[Coco] Latest Release of the VCC Color Computer 3 Emulator

[Bill Pierce]

Ed, the thing I like about emulators (VCC in particular) is using them in deveopement of software. I don't use crosscompilers or PC tools, but when compiling a 100+ source, multisource/multifile C program, it could take a real Coco3 HOURS to compile (literally!). With VCC overclocked to 89mhz, it only takes a few seconds and I'm still compiling in the Coco/NitrOS9 environment.. With Drivewire4, the compiled files are shared with my real Coco by sharing VHDs across DW4 instances and I can compile and run in less than a minute.

Another thing is text editors.. I use Ed3.1 which is a graphics oriented full screen text editor. Screen refresh and scrolling are a little slow on a real Coco3, and when inspiration hits and you want to make those changes, save, compile and run, with the overclocked VCC, screen refreshes and scrolls on the text editor are instantainious, making workflow really fast.

Plus, I get to use a 6309 with 2 meg of memory...ar 89mhz!!!
My real Coco 3 is a 6809 with only 1 meg.
It also saves wear and tear on my real Coco and CM-8 monitor.

 
Of course I understand anyone who wants to use the real thing... my hat's off to you.

 


Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Fri, Jan 8, 2016 11:02 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] Latest Release of the VCC Color Computer 3 Emulator

Thanks Barry.  I don’t usually run emulators, but you made it too easy to not put it on my Macbook Pro.- Ed> On Jan 8, 2016, at 1:44 AM, Barry Nelson <barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com> wrote:> > You should know this this app runs using a bundled version of Wine, so it may have the same glitches, although I have not noticed any serious issues.> You can download it from: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8RnV5G0TZFZMG9wLXNsU1l0dm8/view?usp=sharing> >> Bill Nobel b_nobel at hotmail.com >> Fri Jan 8 00:19:32 EST 2016>> >> Woo Ya, Barry, That is very cool. Give a private link if you have to. I am tired of using Wine, which has some glitches.>> >> Bill Nobel>> >>> On Jan 7, 2016, at 10:57 PM, Barry Nelson <barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com> wrote:>>> >>> I have created a Mac Intel application from this version which is self contained. It is about 111Mb zipped and it takes up about 800Mb installed. I know that is BIG but it does include a CoCo 3 hard drive image setup and ready to run. Is there a good way to make this available on the releases page?>>> -- Coco mailing listCoco at maltedmedia.comhttps://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco