[Coco] proposal for CoCoFEST! talk

[Allen Huffman]

Hmmm, this could be arranged. Would anyone be willing to pay $5 or so  
for a DVD of presentations, profits going to Glenside? Sure we could  
just post for free on YouTube too.

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On Feb 13, 2009, at 8:49 AM, N8WQ <exwn8jef at gmail.com> wrote:

> I won't be able to come to the FEST, but are there any plans to  
> video tape presentations?
>
> Alan Jones
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> John W. Linville wrote:
>> So once again FEST! time is approaching and I have no noteworthy
>> project to display.  Rather than come empty-handed, I thought I might
>> have an alternative this year.
>>
>> I thought I might put together a little presentation on how to do
>> some simple CoCo development using the conveniences of a modern PC
>> (i.e. "cross development").  This would be a survey of some of the
>> available tools and basic technologies.  As I am not a CoCo  
>> programmer
>> of any note, this would specifically _not_ be a talk to 'how to write
>> the greatest CoCo game ever'.  Instead it would be more of a basic
>> overview of some of the available tools and their strengths, etc.
>> I would try to cover both RSDOS and OS-9 targets.
>>
>> Does this interest anyone?  I would put together a few slides and
>> some simple demos, and the rest of the FEST! could be an extended
>> demo and Q&A opportunity.  Is this worthwhile?
>>
>> Feedback welcome!
>>
>> John
>>
>> P.S.  I'm a Linux guy, so the presentation would be weighted towards
>> what is available in a Unix-like environment (including cygwin, etc).
>>
>> P.P.S.  I would, of course, be open to suggestions of any particular
>> tools/projects to cover, interesting tips or resources, etc.
>>
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