[Coco] proposal for CoCoFEST! talk

[Mark Marlette]

John,

You are so modest, I have seen some of your projects and work.... :)

YES!!!!!

Mark
Cloud-9

At 2/13/2009 07:38 AM, you wrote:

>So once again FEST! time is approaching and I have no noteworthy

>project to display.  Rather than come empty-handed, I thought I might

>have an alternative this year.

>

>I thought I might put together a little presentation on how to do

>some simple CoCo development using the conveniences of a modern PC

>(i.e. "cross development").  This would be a survey of some of the

>available tools and basic technologies.  As I am not a CoCo programmer

>of any note, this would specifically _not_ be a talk to 'how to write

>the greatest CoCo game ever'.  Instead it would be more of a basic

>overview of some of the available tools and their strengths, etc.

>I would try to cover both RSDOS and OS-9 targets.

>

>Does this interest anyone?  I would put together a few slides and

>some simple demos, and the rest of the FEST! could be an extended

>demo and Q&A opportunity.  Is this worthwhile?

>

>Feedback welcome!

>

>John

>

>P.S.  I'm a Linux guy, so the presentation would be weighted towards

>what is available in a Unix-like environment (including cygwin, etc).

>

>P.P.S.  I would, of course, be open to suggestions of any particular

>tools/projects to cover, interesting tips or resources, etc.

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