[Coco] BASIC Week 4 contest ported to the MC-10 w/MCX-128

[Sean]

Very nice!
Now to figure out how to get this to my CoCo in time to steal some sweet
Reddit karma.  I swear I'll credit you.  :)


On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Chris Osborn <fozztexx at fozztexx.com> wrote:

> Just finished a hack job port of the program for the BASIC Week 4 contest
> to the MC-10. I assembled an MCX-128 kit yesterday during a live Google
> hangout. Wasn't paying attention and managed to put the PCB connector on
> the wrong side. :-) I love how the MCX-128 allows you to use another
> computer as a file server so you don't have to use cassette I/O. That was
> great because I could do my edits in Notepad instead of on the horrible
> MC-10 keyboard.
>
> Since the MC-10 & CoCo don't have split-screen graphics with text, I
> simply made the game pause after it's finished drawing and wait for a
> keypress. It'll then jump back to the text screen, read the two inputs,
> then go back to graphics and draw. There was also no (easy) way to position
> the text cursor, and the screen is so much smaller than 80 columns anyway
> that I just ditched all the cursor movement stuff and let it make a huge
> mess with the menu.
>
> This version will most likely work on a CoCo. Check it out here:
>
>   http://redd.it/30e9bv
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