[Coco] IDE moving forward->>

[Roger Taylor]

I believe it was sometime last year when I brought up an idea or a dream I 
had where the CoCo programmer could do everything from one program, an 
integrated development environment they call it, from A to Z or most of it, 
anyway.  One idea was to provide a graphical environment that looks exactly 
like a real CoCo system on your PC screen.  Although that part of it is 
more of an emulation issue, the other idea is coming true.  Whether you're 
emulating a CoCo or not, your built software is ready to run on ANY 
CoCo.  The builds are super fast, spitting out a virtual floppy or a ROM 
for you in a second or two.

The workname is Portal-9.  This IDE for Windows has been in development for 
about 4 days now and is moving closer to my goal rather quickly.  I'm 
putting almost every resource I have for Windows development, and the HLA 
language, into this system.  It is starting to look like most typical IDEs 
except since CCASM is the only assembler allowed, it will integrate that 
part in automatically.  Since M.E.S.S. is the only emulator supported, the 
IDE will work with it allowing you to go from source to running with no 
interruptions inbetween.

The best way I can explain this work of art is to provide a demo when the 
time is right and let it speak for itself.

So I ask: are there any CoCo/6809/6309 assembly language programmers still 
around?  :)