[Coco] Rs232 Pack

Wed Feb 7 16:29:29 EST 2018

This needs mentioning... Visual Studio Community 2017 is free.
https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/. :)

On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 4:11 PM, Oswaldo Aquique <oaquique at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> That's exactly right... Visual Studio is Microsoft's IDE for development.
> You can use it for many different languages including C++, C#, Visual
> Basic, even Python (in the latest versions). VS <> VB (or if you prefer a
> C/C++/C# notation: VS != VB) 😊
>
> Also agree with the comparison of Java being closer to C# than C++.
>
> Microsoft compilers have improved over time, so it would be good to
> attempt compiling VCC in a modern version of VS.
>
> Cheers,
> Oswaldo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> On Behalf Of Salvador Garcia
> via Coco
> Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 12:20 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Cc: Salvador Garcia <salvadorgarciav at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Rs232 Pack
>
>  I sort of agree in that Java is somewhat like C++, but once you start
> programming in it you'll see that they are worlds apart. Without getting
> into the syntax, C++ was designed to run on top of the hardware.Obviously,
> with Windows, Linux and others, various levels of abstraction have been
> introduced. Even VCC makes heavy use of components (DLLs) that form a chain
> going to the hardware. Java, on the other hand, was meant to run in an
> isolated environment, a sand box you can call it. This isolated environment
> is what we call the Virtual machine (VM). This is a huge level of
> abstraction! But the advantage is that the VM being the bridge from the
> Java app to the host's environment, a developer can write the Java source
> and know that it will work in any VM, independent of operating system and
> hardware.
>
> I am sure that VCC could be implemented in Java; however, I would think
> that it would be slower because of the added layers that it has to go
> through. If I recall correctly, VCC was written using Visual Studio (VS) 6
> which was MS' development environment of the 90s. I know that great effort
> has been made to migrate it to a newer version of VS. Last I heard, it was
> loadable in VS 2015. Perhaps that's where the original confusion comes
> from. VS was an environment that hosted Visual Basic, Visual J++ and C++,
> so some people, upon hearing "VS" automatically assume that is VB.
>
> I would probably compare Java more to C# than to its ancestor C++. :-)
> Salvador
>
>
>
>     On Wednesday, February 7, 2018, 1:50:18 PM CST, rietveld rietveld <
> rietveldh at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  I know java is similar to c+ but I just never was able to get a grasp on
> it. It's allot more complex than java
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry Passport Red Edition.
>   Original Message
> From: Salvador Garcia via Coco
> Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 2:09 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts Reply To: CoCoList for Color
> Computer Enthusiasts
> Cc: Salvador Garcia
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Rs232 Pack
>
>
>  Oops. Looks like we got off the list. I am forwarding this back into it.
> Salvador
>     On Wednesday, February 7, 2018, 11:37:28 AM CST, rietveld rietveld <
> rietveldh at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  OK. I don't code in c.  I only use Java    and I still remember visual
> basic.
> I don't know if a. DLL in MinGW would work Sent from my BlackBerry
> Passport Red Edition.
> | From: Salvador GarciaSent: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 12:21 PMTo:
> | rietveld rietveldSubject: Re: [Coco] Rs232 Pack |
>
>
> No VB in VCC! It is all written in C++ :-) Salvador
>
>
> On Wednesday, February 7, 2018, 10:48:05 AM CST, rietveld rietveld <
> rietveldh at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> First does anyone know if VCC was written using Visual Basic?
>
> .DLL is an acronym for "Dynamic Link Library". Otherwise known by the more
> generic name "shared object library", this is a collection of common
> functions and data entities which a program may refer to at run time,
> without requiring the function code or data to be duplicated within the
> program file itself.
>
> You can use MinGW to create a. DLL
>
> MinGW comes with a handy tool which does most of the work for you:
> dlltool.exe
>
>
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry Passport Red Edition.
>   Original Message
> From: Taylor, Phillip L CIV
> Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 11:23 AM
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: [Coco] Rs232 Pack
>
>
> Question is there any way to take the Old Tandy Rs232 Pack and make it a
> loaded rom in Vcc? If not I would like to try and write Rs232pak.dll but I
> need some information on how to do it? The specs would be the same as the
> old Tandy Rs232 Pack.
>
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