[Coco] Windows vs. Linux (was 512K upgrade)

[Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)]

As long you develop for coco we don't care if it's rsdos, os-9, flex,
your own OS, rompak, Just bring it on! :D

I personally have more interest in os-9 level 1 than level 2. But this
is my personal taste.


On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 11:11 PM,  <nickma2 at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> Maybe I haven't clarified myself enough...
>
> Yes, OS-9 is a good OS. It's powerful and compared to RS-DOS, isn't a
> real OS like OS-9.
>
> But in my area of work (games), I don't want any OS in the way...which
> is why RS-DOS is perfect.
>
> I don't use any of the ROM calls. I can write faster tailor made ones
> to suit my purpose.
>
> RS-DOS is there immediately on power-up or after a hard reset during
> debugging. I find this  useful.
>
> It's proven itself as an easy and fast environment to develop custom
> tools in BASIC for the creation of my games.
>
> It does all the things I require for disk management and an ideal
> launcher/loader for my M/L code.
>
> I do all of my development work on a real CoCo and find the old school
> EDTASM (modified by Robert Gault) to work very well for me. I can be
> in an out between editing and executing code and back again in seconds
> (on a real 1.89Mhz CoCo).
>
> For me, it's ideal for what I use my CoCo. I have tried to use OS-9
> and I simply didn't like it. I do understand the benefits of OS-9.
>
> Don't pass me off as some dumb slag who hasn't tried reading the
> manuals I have and I decided it wasn't the environment I enjoyed.
> Others do and that's fine.
>
> I've always preferred dealing directly with the hardware rather than a
> software layer. That's just me...cut out the middle man and go all
> out.
>
> I'm sorry, OS-9 (Nitros OS-9)  slow by comparison for what I need it
> to do. I know that OS-9 holds more potential, can multi-task, is more
> structured, blah blah blah. But I don't need it to do any of these
> things.
>
> I guess I'm just selfish. I just want it to do what  want it to do and
> do it quickly.
>
> I have tried to use OS-9 several times and have always gotten bogged
> down in details which had me wasting time fixing and customizing the
> OS and not going anywhere with the project I originally intended to
> do.
>
> Maybe if I had oodles of spare time, I could force myself to be
> patient but time I have not and completing the projects I have is
> always a challenge.
>
> I hope you understand my point of view. You are a very talented OS-9
> user. All I ask is that you see my point-of-view from my
> point-of-view.
>
> Nick
>
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