>And to counter that argument, if people could develop on SIM Coupe >and then write the4 software back to floppy for distrubiton on >standard SAM's then I think we would see more released on the SAM. >What would you rather do - roam through your atic blowing the dust >off your SAM and setting it up (plugging it into your telly, digging >out your old disks box, crossing your fingers and hoping everything >still works), or double click on the SIM Coupe icon on your desktop >and crack on?
Funnily enough, that's EXACTLY what I've been wanting to do lately. I've got so many things I want to do for the SAM, but developing them on the SAM itself, as I find, is so bloody time-consuming! [cycle begin] boot up Pro-DOS. edit assembler/C program in text editer (ZDE) assemble (ZAS) / compile (Hitech C) program reset SAM boot up working development disk load up CP/M to SAM file converter (prosam) copy binary file over run program debug program (TurboMon) reset SAM [cycle end - repeat] It will be great to have a PC where I can edit the files in one window, import the files into a CP/M emulator in another window, import those files into SimCoupe to test and, if need-be, copy the files onto the disk and run them on a real SAM (or even bootstrap the files over the serial line to the kernel in my SAM - once I build my flexible comms interface, that is)... It may be the same process as before, but it should be a LOT quicker... >People who use the >machine as a serious computer can be counted on one hand. Upto recently, I was determined NOT to have a PC but to keep my developments on SAM... but I'm becomming too impatient and thinking "I can't be bothered to do all that disk-swapping - where's the TV remote?" instead of getting on and doing my stuff. >It may come as a shock to many SAM users, but there is a whole new >worl dof technology out there that we must eitehr embrace, by >supporting SIM Coupe in every way we possibly can, or watch the SAM >community upgrade to PC and forget all about our lovealbe little >bluer footed soldier. Hey.. Mine's black-footed!! You unpolitically-correct person, you! :) >My friends, it is time to move on. Talking of which, does SimCoupe have MIDI support yet? Jut.
