[Coco] IDE moving forward->>

[jimcox at miba51.com]

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 00:37:27 -0500
  Roger Taylor <rtaylor at bayou.com> wrote:
>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?  :)
>

I'm in the process of learning.  Will someone using 
Portal-9 be able to create disks that can be used on a 
CoCo system?

Jim