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Re: UNIX Command line programming

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> Wow--you've been busy!

So far, it has been about a 3 winter project.  I do very little
programming when spring comes until late fall.

My goal is to see how much an  8 bit/64 kb/1 Mhz/32 Mb computer can
do.  I only use the 80 column card, but I have not programmed AUX
memory yet, so I do not count it as being a 128 kb computer.

At the same time, I am wishing someone would build me a Carte Blanche
card that would do 640x400x256 colors, so I can have 48 lines of text
and 160 columns and more life-like graphics.  This is still very
usable with an 8 bit machine.

By increasing the power of applesoft with enhanced routines has saved
a lot of memory and made programming much easier, and more can be done
with less code.  There always was and has been too much duplication
with applesoft programs.  Every program needed its own input routines,
and its own print-to-screen routines.

I must say, programming in hexadecimal, sure has changed the way I
look at things.  I rarely programmed using an assembler, until lately
when some of the programs starting getting too large.

But now that I understand how to program, I am 20 years too late for
it to be any good.  Now it's just a hobby.


Rob

Allowing Applesoft to play with the big boys

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