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changed username to rich-c rich-c: bonjour, Daniel Daniel Bienvenu: bonjour Daniel Bienvenu: J'ai continué mon outil de conversion d'images Daniel Bienvenu: Je suis bien content. rich-c: going to be slow today - I'm on the laptop rich-c: well, now you may have another interested part rich-c: party Daniel Bienvenu: Do you know anything about a videogame named "power grabber"? rich-c: no, in fact that's the name of a handicap aid I have :-) Daniel Bienvenu: I saw it in the Coleco FAQ and someone say that he wants to sale his original copy. rich-c: sounds more like a screen grab utility rich-c: did you see the email from Zoltan H. on the adam masilimg list? Daniel Bienvenu: no rich-c: oh, he's a newfound user interested in programming games Daniel Bienvenu: the last mail I have is from Guy bona. rich-c: anyway he lives in Toronto and I have talked to him rich-c: are you on the coladsam list? Daniel Bienvenu: yes, I saw an e-mail from Zoltan rich-c: I know you posty to it but do you receive? rich-c: OK then you do kno about him rich-c: anyway dont be surprised if he turns up on chat wanting to tlk to you Daniel Bienvenu: he simply said that he has 5 super game to give and smartbasic things he programmed in '80 Daniel Bienvenu: he's still looking for a working adam? rich-c: he doesnt know about the Saturday chat yet rich-c: not sure, we didnt get that far rich-c: h boy, Winnipeg's backup quarterback just got injured Daniel Bienvenu: I see that no one replied to his question about SmartBASIC running with an ADAM emulator. rich-c: I did talk to him aBOUT THAST - TOLD HIM gUY HAD UTILITIES THAT WOULD HELP rich-c: I also told him I could move tape contents to disc Daniel Bienvenu: during a chat session or a reply to him? Daniel Bienvenu: because I see nothing in my mailbox about that... and I don't remember any messages about that during the chat session rich-c: on the phone wqhen we talked yesterday Daniel Bienvenu: And about the "power grabber", someone offer to pay for it. Daniel Bienvenu: http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21567 rich-c: hold on a minute Daniel Bienvenu: ok rich-c: sorry had a problem copying to notepad rich-c: watching the football gasme on the side Daniel Bienvenu: no problem rich-c: Edmonton at Winnipeg - starting well rich-c: happy because Toronto made the playoffs last night rich-c: not happy at the way they did it - they won ugly Daniel Bienvenu: i'm not a football fan ... sorry rich-c: that's OK - I always get flak because I've given up on hockey rich-c: looking forward to the CART race tomorrow rich-c: Paul Tracy could ven win the season championship Daniel Bienvenu: for me, a cart race is when I rush because I want to release in cart version a new game in time for a gaming expo :) rich-c: yes, a long way frtom racing around a road course rich-c: by the way I see Trois-Rivieeres has had to give up their street racing weekend rich-c: ran out of money since Player's can"t sponsor them Daniel Bienvenu: "le monde change"... we can't avoid modifications in our life. rich-c: c'est vrai - but we don't have to like it rich-c: I think if Zoltan wants to do supergame type programming he will need your help Daniel Bienvenu: my help? Dale wick do super game... not me. rich-c: I think you have moe expertise in cxertain areas than Dale does rich-c: not sure but you may have an edge in graphics conversion Daniel Bienvenu: It's true that I created new ColecoVision games.. but no super game. Daniel Bienvenu: I didn't read the super game part of the Coleco Adam document I have now (thanks again) . Daniel Bienvenu: I didn't explore this rich-c: dont the Supergames use cart gasme technologies? Daniel Bienvenu: The super game use a special way of coding i don't know Daniel Bienvenu: it's more forthe ASM programmer than me Daniel Bienvenu: the only thing I can do for him is to tell him there are some tools i have done for coleco programming rich-c: right, and I think he will find them useful rich-c: you program in VB, don't you? rich-c: I