[Coco] MAX-10

[Nick Marentes]

Now have tried version 2.1 of Max-10 and my 2 main griefs of this 
program have almost disappeared.

1 - It does utilize 640x192 mode. The menus are drawn as if they are 
320x192 but it is actually in a 640x192 mode. This can be seen in the 
main text body and has always been like this in all versions. Stupid me!

2 - Version 2.1 does indeed offer an option to turn off the clicking 
while typing. It's still clicks when pressing the mouse button but at 
least not while one is concentrating on text composition.

The program actually runs quit fast and fluidly. Certainly WAY better 
than Home Publisher... by a long shot!

The ability to do 2 columns and the addition of a spell checker round it 
off as a great program for a 1.79Mhz 8 bit computer.

Certainly something to show off to all those GEOS using Commodore 64 
followers. (GEOS is great for what it does on the 64).

It's good to see a program get frequent updates as the programmer 
strives to improve it. Kudos to Dave Stampe!

Nick



On 22/09/2014 7:38 AM, Nick Marentes wrote:
> Further inspired by Tim's CoCoMax video, I decided to also explore 
> Max-10. This was written by David Stamp who also did CoCoMAX3.
>
> I have mixed feeling for Max-10. On the one hand it's a great program, 
> well written and quite professionally done for the CoCo3.
>
> But on the other hand, it falls short in 2 areas.
>
> 1 - It seems to only use the 320x192 mode. I would have thought the 
> CoCo3's 640x192 would have been a better candidate for this sort of 
> program. Was he using code from CoCoMax?
>
> 2 - What's the idea of the relay clicking with every keystroke and 
> mouse press?! It drives me nuts! Is there an option to turn this silly 
> "audible feedback" option off?
>
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