[Coco] MShell The Ultimate OS9 File Manager

[Bill Pierce]

Nick,
I've actually thought of using the hardware text screen, but I would have to write a "text mouse" routine. I tried that once with Sound Chaser and it didn't work. But I have alittle more knowledge on it since then.
The colors are just 2 color 640x192 mode which only uses 16k, but remember, hires screens do not come from the 54k workspace nor system memory (same in Basic).
 
 
I may "mess around" with a text mode soon, as screen refresh would be faster.
 

Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Marentes <nickma2 at optusnet.com.au>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sun, Nov 16, 2014 4:41 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] MShell The Ultimate OS9 File Manager


> It works!
>
> I did everything the same but used the line...
>
> dsave -s48 /sd0 ! shell -p
>
> what does "! shell -p" exactly do? Should it not work without this?
>
> Would the -s48 make the difference? I would have thought it work 
> without this too, just slower.
>
>
> Review...
>
> MShell is good. It is certainly better than Mvue. Haven't had time to 
> do a great deal of testing yet.
>
> A few questions..
>
> How does one edit the fonts and patterns being used?
>
> I assume it's a 2 color screenmode?
>
> It certainly beats all the command typing and is something the CoCo 
> OS-9 community should have had a long time ago.
>
> Because it doesn't used icons, I wonder if a well designed 80 column 
> 16 color text mode could have been used? (Faster, less RAM, more colors)
>
> Good work Bill.
>
> Nick
>

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