A curated list of awesome Tandy Color Computer development resources, tools, docs and related projects. Inspired by the awesome list thing.
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- Community
- Documentation
- Hardware
- Maker Community
- Programming
- Project Blogs
- Protocols
- Software Developmnt
- YouTube Channels
- CoCo Contacts Map
- CoCo Discord Server
- CoCo Facebook Group
- CoCo Matrix Group
- CoCoFEST! conference
- CoCoList mailing list
- Tandy Assembly conference
- The CoCo Crew Podcast
- The CoCo Nation Show
- CoCo 3 Hardware Programming
- CoCo 3 Schematic
- CoCo 3 Service Manual
- CoCo, GIME and GIME-X Memory Map Reference by Tim Lindner
- Color Computer PIAs
- Learning the 6809 - by Dennis Bathory Kitsz
- Motorola 6809 and Hitachi 6309 Programmer's Reference - by Darren Atkinson
- Sockmaster's GIME Register Reference
- The Comprehensive Document of 6809 Undocumented and Undefined Behavior - by David Flammand
- Undocumented 6309 Behaviors - by David Banks
- Undocumented 6809 Behaviors - by David Banks
- GIME-X Installation and User Guide
- GIME-X Main Board Overview Video
- GIME-X Speed Test 2.86 MHz Video
- Installing the GIME-X Video
- Project Page
- Article
- Demo Program
- Programming the Game Master Cartridge - by John Linville
- SN76489 Music Player based on CyD
- SN76489 Technical Info
- Tool Program
- Tutorial Programming Video Series - by Mike Rowen
- OPL3BankEditor - Cross-platform OPL3 FM banks editor
- Programmer's Guide to Yamaha YMF 262/OPL3 FM Music Synthesizer
- Programming the OPL3 with the Color Computer
- Tandy Multi-Pak Interface Owners Manual
- Tandy Multi-Pak Interface Schematic
- Zippster MEGA-mini MPI (4-slots)
- Zippster mini-MPI (2-slots)
- Switch-a-roo - RGB to SCART cable
- Developer's Blog
- Disk Image Formats
- Distributor/Manufacturer - Zippster
- Documentation
- Media Player using streaming protocol
- Project Files
- WiFi SD Card Development Environment Video
- CoCo 2 USB Power Mod
- CoCo 3 RGB to SCART to HDMI Cable - by Barry Nelson
- CoCo Am9511 Pak - Arithmethic Processor Unit (AMD 9511) Cartridge by Don Barber
- CoCo Daiquiri - Replacement board for the SC77527P DAC Chip
- CoCo Joystick to USB adapter
- CoCo Motherboards
- CoCo-FujiNet - Multi-peripheral emulator and WiFi network device
- Development Cartridge
- Digital to Analog Joystick Circuit
- EPROM Pak
- FlashPak - 512kB FLASH ROM Cartridge Unit
- Hardware Keyboard Encoder
- In-Circuit Emulator for 6809E processor
- RS-232 WiFi modem using ESP8266
- A Great Old-Timey Game-Programming Hack by Tom Moertel
- A Memo on the Secret Features of 6309
- Arcade Machine Conversion Overview by Glen Hewlett
- Assembly on a modern computer by Glen Hewlett
- Building CoCo Games with Inform by John Linville
- Byte Magazine 6809 Articles
- CoCo 3 Easter Egg
- CoCo Cross Development by Allen Huffman
- CoCo Disk BASIC disk structure - by Allen Huffman
- CoCo Loaders by William Astle
- Color BASIC Program On A Cartridge? by John Linville
- Color Computer Cartridge Dumping
- Compile C programs using MacOS or Linux by Glen Hewlett
- How to setup and use IRQs by Glen Hewlett
- Interfacing assembly with BASIC via DEFUSR
- Make PMODE 4 CSM Video Files by Glen Hewlett
- Motorola's 6809: The Best 8-bit?
