT [76703,376]
-
- Keywords: ANNOUNCEMENT COCO3 CCSIG OS9SIG
- Transcript of the series of messages on CCSig and OS9Sig dealing
- with the announcement by Tandy of the Color Computer 3.
-
-
- STYLOG.REV [71336,1150]
-
- Keywords: ASCII TEXT STYLOGRAPH WORD PROCESSOR EDITOR REVIEW
- A review of the OS-9 Word Processor, Stylograph. Written by user
- Dennis Skala; Uploaded with his permission by Rich Phillips.
-
-
- SYNTRX.REV [75136,3605]
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- Keywords: MIDI SYNTRAX INTERCOMP SOUND MUSIC REVIEW
- This is a short description of the new version 2.0 of Syntrax, a
- MIDI sequencer program from Intercomp Sound. I have no connection
- whatsoever with this company, except that I have talked to them a
- lot, and I like them. Give 'em a try.
-
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- WISHBR.REV [76576,2011]
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- Keywords: WISHBRINGER INFOCOM GAMES
- A brief description of the INFOCOM game WISHBRINGER... played after
- resting from PLANETFALL......WOW!
-
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