Re: Toolbox Guide for Dummies

[magnusfalkirk <dean.phares@gmail.com>]

Thye Chean,

I have a real IIGS, unexcelerated but with 4MB of ram (though I'm
seriously leaning toward swapping out the ROM 01 motherboard for a ROM
03 motherboard, which would then give me 5MB of ram), and a Mac Mini
that I run both KEGSMAC and Sweet 16 on, I've also got a copy of KEGS
on the PC at work. I haven't copied Complete Pascal over to 3.5 disks
yet to use on the real GS but probably will shortly. I think I
remember seeing some of your programs for the Apple II back in the
day.

As I said your site is incentive for me to finally get around to
learning to program, I just need to make the time to do it. I've als
got a copy of MD Basic, along with docs, that I need to play around
with. I wonder if it would be possible to use ICONIX with that to
access Super Hi-Res Graphics on the GS in a Basic program?

Dean


On Sep 5, 9:12 am, limtc <thyech...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Dean,
>
> Even if I am able to help 1 extra person (the web site is primary
> designed for my son), or pulled in 1 extra Apple II user, it is worth
> all the effort. :)
>
> I started from Applesoft, then later 6502 assembly, but I am never
> really a Pascal programmer for Apple IIGS only until now. I am looking
> for th Applesoft replacement for my son (he has learned this language
> in about a week and I need something as simple but more powerful), and
> at this time, I am introduced back to Complete Pascal and completely
> blown away by its simplicity. You can see from all my sample codes
> that except for the Pascal syntax (I am not going into BASIC vs Pascal
> debate - I like both), this is the really the type something and run
> codes, and QuickDraw is simply amazing. It might be slow when I am
> using the real GS, but with emulation this is no longer the
> limitation.
>
> If you either own an Apple IIGS, or a PC or Mac running Apple IIGS
> emulation - my suggestion is to go Complete Pascal or GSoft BASIC, and
> try it out. It is really fun.