Re: OT - 68K Cross-compiler up for download

[rtk <oneelkruns@hotmail.com>]

On Mar 23, 8:21 am, zwsdot...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Mar 22, 3:40 pm, "Bill Buckels" <bbuck...@mts.net> wrote:
>
> > I said to Brian Staples who was Microsoft's rep on the COMPSERVE support
> > forum back in those pre-Windows and pre-Internet days that Windows would
>
> heh :) I remember the big hoopla when CIS changed over from
> xxxxxx....@compuserve.com to real email addresses. I was living in
> Australia at the time, though.
>
> > never catch-on. By mid-1992 I had abandoned MS-DOS and was already playing
> > catch-up writing Windows 3.1 applications.
>
> ... and by 1994 I was writing VxDs and reverse-engineering
> undocumented protected-mode interrupt services in Chicago (the OS
> beta, not the city).
>
> > I was also already peeking into the windows and the boxcars then and just
> > didn't realize it.
>
> Comrade, I think you misunderstand: you and I are now in the boxcars
> looking out. We're on our way to become soylent green.
>
> > It is that late-night feeling of emotion and "programmer's high" that
>
> That feeling is hard for modern youth to understand. In fact you'll
> see my thread about a book I'm writing on the IIc (as in, using a IIc
> to write it). The book in question is a book on engineering written
> for kids in the year 6-10 range at school, designed to offer hands-on
> projects and answers to the question "why should I be interested in
> this boring math stuff".

Wonderful!  I recently laid out the contents for a programming from
the ground up book starting with the 6502 and moving on to C and then
Python.  I abandoned the effort since I know I have too little time to
do it justice.  I did write the 6502 emulator and assembler, though,
if anyone has a use for them let me know.

When your book is ready, let me know,too!  I have three kids in that
age group and every little bit helps.

Ron