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Re: 21st century programming for the Apple II
- Subject: Re: 21st century programming for the Apple II
- From: "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid>
- Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:22:45 -0400
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.programmer, comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: The Wasteland
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In article <zC1nk.16131$cW3.12586@nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com>,
David Schmenk <dschmenk@YUCH.gmail.com> wrote:
> When was the last new programming language environment brought to the
> Apple II?
>
> I have no idea - until now. Today, VM02, the Java-ish VM for the Apple
> II arrives at Alpha. Things are looking good and its time for others to
> start playing with it.
>
> README for VM02, the Apple II Java Virtual Machine
[See readme.txt on either image]
> Disk image:
> http://schmenk.is-a-geek.com/tarfiles/vm02alpha1.dsk.zip
>
> Source tree:
> http://schmenk.is-a-geek.com/tarfiles/vm02.alpha1.src.zip
A stunning achievement! David Schmenk is-a-geek, elite. Thank you for
sharing this. I anticipate a nadanet of vm02's becoming self-aware,
shortly. :-)
[Now, the whining.]
I got nothing. It works in 40- or 80-columns and runs under ProoDOS
2.0.3. Hires, lores, text! This is sweet.
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John B. Matthews
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