[Coco] Back to BASIC

[Alexander Wallace]

I have a lot to catch up now! Thanks for all you do man!

> On Apr 19, 2017, at 8:21 AM, Steve Strowbridge <ogsteviestrow at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Chapter 20 is now online covering the PAINT command, I'll try and add some
> painting examples to the DIY graphics demo we've been building up during
> this series as well
> 
> https://youtu.be/WT4IB_GPgGU
> 
> Steve Strowbridge, aka
> The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
> http://ogsteviestrow.com
> ogsteviestrow at gmail.com
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 9:06 PM, Steve Strowbridge <ogsteviestrow at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Happy Easter everyone!
>> 
>> I have come up with a small demo showing off the CIRCLE command that was
>> recently covered in chapter 19 of my series.
>> This demo shows off the various ways to create circles, including the
>> RADIUS, the Height and Width, and starting and ending positions of ARCs,
>> both forward and reverse.
>> 
>> I have showed what the demo looks like, and what to expect, and I thought
>> it would be cool to set this up as a challenge for somebody to re-create
>> their own version of this demo and then send it to me, and I'll show off
>> the contributions I get.
>> 
>> Here is the video of the demo:
>> https://youtu.be/2lnav77mCFQ
>> 
>> Love to see what people come up with.
>> 
>> 
>> Steve Strowbridge, aka
>> The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
>> http://ogsteviestrow.com
>> ogsteviestrow at gmail.com
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 8:09 AM, Steve Strowbridge <
>> ogsteviestrow at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks for the scratch tip Salvador.
>>> 
>>> Chapter 19 is now on-line going over the CIRCLE command, and expanding
>>> upon a DIY graphics demo that's taking all the graphics commands we're
>>> learning and doing random graphics on the screen.
>>> 
>>> I'm going to try and throw together another DIY program to better
>>> demonstrate and visualize all the cool things you can do with the CIRCLE
>>> command later today.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Steve Strowbridge, aka
>>> The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
>>> http://ogsteviestrow.com
>>> ogsteviestrow at gmail.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 2:31 PM, Salvador Garcia via Coco <
>>> coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> If you and your daughter are going to get into Scratch, you might find
>>>> the following enjoyable:
>>>> 
>>>> https://hourofcode.com/us
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> At the top nav bar, click on Activities. Many of these are based on a
>>>> Scratch-like language. (They may be Scratch, but I don't know what is going
>>>> on behind the scenes of this Web site.)
>>>> 
>>>> Salvador
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>      From: Steve Strowbridge <ogsteviestrow at gmail.com>
>>>> To: CoCo Mailing List <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>>> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 9:30 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Back to BASIC
>>>> 
>>>> That's awesome Bruce, I had to mostly teach myself, but we did swap ideas
>>>> at clubs, and of course the Rainbow.
>>>> 
>>>> What a great bonding experience to be able to share with your children.
>>>> 
>>>> I'm going to go through a project with my 8 year old daughter in a
>>>> language
>>>> called Scratch that is a simple way to teach coding and create Sprite
>>>> based
>>>> video games.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Apr 14, 2017 10:02 AM, "D. Bruce Moore" <bruce at gracenote.ca> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Steve,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have been teaching my son, Jacob, BASIC from out of the manual.  We
>>>> will
>>>>> likely be looking at the later chapters (PMODE) later on and I can see
>>>>> using these videos as a great teaching tool.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Looks like our table is in the middle next to yours - see you at the
>>>> Fest!
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Apr 14, 2017, at 8:14 AM, Steve Strowbridge <
>>>> ogsteviestrow at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Happy Good Friday everyone!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Chapter 18 is uploaded in 3 parts, it was a doozy, but we're dealing
>>>> with
>>>>>> the PMODE command, and Page Switching, and Page copying, pretty cool
>>>>> stuff.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> So we cover PCLEAR, PMODE, and PCOPY.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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