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registration issues

Bill Pierce — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:53:42 +0000

I don’t know who’s in charge of registration of RainbowIDE now since the remodel… but what I would like to know is this…
I aquired my Raindow IDE registration when I bought my COCO DVD a few years back. my old computer died (along with ut’s hard drive) and I lost all my files. I pulled the DVD out ant my new computer would not even recognize it. I didn’t worry too much as most of the stuff is in various places on the net. I downloaded 2 versions of Rainbow IDE (1.4 & 1.6 I think) and my old key would not work with them. Do I have to buy another copy of this? I don’t really mind… but would kike to know before I shell out more bucks.

Thanks in Advance
Bill Pierce

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CCASM 6809/6309 Cross Assembler

Roger — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:38:11 +0000

DESCRIPTION – CCASM is a Windows command-prompt machine language assembler able to use existing CoCo source code or source code edited on the PC and assemble the binary(s) to various formats such as the CoCo ‘LOADM’ format, and as multi-size EPROM/ROM image files, and more.With all the emulators in use today, this is a great tool for 6809/6309/CoCo/Vectrex programmers to create software from a better environment. Writing machine-language programs is now easier than ever.Assembled programs can be run on a Tandy Color Computer 1/2/3, Vectrex, or any 6809/6309 machine.
EFFICIENCY – The assembler size is ~318kb.The assembly process is quick, even for large programs. Assembled programs can sometimes be smaller than the EDTASM version using the same source code. LOADMable programs are typically assembled to smaller file sizes than what EDTASM normally produces.
LINE FORMATS – Various CR/LF schemes are supported, allowing CCASM to read and assemble source code created using your favorite CoCo or PC text editor.
INCLUDE LEVELS - Each source code file can also INCLUDE other files, giving you a worry-free nested source code structure.
DATA STRUCTURES AND OBJECTS - Data structures can be created that have any number of fields. New structures can inherit the fields of another structure and can add their own fields. Support for object-oriented programming is being improved to allow an easier way to create classes, derived classes, methods, objects, etc.
ERROR DUMPING – Assembly errors can optionally be dumped to an error file describing each line that needs attention. The Portal-9 and Rainbow IDE use this error file to show you (by highlighting) what lines need attention.
TARGET CPU - CCASM is designed exclusively for the 6809 and 6309 CPUs, regardless of the machine or board being used. All 6809 and 6309 instruction possibilities are supported.
PROCEDURES! – Yes, you can declare and call procedures, complete with parameters and/or local variables and static variables, and nesting ability! This is truly a huge leap in power. You can create and use source-based libraries, making assembly even that much more easier to use in the future.
EXPRESSION EVALUATOR – CCASM has a very nice mathematical expression evaluator, able to crunch down some of the meanest expressions, with more operations than EDTASM or RMA. Functions are also available like sizof{structure} which computes the size of any data structure or union.
NESTED CONDITIONAL ASSEMBLY – Conditional assembly is supported via the if/endif and ifp1/endc directives, letting you enable or disable sections of source code to be assembled. By enclosing sections of code within conditional statements, you can maintain one source code file for different versions of the program to be assembled. There are many nice uses for conditional assembly.
PLANNED FEATURES – Macros. CCASM will allow you to build your own psuedo-instructions or even modify existing instructions by way of a powerful MACRO function.
Linux. A port of CCASM to the Linux operating system is in the works. However, the WIndows version of CCASM works in Linux if you have the WINE system installed (Windows API translator). This allows Windows apps to work as-is from within Linux!

UPDATE! On 8-23-07, CCASM was ported to Linux. Thorough testing will be done before any official release.

os9 .dsk image

Randy — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:51:46 +0000

I assembled source code for a date module, and it seems to have gone well after I found an os9 defs file. Now I need to make a virtual disk, I can’t seem to make any that work from separate programs/modules. Do I need to specify an assembler? Is it copy or os9 module? Probably I need os9.exe, but what disk format should it be to make a physical os9 disk? I need a set of options that will work…Thanks, Randy.

