[Coco] VCC on Mac

Mon Jun 13 12:56:58 EDT 2016

Hi Bill

you are 100% correct. It is better to wait until it is is a better shape
for sure.

You actually are right. I should start taking a look at the stable code
first and see if I can help on something there.

Cheers

Paulo

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com
> wrote:

> Paulo, I thought of asking him to go ahead and commit what he has, but the
> main problem is his project is in the middle of a lot of changes in how the
> whole source set is structured. To commit that unfinished, would be a
> disaster. Someone would try to build it (then complain) and that's
> impossible until he finishes his changes. Any changes one would make to the
> current commited sources would be redundant, as they would have to be
> reworked to match the style of the new (uncommited) sources. As you see, it
> left the whole thing in limbo. He just got too busy with work right in the
> middle of his conversions and could not get back to it. I received an email
> that he should be back at it soon as work is finally slowing down for him.
> What is being done is that all the various code sections (6809, 6309,
> gimme etc) are being moved into their own sections. Each section of the
> code will be "stand-alone", needing no support from the others. In the end,
> we hope to make it possible to just "plug" the sections together to create
> a Coco. The all that has to be done is to write the sections needed for the
> Coco 1 & 2, plus the Dragon 64. In this way, VCC can expand to cover all
> forms of the Coco by writing the sections needed for that model. It will
> also make it easier to add enhancements.
> After all this is done, there are plans to convert the code to another
> format (away from C/C++) that's easier to compile as cross-platform.
>
> If you want to play around with the current code, the best bet would be
> with the "VCC-1.200b" branch, as that is the current release (working). The
> "Master" branch is working, but the "Becker" module fails in that set.
> Anything you come up with would be considered for the next commit when
> it's finished.
> Take a look at the "issues" page, there's some stuff there that needs to
> be addressed as well.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paulo Garcia <paulo.astuser at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Mon, Jun 13, 2016 9:09 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] VCC on Mac
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> Hi BillI cloned the repo. I understand the changes are probably too big to
> commitsmall chunks of code so I guess I will be waiting. On the other
> hand,things like this are way better handled if we keep a separated branch
> withthe big changes so more people can pitch in and help. Maybe the guy
> makingthe big changes could manage to find some time to submit whatever he
> has?CheersPauloOn Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 9:34 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <
> coco at maltedmedia.com>wrote:> Paulo, you are welcome to join the group.
> The only problem at the moment> is one programmer has a BUNCH of changes he
> has yet to commit. That's where> the main rewriting and reorganization is.
> The current "default" is the> current release. The current main is about 10
> commits behind what's not> been committed (and a few ahead of the
> "default") and has drivewire issues> (all else runs well). If any of that
> makes any sense :-)> So we're in limbo unti the last updates have been
> committed and they're> not in a finished state. Until that's uploaded, any
> changes made to what's> there would be redundant.>>>>>>> Bill Pierce>
> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going, no way to>
> slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull>>>> My Music from the Tandy/Radio
> Shack Color Computer 2 & 3> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/>
> Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia>
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> E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----> From:
> Paulo Garcia <paulo.astuser at gmail.com>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer
> Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>> Sent: Sat, Jun 11, 2016 7:04 pm>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] VCC on Mac>> Hi BillI see VCC is open sourced on
> Github. Is that the current version> that isbeing converted?It happens I am
> a seasoned C/C++ developer so if you> need help to do "some"of the work,
> you can contact me.CheersPauloOn Sat,> Jun 11, 2016 at 6:50 PM, Bill Pierce
> via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>wrote:>> Paulo, we hope to get VCC running
> on Mac soon. We have a conversion in>> progress, but the programmer who is
> doing the work has been really busy> and> hasn't had time to work on it
> lately.> I hope to see it running> natively on Mac & Linux by the end of
> the summer> :-)>>>>>>> Bill Pierce>> "Charlie stole the handle, and the
> train it won't stop going, no way to>> slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro
> Tull>>>> My Music from the Tandy/Radio> Shack Color Computer 2 & 3>
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> http://www.tandycoco.com/forum/>>> E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com>>>>>>>
> -----Original Message-----> From:> Paulo Garcia <paulo.astuser at gmail.com>>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer> Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>>
> Sent: Sat, Jun 11, 2016 6:46 pm>> Subject: [Coco] VCC on Mac>> Maybe this
> is old news, but I am surprisingly> happy to see VCC works> justfine on
> OSX, using Wine.I hope to see it one> day natively running on> Mac, but for
> now this is justperfect.Cheers-->>
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