[Coco] Back to BASIC

[Alexander Wallace]

Fantastic!

> On Apr 6, 2017, at 12:52 PM, Steve Strowbridge <ogsteviestrow at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Greetings Programs!
> 
> I have just finished recording and uploading chapter 13, of the Extended
> Color BASIC book found on the archive, I'm kind of excited, because now we
> move into graphics and sound, and things will become more more visual,
> which is appealing to me.
> 
> I have the bug, I hope I don't find a cure, my goal is to be as closed to
> finished with going through the chapters by CoCoFEST and start working on
> Programs for my users shortly thereafter.
> 
> -End of line
> 
> 
> Steve Strowbridge, aka
> The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
> http://ogsteviestrow.com
> ogsteviestrow at gmail.com
> 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 1:18 PM, James Ross <jrosslist at outlook.com> wrote:
> 
>> Steve Strowbridge wrote:
>>> BASIC on the CoCo was my entry into computer programming ... <snip> ...
>> 
>> Thanks for sharing Stevie – very interesting.
>> 
>> My experience was somewhat similar.  However, I never got as far as
>> completing a game in BASIC. After typing in BASIC programs from books and
>> magazines, for I don’t know how long, I experimented quite a bit w/ gaming
>> constructs like animation, scrolling ... etc.  It was not long until I knew
>> I could not create an arcade quality game in BASIC and set out to learn
>> Assembly Language. Alas, I never completed one.  In the process of learning
>> Assembly Language, for years, I got bogged down with creating tools to make
>> it easier to program in Assembly (and to disassemble other programs) on the
>> CoCo, none of which I completed. :( -- A story for a different time. Then I
>> had a stint w/ OS-9 on the CoCo3.  And I continued the obsession w/
>> creating programming tools on that platform for a while. This was all
>> before my PC days which started in 1992, around the time I quit
>> using/playing w/ the CoCo.
>> 
>>> -End of Line
>> Master Control Program from Tron -- classic!!
>> 
>> James
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