From: bd970@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Barry E. Boone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
Subject: Re: TI developing: what's up, what's in, what's out there?
Date: 21 Aug 92 04:15:06 GMT
Reply-To: bd970@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Barry E. Boone)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)


In a previous article, olsone@aix02.ecs.rpi.edu (Erik G. Olson) says:

>
>I hear there is a full-C compiler now that runs on a TI. A lot of
>programs came out as a result of Clint Pulley's "small-c" c99. Full C is

As a matter of fact, there is a full C compiler that runs on a Geneve (or
an IBM or an Amiga) that will generate code for either a TI or Geneve...

>and a chore that isn't so viable. Or maybe those people (like, Barry 
>Boone) who have put out products recently don't let that get to them. 
>If I may pretend you are reading this, Barry, am I right in suspecting 
>that you made SoundFX rather than some more useful product because it was 
>a heck of a lot of fun to just do it? I don't believe people can write 
>programs just because people "need their brains." What's in it for me?
>(What do you think was on Paul Charlton's mind when Lou Philips wanted 
>his brain?) 

I have to admit that I did Sound F/X mainly for the fun of it... I am also
in a position where I have to spend a lot of time in the pursuit of income
(the days of collecting $800 a month from Archiver donations are long over)
which by necessity reduces my TI time... I still see the TI as a challenge
though, and have no plans to dump mine.  I also have to admit that getting my
hands on the source code to MDOS has increased my interest lately.

What has kept me in the TI so long has been the "hobbyist" atmosphere... a much
different atmosphere than what you find in the IBM world... The TI was also the
first computer I ever owned, learned to program, and eventually learn assembly
for... It is also possible with the TI to be the first person to ever do
something for it... like Sound F/X, etc.  I have a few projects for the TI up
my sleeves... just a matter of finding time... I just wish the TI
market was still as profitable, not so much for the money as for the fact that

it gives me an excuse to spend more time with the TI and less chasing income

A
income... oh well, enough rambling :)
>
>Anyway, enough of my ramblings. What can you buy these days? Has anyone
>taken a shot at the integrated source editor/compiler environment?
>The kind that compiles without unloading your source and pops you back to
>edit specific lines with errors? (A modest sketch.) I could dream on..

It already exists... it is called Turbo Pasc' 99, and was written in Germany.
You can write a pascal program with it, compile it for syntax (or output) from
the editor (and if there is an error, it will put the cursor on the error
back in the editor) then use the linker to make an executable out of it...
it was a really nice package, just never advertised much (or supported much)
here in the U.S.


>Maybe one of those is doable with a cross-platform arrangement, where
>the PC or whatever uploads the object code to the TI, and assists in a
>debugging role too. 
>
>OK, no more ramblings.. Someone tell me what you prefer, or what's out 
>there: editors, languages, debugging tools, that kind of thing.
>
>P.S. I really do prefer Funnelweb 3.5 over 4.1. (Why do you think I
>still own a TI?)
>-- 
>Erik G. Olson          =+ There was Virtue in the world before there was
>olsone@rpi.edu         =+ Orthodoxy in it.
>                       =+ --The Independent Whig (as quoted by John Adams) 
>

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