[Coco] For Roger - Mary and the Butterflies

[Andrew]

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> Background music is possible within BASIC with some work.  I don't 
> have time to tutor this right now but I can give some pointers 
> accasionally to help get you started.  I also have a background 
> speech generator for the CoCo 3 that's stashed away in my gobs of 
> source project files.    You basically send a string of phonemes to 
> the processor and out comes the speech while BASIC keeps on running, 
> even the flashing cursor.
> 
> You can do a lot with the USR() function in BASIC.  This might be 
> your key to integrating ML routines with BASIC programs.

All of that sounds interesting, to say the least. I currently own a real 
copy (complete with manual) of CBASIC-3 (Cer-Comp - anyone know any 
recent news on Bill Vergona?) my parents purchased for me a long time 
ago (along with WindowMaster - I guess I was spoiled). Maybe using that 
software coupled with such routines some interesting stuff could be 
built. I would start first with straight BASIC, though. Alas, it will be 
a while before I can get back into it, but I will keep you in mind in 
the future.

> Throughout 2008 expect more impressive CoCo 3 apps/games to materialize.

I have a request - how about a CoCo 3 version of Reactoid? That was one 
of the first cartridges I got as a kid with my original CoCo 2 (along 
with Canyon Climber). An updated version of Crystal Castles would be 
neat to see, too.

Whatever you create, I am sure it will be fantastic!

-- Andrew L. Ayers
    Glendale, Arizona