[Coco] CoCoCoding

[Jim Hathaway]

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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