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Emulators
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For those who just want to relive some fond memories, an emulator is a great way to do just that.
Online
- JS Mocha - The HTML5 CoCo 2 Emulator
- Vintage BASIC Games: Color Computer - at archive.org, can be played directly in your browser
- XRoar Online - Online Dragon/CoCo 1&2 emulator.
Hardware
Raspberry Pi
- Ron Klein's CoCo Pi3 Project - Use your Raspberry Pi3 as a CoCo and/or DriveWire server
- CoCo-Pi project - a site dedicated to providing a complete CoCo 1,2,3 emulating environment on Raspberry 3 and 4 devices.
- CoCo-Pi Facebook Group
Adapters and peripherals
- CoCo Joystick2USB Deluxe - An adapter to connect a TRS-80 Joystick (5/6-pin DIN) to a modern USB-capable computer
- CoCo Keys2USB Kit - Kit includes custom PCB, micro-controller, and connectors to build an encoder for connecting TRS-80 Color Computer 3/2 keyboard to USB port
Emulators by Platform
Browser Based
These emulators you can run directly from a web browser without needing to install anything:
- Mocha, by Brad Grier, is a CoCo 1/2 emulator written in Java that runs from a web browser. This emulator has been running online for 10 years now and has a vast collection of disk and cassette programs to run.
- XRoar Online
Cross-platform
- MAME, the current version of MESS has been merge into MAME. MAME runs on Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, and other SDL-supported operating systems.
- XRoar is a Dragon and Coco 1/2 emulator for Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, Windows, and other platforms.
GNU/Linux
- The portable and open Virtual Colo(u)r Computer (OVCC) by Walter Zambotti aims to provide a native VCC version for GNU/Linux and macOS. Based on VCC by Joseph Forgione.
- The Windows-based VCC emulator has also been shown to work under Linux using the WINE virtualization software.
- XRoar (see above under cross-platform)
Mac (pre OS X)
- Virtual CoCo - A CoCo 2 emulator for the Macintosh. Not much is known of this emulator.
Mac OS X
- MacMESS - Multi-platform emulator that has a CoCo 1, 2 and 3 module. It is a front-end for SDLMESS.
- XRoar (see above under cross-platform)
PalmOS
- CoCoNut - CoCo 1/2 emulator for PalmOS v5 devices.
MS-DOS
- Jeff Vavasour's CoCo emulator.
Microsoft Windows
- MESS - Based on the MAME arcade emulator code, this project emulates various classic home computer systems.
- AdvanceMESS
- VCC - CoCo 3 emulator for Windows. (originally called "Bjork")
- XRoar (see above under cross-platform)
Using Emulation (Tutorials)
General Information
ROM Resources
Some places on the internet to download ROM and Disk images.
- A functional set of ROM images is included with the VCC emulator.