Coco III BASIC disappoints; solution

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1 total messages Started by mike knudsen Fri, 07 Nov 1986 16:39

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Author: mike knudsen
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1986 16:39

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A personal observation on Coco III OS9:  Tandy seems to be
really pushing software developers into OS9 on the III.
I say this because of all the things left out or poorly done
in the BASIC enhancements for this machine's extra memory and
graphics: no multiple graphics pages (hence no page-flipping
animation or smooth updating), very coarse HCIRCLE;
HPUT and HGET restricted to byte boundaries (no ,G);
can't move between text and graphic screens without clearing them,
screwed up aspect ratios in HDRAW, etc. etc.
	However, OS9 supposedly will have most of these features,
plus windows, etc. etc.  So, if you want to do good work, you either
write machine code (after figuring out how the GIME works!)
or use Level II OS9 when it comes.
-- 
Mike J Knudsen    ...ihnp4!ihwpt!knudsen
Bell Labs (AT&T)   (312)-979-4132 (work)
You think AT&T thinks about CoCos, music, or Star Trek?
No?  Then, these opinions must be all mine!

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