[Coco] My latest project

[Bill Pierce]

Gene, no gshell or cgfx library used. It's all custom graphics routines, most in ML. It's a 2 color 640x192 screen (16k). It uses no part of cowin's menu capabilities or graphics calls. The screen is copied into the graphics driver's workspace and accessed with ML routines, all using legal OS9 calls. The screen refresh is twices as fast as OS9's graphics calls.
It uses Ultimuse3's graphics driver, custom written by Mike Knudsen.
It should run on ANY OS9 system from vanilla MW to Nitros9 3.2.9. Only the dw4 capabilities will be limited. I have my Coco 3 sitting right next to the PC and the 2nd test run is on the Coco with each test and on a Coco 3 with Cm-8 monitor, it looks great :-). It's all black & white so no color conflicts.

Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com>
To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sun, Dec 22, 2013 1:05 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] My latest project


On Sunday 22 December 2013 12:53:52 Bill Pierce did opine:

> Bill,
> You've got the right idea.The target group for this project is
> non/beginning/reluctant OS-9 users. So when I get the file manager,
> which will be the first module released, I want to see if a non-os9
> user can run it with no problems. There are some modules that will be a
> long while in coming, but the file and boot managers are close to being
> finished.
> 
> I just wish I would've had the resources/finances to do this in the 80s.
> Maybe OS-9 would've survived with more user support.
> 
> Thanks for the support guys, it keeps me going :-)
> 
>From the vcc screen shots, looks promising, but its running on vcc with the 
gfx capabilities of vcc to do in 80 or more columns, what gshell did poorly 
in 40 columns because they felt like they needed 16 colors...  That to me 
has always been gshells downfall.

So in addition to running it on vcc, which is fine but I have the real 
hardware.  As soon as I replace my blown SALT chip and get DW working 
again, about a month till the chips arrive, then I will see why I've lost 
my z windows, because I would love to be able to see this running in a z 
window, or better yet, on the real coco3.

Please do carry on!

> Bill Pierce
> My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
> Co-Webmaster of The TRS-80 Color Computer Archive
> http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/
> Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia
> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
> E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Gordon <cwgordon at carolina.rr.com>
> To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts' <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:28 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] My latest project
> 
> 
> Looks great, Bill.
> 
> All I can do is wish you luck with your project. I'm looking forward to
> seeing it come to life.
> 
> If you need someone to test it to see how easy it is to use (someone who
> is known to be brain-dead), I'm the fella for that job. If I can make
> it work, ANYONE can.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
> On Behalf Of Bill Pierce
> Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 12:36 AM
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Subject: [Coco] My latest project
> 
> 
> Hi guys,
> If anyone is interested, I've started a blog on my latest project...
> "MShell - The Ultimate OS-9 Manager"
> I won't go into details here, but give it a read if you're interested in
> the "Next Big Thing" for OS-9/NitrOS-9.
> 
> If you have any thoughts or suggestions (and there's room for plenty),
> just drop me a private email.
> Here's the link:
> 
> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/mshell---the-ultimate-os-9-gu
> i
> 
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