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Two weeks with a Coco 2 in September

Two weeks with a Coco 2 in September

In the inside baseball realm of vintage computer enthusiasts, a few hashtags have emerged to support one's favorite retro computers. The main one in September is #SepTandy While I've had this Tandy Color Computer 2 for many years, I've almost never used it. Out of all of my vintage systems,

Slot Game On Tandy TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-4

Slot Game On Tandy TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-4

One of my first ever real programs was a blackjack game I made in BASIC on a Sharp 9300 calculator to impress my Adv. Algebra teacher. I have seen the handwritten copy of this somewhere around here recently, but I'll be darned if I can't find it now. Slot Game

Calculating Pi via the Gregory-Leibniz series in BASIC on the Tandy Color Computer 2

Calculating Pi via the Gregory-Leibniz series in BASIC on the Tandy Color Computer 2

Back in March, we did a simple set of programs to brute force calculate Pi using a simple and well-known series [https://imapenguin.com/estimating-pi-with-the/]. It works, even if it's inefficient. Speaking of inefficient, it's September and that means it's time for #Septandy! I have a Tandy Color Computer 2