[Coco] Back to BASIC

Mon May 1 17:56:18 EDT 2017

Stevie.  Too many good videos too little time lol

On May 1, 2017 5:52 PM, "Steve Strowbridge" <ogsteviestrow at gmail.com> wrote:

> Part two of Chapter 21 is now online, Chapter 21 was released just before
> CoCoFEST! and it's all about the DRAW command, it's a big chapter, as there
> are a lot of options to use with the DRAW command.
>
> The first part brought us up to a DIY challenge, which was to DRAW your
> name using the DRAW command.
>
> Part 2, recorded and released today is my attempt at doing just that, using
> DRAW statements to display my name graphically, but I got a little fancy
> with it, using string arrays to be able to print out letters in order or
> randomly.
>
> Let me know what you think:
> https://youtu.be/PSxezYqsqp0
>
>
> Steve Strowbridge, aka
> The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
> http://ogsteviestrow.com
> ogsteviestrow at gmail.com
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Alexander Wallace <
> alexander.o.wallace at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have a lot to catch up now! Thanks for all you do man!
> >
> > > On Apr 19, 2017, at 8:21 AM, Steve Strowbridge <
> ogsteviestrow at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Chapter 20 is now online covering the PAINT command, I'll try and add
> > some
> > > painting examples to the DIY graphics demo we've been building up
> during
> > > this series as well
> > >
> > > https://youtu.be/WT4IB_GPgGU
> > >
> > > Steve Strowbridge, aka
> > > The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
> > > http://ogsteviestrow.com
> > > ogsteviestrow at gmail.com
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 9:06 PM, Steve Strowbridge <
> > ogsteviestrow at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Happy Easter everyone!
> > >>
> > >> I have come up with a small demo showing off the CIRCLE command that
> was
> > >> recently covered in chapter 19 of my series.
> > >> This demo shows off the various ways to create circles, including the
> > >> RADIUS, the Height and Width, and starting and ending positions of
> ARCs,
> > >> both forward and reverse.
> > >>
> > >> I have showed what the demo looks like, and what to expect, and I
> > thought
> > >> it would be cool to set this up as a challenge for somebody to
> re-create
> > >> their own version of this demo and then send it to me, and I'll show
> off
> > >> the contributions I get.
> > >>
> > >> Here is the video of the demo:
> > >> https://youtu.be/2lnav77mCFQ
> > >>
> > >> Love to see what people come up with.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Steve Strowbridge, aka
> > >> The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
> > >> http://ogsteviestrow.com
> > >> ogsteviestrow at gmail.com
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 8:09 AM, Steve Strowbridge <
> > >> ogsteviestrow at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Thanks for the scratch tip Salvador.
> > >>>
> > >>> Chapter 19 is now on-line going over the CIRCLE command, and
> expanding
> > >>> upon a DIY graphics demo that's taking all the graphics commands
> we're
> > >>> learning and doing random graphics on the screen.
> > >>>
> > >>> I'm going to try and throw together another DIY program to better
> > >>> demonstrate and visualize all the cool things you can do with the
> > CIRCLE
> > >>> command later today.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Steve Strowbridge, aka
> > >>> The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
> > >>> http://ogsteviestrow.com
> > >>> ogsteviestrow at gmail.com
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 2:31 PM, Salvador Garcia via Coco <
> > >>> coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> If you and your daughter are going to get into Scratch, you might
> find
> > >>>> the following enjoyable:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> https://hourofcode.com/us
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> At the top nav bar, click on Activities. Many of these are based on
> a
> > >>>> Scratch-like language. (They may be Scratch, but I don't know what
> is
> > going
> > >>>> on behind the scenes of this Web site.)
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Salvador
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>      From: Steve Strowbridge <ogsteviestrow at gmail.com>
> > >>>> To: CoCo Mailing List <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > >>>> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 9:30 AM
> > >>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Back to BASIC
> > >>>>
> > >>>> That's awesome Bruce, I had to mostly teach myself, but we did swap
> > ideas
> > >>>> at clubs, and of course the Rainbow.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> What a great bonding experience to be able to share with your
> > children.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I'm going to go through a project with my 8 year old daughter in a
> > >>>> language
> > >>>> called Scratch that is a simple way to teach coding and create
> Sprite
> > >>>> based
> > >>>> video games.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Apr 14, 2017 10:02 AM, "D. Bruce Moore" <bruce at gracenote.ca>
> > wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Steve,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I have been teaching my son, Jacob, BASIC from out of the manual.
> We
> > >>>> will
> > >>>>> likely be looking at the later chapters (PMODE) later on and I can
> > see
> > >>>>> using these videos as a great teaching tool.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Looks like our table is in the middle next to yours - see you at
> the
> > >>>> Fest!
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> On Apr 14, 2017, at 8:14 AM, Steve Strowbridge <
> > >>>> ogsteviestrow at gmail.com>
> > >>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Happy Good Friday everyone!
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Chapter 18 is uploaded in 3 parts, it was a doozy, but we're
> dealing
> > >>>> with
> > >>>>>> the PMODE command, and Page Switching, and Page copying, pretty
> cool
> > >>>>> stuff.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> So we cover PCLEAR, PMODE, and PCOPY.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>
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