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Re: Introducing NoRezFrame 1.0 for GSoft



On May 2, 3:16 am, Smohn Jith <landofconfus...@optonline.net> wrote:
> First the diatribe:
>
> 10 years ago I bought GSoft Basic.  It was touted as the greatest thing
> to hit the Apple //gs world.  It would allow you to do all things you
> dreamed of doing, SHR screen, Desktop programs, etc.  I found out it was
> never going to be a compiled language.  On a real //gs it's slow, the
> editor is weird, nay ridiculous.  Open-Apple-F is for FIND, not delete a
> character, no if, ands, or buts about it.  I was excited about the
> Desktop Examples.  Hmmm I can't seem to do anything with them, oh wait,
> you need Rez, not included.  It's going to be bundled with the never
> completed Toolbox Programming Tutorial.  Oh yeah, the shell is crippled
> too.  Great.  Fantastic.  So it sat and I lost interest...

I actually got about a third of Toolbox Programming In GSoft BASIC
written.  I keep meaning to talk to Mike Westerfield about posting a
PDF of it along with the samples online for download.

Eric Shepherd
Owner
Syndicomm
http://www.syndicomm.com/