[Coco] Suggestions for a simple disk based text editor?

[Stephen Pereira]

Hi Richard,

The program that I use to convert a single file into a .DSK image with that file in it is FILE2DSK.

Here’s a pointer:  http://www.chipple.net/coco/file2dsk/ <http://www.chipple.net/coco/file2dsk/>

Good luck!

smp
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Stephen M. Pereira
Bedford, NH  03110
KB1SXE

> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 02:23:59 -0500
> From: Richard E Crislip <rcrislip at neo.rr.com>
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Suggestions for a simple disk based text editor?
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> On Mon, 8 Dec 2014 17:35:43 +0000 (UTC)
> spereira1952 at comcast.net wrote:
> 
>> Hello again all, 
>> 
>> My CoCo system is a CoCo 3 with HDBDOS cartridge and Drivewire. 
>> 
>> Recently, I typed in 1650+ lines of assembly source code (the source
>> code for Color Forth from the manual). I typed this in a text editor
>> on my Mac and transferred it onto my Drivewire computer via a memory
>> stick. I used a file-to-DSK program (that runs as a command line
>> program in a window under Windows XP on my Drivewire computer) to
>> create a .DSK image with the ccforth.asm file on it, and I was then
>> able to mount the disk and use EDTASM to assemble the file. I spent
>> much of a day working my way through typographical errors, and
>> changing mnemonics the EDTASM did not like. Now, I have a file that
>> assembles properly. 
>> 
>> Now that I have reached this point, I would like to observe the
>> listing file, so I can check the code produced by my typed-in program
>> against the original code in the Color Forth manual. 
>> 
>> Does anyone have a suggestion for me on a simple, disk-based text
>> editor that I can acquire to look at the listing with? I am not yet
>> using OS-9 or NitrOS-9, so, please suggest a stand-alone disk-based
>> editor, if they exist. 
>> 
>> Otherwise, can someone point me to a .DSK to file converter, so I can
>> get the file off of my virtual disk and bring it back over to my Mac? 
>> 
>> Thanks very much, in advance, for your suggestions! 
>> 
>> smp 
>> - - - 
>> Stephen Pereira 
>> Bedford, NH 03110 
>> KB1SXE 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> Question... what program did you use to convert it to a .dsk file? TIA
> 
>