[Coco] CoCoCoding

[Brian Blake]

Very cool!!

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Jim Hathaway <kg4knb at hat3.net> wrote:


> Aaron,

>

> The site is really nice.  Thanks for putting this together.

>

> Jim Hathaway

> Web: http://hat3.net

>

>

> On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 11:45 PM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> > Over the past year I've been learning how to write software on the

> > CoCo.  I've gathered lots of manuals and books from various sources

> > online.  I've found it frustrating to search due to the many possible

> > locations, seeing multiple versions of the same document, guessing

> > what something is from an FTP filename, etc.   Some of the scans are

> > in pretty bad shape too.  I don't want to sound like I'm complaining,

> > I do greatly appreciate all the work that has gone into making these

> > resources available.

> >

> > One of my favorite sources for more modern programming information is

> > O'Reilly's Safari book service.  This is a subscription based web site

> > that contains the full text of thousands of technical books.  Having a

> > massive library available to you wherever you are is quite a luxury,

> > but there aren't any CoCo books on Safari.  I've been building my own

> > CoCo library as I explore different sides of our favorite computer,

> > and I decided to see if I could create something similar to Safari for

> > these books.

> >

> > The result is http://cococoding.aaronwolfe.com

> >

> > This site uses Google Docs to present a library of PDF documents.

> > These are files I've gathered from places like the excellent malted

> > media FTP site.  The difference is that I've organized them to (I

> > hope) have only the most current version.  I've added a short

> > description to each file, similar to how BBSes used to present file

> > areas.  I've also optimized each PDF for readability and file size.

> > Most I've run through Clearscan OCR which makes them easier to read

> > and allows full text searching.  Google Docs allows you to read and

> > search them online without downloading, although you can still

> > download them if you prefer.  The biggest thing I miss reading online

> > is that Google Docs doesn't seem to be able to show the indexes.

> >

> > I have some ideas about other resources that could be gathered to help

> > the uninitiated (or the forgetful :).  I'll see if this is of use to

> > anyone and maybe explore adding more.  Hope the site is useful to

> > someone, and I'm open to suggestions or criticism.

> >

> > -Aaron

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