[Coco] Portal09 help, new project...

[Robert Gault]

Roger Merchberger wrote:
> I have gotten Mess 103b running on my Win2K box, and I am starting a new 
> project - I want to start working on porting Cubix[1] to the CoCo[2]... 
> prolly the tre first, then maybe the 2/1 -- Cubix was designed for a 64K 
> machine, but it may run fine in less - I have a lot of (re)learning to 
> do... ;-)
> 
> Anyway, I started diddling with Portal-9 3.1 (I had 3.0 installed, and 
> started it once, but I didn't have enough of a reason to actually get 
> elbows-deep into it like I do now) and my 6809 assembly is... ummm... 
> rusty, at best.
> 
> Couple questions: Can a non-registered Portal-09 build enough of a 
> project to at least show errors? I doubt my first "quickie-prog" 
> assembled without an armload of goofs... but building a project just 
> says "Build Complete."
> 

I think so. The main irritation with the non-registered version is the 
popup which needs to be moved out of the way so you can see the screen.
Kill the popup and it will be back in a minute or so.

> Also, are there supposed to be helpfiles for CCASM & whatnot under the 
> Help file, or does that only come with registration as well?
> 

I think you can use them in a non-registered version. You can certainly 
find them outside the program by looking in the Help directory.

> It looks like software that could definitely help me with what I want to 
> do, but I'm not sure at this point... Those helpfiles would really help 
> me get "back in the swing" of things... ;-)
> 
> Thanks,
> Roger "Merch" Merchberger