[Coco] Extended BASIC Helper Utilities

[Steve Ostrom]

I fully agree with Art.  I purchased both ADOS and then ADOS-3 from Art soon 
after he began selling them, and relied heavily on these excellent products. 
My other favorite utilities back in the 80's and 90's were Color Disk 
Manager and Color Tape Manager.  As Coco owners, we had some unbelievably 
talented software writers that made using and programming the Coco a 
wonderful experience.  And the development continues today with HDBDOS, 
NitrOS9 , the Coco SDC, and the awesome products from Cloud-9.  (Can you 
tell I'm still in love?)

--- Coco Steve ---


-----Original Message----- 
From: Arthur Flexser
Sent: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 9:38 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] Extended BASIC Helper Utilities

I hesitate to plug my own product (now available free in the list
database), but I know of no better enhanced editing environment for BASIC
on the CoCo 3 than that provided by Extended ADOS-3 along with ADOS-3.
ADOS-3 can be run from disk, and allows you to use the arrow keys to move
up and down in your program, with right arrow putting you into edit mode
when you reach the line you want to edit. You can also edit the last
direct-mode command.  Extended ADOS-3, which must be burned into a 16K
EPROM along with ADOS-3, adds key repeat, which allows you to move right or
left by holding down the spacebar or left arrow, and the ability to block
move or copy ranges of lines.  The effect is to combine the best features
of line editing and screen editing, in my biased opinion.

(There are many other features as well, not pertaining to editing.)

Art

On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 9:12 PM, Paulo Garcia <paulo.astuser at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I read in one Rainbow the other day from 1986 (Can't remember the issue!)
> about one of these utilities that are resident and expand the editing
> capabilities under BASIC.
>
> Do you guys know any utility like that that can be used with the CoCo3?
>
> Meanwhile I am trying to find the article again to get the name....
>
> thanks!
>
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