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What if we could set up a repository for Asm, RMA, and C sources on the internet (SourceForge maybe?) and through DriveWire and the PC's internet connection, download and update a 'local' copy of the repo and build it.

Slowly gears started turning and a plan started falling into place. Then I made a big step forwards with the 'Updater' feature in 'DW4Man'. It all started with my idea to get the NitrOS-9 sources to be compilable with assemblers on a Coco without using Cross-Assemblers on the PC. This yet 'unnamed' project has been brewing for quite some time now. (see 'The Projects' list on the left sidebar) Some I will be making some blogs on, as well as screenshots in the future. I believe in programming ON the Coco, not just FOR the Coco :-) I use TSEdit for editing my source files. In NitrOS-9 Level 1, I use an updated Microware C compiler system and Asm. For assembly files, I use RMA/RLink or Asm. See the 'MJK C Compiler' page listed in the left sidebar for more info on this C compiler system. In Level 2, I use Ed 3.1 for my text editor and my MJK C Compiler system which is just an updated OS-9 C compiler using c.comp and a few special utilities. For now, most of my projects are in NitrOS-9 Level 2 & Level 1. In OS-9 Level 1, I sometimes use XRoar with Becker port support for DW4, in Coco 2 mode. Also, on VCC screen scrolling in the editors is much quicker and makes for a good workflow. The only reason I use VCC is that I can overclock the CPU to 75mhz and compiling only takes seconds. For OS-9 Level 2, I normally use VCC with the Becker Port for use with DriveWire 4 so I can move projects back and forth between my Cocos and VCC with ease. I do not use any cross-assmblers or cross-compilers.

Note: All of My Coco programming projects are written, edited, and compiled or assembled on a real Coco or using a Coco emulator. The combination of the ease of 'C' and the speed of M/L is making me want to start the 80s all over again and get it right this time!! I may have finished some of my 'BIG' projects. The work I've done so far has shown me I should have made this move 25 years ago. I always put it off before, but now there's no excuses. I had forgotten how much FUN it is to program the Coco. At the first of this year (2011), I was given a 'new' Coco system. There was not very much of a leaning curve in the move. I found MS Visual Basic 6 to be VERY similar to Basic09 on the Coco. The knowledge I had gained from my experience with the Coco was invaluable.

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When I finally left the Coco for a bit, about 6 or 7 years, I spent my time on the PC messing with MS Visual Basic 6.0 and a little MS Visual C++ (very little). From there, I eventually went to Asm on OS-9 level 1 ver 2, then to OS-9 Level 2. It was $5 on the manager's special table. I finally found a copy of the Edtasm+ program pack on sale at the Shack. I wish I could find the cassette with that file on it, it served me well. Barden's M/L book and from Rainbow magazine, I wrote a simple, but usefull assembler in basic using the syntax learned from the book. I started assembly by hand in the beginning, entering hex values with a poking program I wrote. As I delved further into computers, I learned about machine language programming and how much faster it was. I started on the Coco programming BASIC like most people. Others I hope to wind up before the year is over. Some of them have been ongoing since the 1980's and may never be finished. Here are some of the projects that I have going on the Coco.

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