am not at all clear on what goes on within the emulator Daniel Bienvenu: I programm my tools in VisualBASIC 5. Before 2000, I programmed my tools for DOS with QuickBASIC 4.5 rich-c: what languager do you write the games with? rich-c: I thought they were writtewn in ASM and compilked into machine code Daniel Bienvenu: I'm writing my Coleco games in C with the Marcel's coleco library (for hi-tech c compiler) Daniel Bienvenu: I do my own graphic library Daniel Bienvenu: "getput" Daniel Bienvenu: and my tools Daniel Bienvenu: the last tool I have to do is a "composer" for the music rich-c: ah, Marcel has made a compiler from C to z80 machine code? Daniel Bienvenu: no the compiler is "hitech software" Daniel Bienvenu: he made a library Daniel Bienvenu: who add the "header" 55 AA .... rich-c: who ro what is hi-tech software? Daniel Bienvenu: and some usefull instructions to interact with the joystick, video memory, etc. Daniel Bienvenu: www.htsoft.com rich-c: just your familiarity with the tools will help the others Daniel Bienvenu: Because Marcel's do his coleco library for the hi-tecjh c compiler, I had no choice than using hi-tech c compiler to build my games Daniel Bienvenu: I'm familiar with MY tools... not every tools :) rich-c: right - so who is hi-tech? Daniel Bienvenu: hi-tech is a company who build C compiler and cross-compiler rich-c: any idea where they are or what else they do? Daniel Bienvenu: United States and Australia rich-c: what else do they make? rich-c: I'm sure there isnt enough demand for Z80 compilkers tyo keep them going Daniel Bienvenu: except many C compiler and C cross-compiler? well Daniel Bienvenu: HI-TIDE is a brand new graphical development environment designed to aid the user in all aspects of a project's development. It provides all the necessary tools to write, compile, debug and simulate a project easily. Daniel Bienvenu: HI-TECH Salvo is a cooperative real-time operating sytem (RTOS) that is designed for single-chip microcontrollers with severly limited RAM and ROM. It provides the power, speed and flexibility of an RTOS in low-cost embedded designs. Salvo is scalable, easy to learn and highly configurable. Daniel Bienvenu: in C compiler, they do Daniel Bienvenu: 68000 C Daniel Bienvenu: 6805 C Daniel Bienvenu: 68HC11 C Daniel Bienvenu: 8051 C Daniel Bienvenu: ARClite C Daniel Bienvenu: ARM-C Daniel Bienvenu: CPM (freeware) the one I use Daniel Bienvenu: H8/300 C Daniel Bienvenu: Pacific C (freeware) Daniel Bienvenu: PICC and PICC lite Daniel Bienvenu: PICC-18 Daniel Bienvenu: XA C Daniel Bienvenu: Z80 C rich-c: I see a mix of processors and OS's there, mostly 8-bit external Daniel Bienvenu: yep Daniel Bienvenu: The classic Z80 microprocessor is alive and well, embedded in numerous microcontrollers from several manufacturers. HI-TECH Z80 C is a mature, reliable tool backed by 18 years of continuous development. rich-c: the 68000 was a 16-bit used in the Am iga 500 and 1000 rich-c: I get the feeling you are copying the from the hi-tech website Daniel Bienvenu: Exactly, because I don't want to write you wrong info :) rich-c: I can multitask frtom chast but often have trouble rich-c: sometimes my dwsktop computer has problems with it rich-c: oddly enough I suspect it's because my Java environment is newer than the one used in chat Daniel Bienvenu: maybe... but no one knows for sure what could be the problem when an applet doesn't run well :) rich-c: yes, I'd sort of gathered that rich-c: but then current OSs are so com[licated I'm surprised anyone understands them rich-c: any way, time marches on - getting time toshutdown Daniel Bienvenu: you mean, it's time to say "good bye"? rich-c: yes, for the moment - back again Wednesday rich-c: hope to see you then Daniel Bienvenu: ok then, see you wednesday... the special halloween chat ? rich-c: only in that there may be delays while I anseer the door! rich-c: actually Frances will dp most of that Daniel Bienvenu: well, au revoir! Daniel Bienvenu: *poof* rich-c: bye now rich-c: I'm gone
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