Rainbow IDE 1.6 is really super

earlcasper — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:10:39 +0000

I recently downloaded Rainbow IDE 1.6 It’s advertised as beta, but I found that with a bit of tinkering, it was vastly superior to 1.4 I was so pleased that I sent in for another 2 site license even though I might have gotten by with the second site of my last two site license. Last time I paid with my pay pal account and it took forever to get a key. This time I tried a credit card. I’m hoping that my key will come soon. It’s quite usable even without the key, but I think that the key will make the experience even more pleasant.

Downloading Rainbow

earlcasper — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:50:00 +0000

I can’t seem to download either rainbow IDE or the bios collection. A task bar shows up at the bottom of my browser, so something is happening, but I can’t find anything afterwords.

CoCo II on Rainbow IDE 1.4

earlcasper — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:00:12 +0000

I’m developing a Rainbow like IDE for CoCoNut, a CoCo emulator for the Palm Pilot, and using Rainbow for the CoCo part. I was disappointed with Rainbow at first when I tried to use it with the CoCo II set, but I discovered that it works really great for the CoCo III, and by poking &HFFDE you can make a CoCo III work enough like a CoCo II for my purposes, so I’m very happy
- Earl

Some newbie questions…

Lagrangian — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:50:25 +0000

I realize that Rainbow is primarly geared toward assembly language programmers, but is it possible to make a Rainbow project consisting of BASIC file(s)? I realize they don’t have to be compiled (though I suppose they could be tokenized rather than being stored as straight ASCII on disk).

How do you do this? I tried adding a “Source” file called hello.bas to a new Project, but I couldn’t figure out how to get Rainbow to build a disk image with that file. Whenever I would build, it would say it was skipping the file because no output type was specified. So then I specified “tokenized BASIC”, but it still didn’t do anything when I hit the build button. (If it matters, I [b:6cd3d4e4a9]am[/b:6cd3d4e4a9] a registered owner).

Another question — am I correct in assuming that if one has multiple buildable files in the project you’ll end up with multiple files on the final .dsk?

Finally (and I know not strictly Rainbow) — once you have a .dsk (either from Rainbow or downloaded), how do you make a CoCo-compatible floppy out of it (assuming you have a 3.5″ or 5.25″ drive connected to your PC)?

Rainbow IDE Serial

atilla457 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:29:12 +0000

Hi,

I ordered the rainbow ide using the link on the home page yesterday. I am wondering how long it takes to receive the serial number.

do you know who to contact?

thanks.

Erturk

Stupid questions, but …

fishlock — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:56:17 +0000

I am starting by trying to compile some of the sample projects in the Rainbow IDE projects area.

When I do, some of the files compile, but for most of them, I get the message:
“skipping *.SRC because no source code processor was specified”

Now I have set CCASM in the assembler options, so can anyone tell me what I’m doing wrong ? I can’t seem to find much help on this within the IDE itself.

Hopefully once I work it out I should be able to get stuck into some programming.

Thanks in advance to anyone with Rainbow IDE experience who is willing to help.

how do you create an os9 disk image with rainbow ide?

drakahn — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:58:34 +0000

like the subject says, ive tried various options to create an os9 disk image with a text file in it. at the moment i am trying to create a startup file that would startup multiview. however i couldnt get the ide to create the image file. and im not sure what settings i need to use to create the immage.

however i did use the ide as a text editor and saved the startup file to my desktop and used winimage to move the startup file i wrote onto an already creaded os9 dsk image. and what i ended up with was a startup file that wouldnt run because it seems that all the lines were doublespaced. so it seems im not seting something up. so seem to be stuck using the edit or tsedit command until i can figure out how to get the ide to create a disk image for os9?

couple of questions

drakahn — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:34:26 +0000

i have the trial/shareware version of the rainbow ide and mess set up actualy ive had it set up for a while but have been unable to get consistent compiles with it sometimes i end up with empty disk images. does any one know where i can get some referance documents or books to use it, im thinking its something small that im forgetting with it.