[Coco] Re: IDE moving forward->>

Richard E. Crislip rcrislip at neo.rr.com
Fri Oct 24 22:36:00 EDT 2003


Hello Roger

I used to mess (no pun intended ;-)  ) around with it, now that I am
unemployeed, 'd like to relearn a little.

On 10/24/2003, Roger Taylor wrote:
> I believe it was sometime last year when I brought up an idea or a dream I
> had where the CoCo programmer could do everything from one program, an
> integrated development environment they call it, from A to Z or most of
> it, anyway. One idea was to provide a graphical environment that looks
> exactly like a real CoCo system on your PC screen. Although that part of
> it is more of an emulation issue, the other idea is coming true. Whether
> you're emulating a CoCo or not, your built software is ready to run on ANY
> CoCo. The builds are super fast, spitting out a virtual floppy or a ROM
> for you in a second or two.
> 
> The workname is Portal-9. This IDE for Windows has been in development for
> about 4 days now and is moving closer to my goal rather quickly. I'm
> putting almost every resource I have for Windows development, and the HLA
> language, into this system. It is starting to look like most typical IDEs
> except since CCASM is the only assembler allowed, it will integrate that
> part in automatically. Since M.E.S.S. is the only emulator supported, the
> IDE will work with it allowing you to go from source to running with no
> interruptions inbetween.
> 
> The best way I can explain this work of art is to provide a demo when the 
> time is right and let it speak for itself.
> 
> So I ask: are there any CoCo/6809/6309 assembly language programmers still
> around? :)
> 
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