[Coco] OS-9 is not for me

[Jason Law]

Nick wrote:

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>The important thing to highlight is that I have not created it by
>looking at someone elses code. My code is my code, your code is your
>code... the outcomes are very similar.

Absolutely, and FTR I only shared the concept and Nick's code is his own. 
There was no agro in what I wrote. I kept it short to not make a big deal of 
it, not to be short :) Just a few other things here and there got me 
thinking perhaps you were somewhat annoyed at my efforts and if so, offer to 
clear it up, nothing more :) Happy to leave it at that.

>I prefer to see it as... "Great minds think alike".

For sure. As mine too uses split-screen by switching the HVEN register to 0 
for the scoreboard section and to 128+ for the scrolling section. I worked 
it out by thinking if I had to copy the scoreboard area across each frame to 
make it appear static I could do it quicker if I reduced the mode to 4 
colors for the scoreboard section so I had the scan line counter already 
setup for that when I got the idea to try it. And you did that before I did, 
unbeknown to me :) If I had seen your work first, I would have mentioned 
that in my posts for sure. Both the horizontal scrolling and the 
split-screen are fairly simple concepts, getting it from concept to 
functioning code is the where the hours go.

>If it makes you feel better, I'm happy to say to everyone that "Hardware
>horizontal scroll was invented by you". I really don't care for that
>whole ownership thing and neither does John. It takes more than that to
>swell my head.

Ok, that's harsh but I'm not going to bite, that's just you misunderstanding 
where I was coming from and it's DEFINITELY not what I was getting at. Nor 
do I as I had shared the details openly for anyone who wanted to have a go 
at it. I have no problem at all with anyone using it, the demos and info 
were intended to inspire/encourage exactly that :)

>I just want to write a game and have fun.

>Nick

Absolutely, I'm the same. Best of luck with your game.

Jason