- Optimizing 6809 Assembly Code by Glen Hewlett
- Translation of Article on the 63C09 in Oh!FM 1998-4: p.72
- Apple2CoCo - Apple II emulator
- Bedlam - Disassembly
- Color Max Deluxe (1987) - Original source code by Erik Gavriluk and Greg Miller
- Defender_CoCo3 - Conversion of William's arcade game by Glen Hewlett
- Delphiterm - Original source code by Rick Adams
- Dungeons of Daggorath - Original source code
- Dunjunz - Original source code by Ciaran Anscomb
- Ghidorah - Message protocol using custom RS-232 cables
- Infocom Adventure Games Interpreter - Original source code
- Joust_CoCo3 - Conversion of William's arcade game by Glen Hewlett
- Madness and the Minotaur - Disassembly
- MegaBug - Disassembly
- NitrOS-9 - Community-based distribution of Microware OS-9 operating system
- Pacman CoCo 3 Transcode - Transcode by Glen Hewlett
- Pyramid 2000 - Disassembly
- Raaka Tu - Disassembly
- Run-Dino-Run - Original source code by Paul Fiscarelli
- Shanghai - Original source code by Rick Adams
- Space Bandits - CoCo 3 and macOS video game by Jamie Cho
- Star Spores - Original source code by Dave Shadoff
- Temple of ROM - Author Rick Adams release (Disassembly by William Astle)
- Timberman - Original source code by Paul Thayer
- Zenix and Crystal City - Original source code by Jeremy Spiller
- Defender - M6809 arcade game
- Joust - M6809 arcade game
- Microsoft BASIC - Dragon 64 computer
- Robotron - M6809 arcade game
- Sinistar - M6809 arcade game
- Star-Wars - M6809 arcade game
- Stargate - M6809 arcade game
- 6809 Assembly with Steve Bjork - presented by Steve Bjork
- CMOC, Docker and Dynosprite - presented by Jamie Cho
- Floppy Disks In A High-Tech Vintage World - presented by Paul Fiscarelli
- Learn Your Color Computer Lessons 1-13
- Programming in BASIC Series - presented by Steve Strow
- Setting up Assembly Development Environment - presented by Paul Fiscarelli
- Setting up a Gotek for a Color Computer
- The CoCo Collector
- The Colorful History of the CoCo - presented by Boisy Pitre
- University of Florida Turbo9 project - presented by Kevin Phillipson and Michael Rywalt
- Video Game Development - presented by John Strong
- DriveWire 3 Server for Linux
- DriveWire 3 Server for Mac
- DriveWire 3 Server for Windows
- DriveWire 4 Installation Guide
- DriveWire Official Home
- DriveWire Specification
- DriveWirelessly Board - Video on install, configure and setup
- Getting Started with DriveWire
- Video Guide to PyDriveWire, DWterm and Telnet BBS
- pyDriveWire - Python implementation
- LWTOOLS - Cross-development Assembler for Motorola 6809 and Hitachi 6309 Documentation Project Repository
- asm6809 - Portable cross assembler for Motorola 6809 and Hitachi 6309 Documentation
- CMOC - Cross-compiler for a subset of the C language Documentation
- GCC 6809 - A port of the gcc compiler suite to the M6809 processor
- CoCo-Pi - Raspberry Pi based CoCo Emulation Distribution
- M6809 Online Emulator - A single page assembler, disassembler and emulator
- MAME - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator
- VCC - Virtual Color Computer Emulator
- XRoar Online - Dragon and CoCo 1,2,&3 Emulator in Web Browser
- XRoar - Dragon and CoCo 1,2,&3 Emulator
- File2DSK - Command line utility to copy BAS/BIN files to a DSK virtual disk
- Toolshed - Cross-development disk images tools Documentation
- cocostress - CoCo 3 RAM Stress Tester
- dasmfw - DisASseMbler FrameWork
- dmk2sdf - Command line tool to convert DMK images to SDF format. Includes source code.
- f9dasm - Disassembler
- m6809-dev - MSys2 mingw package builds for cross developing
- os9-dev - Arch Linux package builds for cross developing
- sgeditreborn - Web based low-res screen designer
- CRC-16-CCITT - by Ciaran Anscomb
- CRC32-6x09 - CRC-32 Library for H6309
- Exomizer - Packing tool by Magnus Lind
- LZSA - Fast Data Decompression by Marty Emmanuel
- SLZ - LZ77 based compression by Adisak Pochanayon
- ZX0 - by Einar Saukas
- Salvador - Fast, near-optimal ZX0 compressor - by Emmanuel Marty
- ZX0 6x09 Decompressor - by Doug Masten
- apultra - Optimal data compressor for apLib format by Marty Emmanuel
- dzip - Simple compression by Ciaran Anscomb
- 6809-sorting - Various sorting algorithms
- CoCoDevelopmentShell - Chet Simpson's Development Shell
- Dynosprite - Video game engine
- FP09 - Floating point routines written by Motorola
- KAOS Toolkit - Toolkit for multimedia files in retro game development, by Chet Simpson
- RSA For Color Computer - RSA key generation, encryption and decryption
- TLSF Memory Allocator
- MonCoCo - NoICE Monitor
- Motorola ASSIST09
- Percom PSYMON
- Cosmic Aliens Development by Steve Strowbridge
- Defender Conversion by Glen Hewlett
- Donkey Kong Emulator and Remixed by John Kowalski (Sock Master)
- Gloom-3D Demonstration by John Kowalski (Sock Master)
- Pac Man Conversion by Glen Hewlett
- Sock Master's CoCo Demos by John Kowalski (Sock Master)
- The Making of Fahrfall by John Linville