[Coco] Suggestions, recommendations, ideas....

[Roger Taylor]

At 11:09 AM 2/5/2006, you wrote:
>I have not been around the Coco for years. I've ordered a few off of eBay 
>and am wanting to dive in head first. What I'd really like to do is start 
>off with a few projects for improving the capabilities. I have a few Coco 
>2's, a Coco 1 and a Coco 3. Many (if not all) of you guys are far more 
>familiar with the Coco than I am at this point, and I am looking for a 
>little advise on where to start.
>
>   I've got a strong background in PC type computers and better than 
> average soldering skills, and I can follow a schematic (the Navy did 
> teach me a few things...).
>
>   So, what do you guys suggest as beginning projects to help me learn and 
> boost Coco performance???
>
>   Thnaks,
>
>   Brian


Allow me to get a plug in.  :)  Most definately, get a CoCo IDE for your 
PC  ;)  and practice your CoCo assembly language skills there from a more 
efficient environment.  You can whip up some neat programs in no time and 
have them fully tested before they even run on your real CoCo.  Check out 
www.coco3.com/ind_6809dev.php.

If you're into BASIC, I suggest checking out Mary Kramer's CoCoNutz! 
newsletter (which is more of a mini-book recently) and type in all of the 
BASIC listings.  Use the PDF copies for this purpose.