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From: Harry Potter on 27 Jun 2008 11:30 In case you don't know, Fields is a cc65 library to handle dialog box- like functionality for computers such as the CBM and Apple 2 series. In my last related posting,it was demonstrated to me that Fields is useless. I think it would be useful for special-purpose databases and data entry tasks, such as the organization of libraries and other collections, an address book, company contacts and costomer and product lists. If somebody sees anything in it now, I'd appreciate a response. If not, then Fields was a waste of my time.
From: christianlott1 on 27 Jun 2008 13:23 I'm encouraged by your pessimism. It's good to be critical of your own work - - but don't throw the baby out with the bath water, okay? I think you should convert it to pure assembly language. There was a similar application called Menu Toolbox that came out a while back by Jeff Jones. Issue 14: http://www.ffd2.com/fridge/chacking/ This was incorporated into Dot Basic a few years ago. Maybe someone can fill in the gaps about what happened to that. I have a copy around here if you're interested. A database application is a wonderful idea, especially with the uIEC nearly ready. You've got a front end, now it's time to design the back end. Keep going if you want to, stop when you're ready to stop. It's difficult working for yourself, huh? :)
From: BluPhoenyx on 27 Jun 2008 13:05 To: Harry Potter Harry Potter wrote: > In case you don't know, Fields is a cc65 library to handle dialog box- > like functionality for computers such as the CBM and Apple 2 series. > In my last related posting,it was demonstrated to me that Fields is > useless. I think it would be useful for special-purpose databases and > data entry tasks, such as the organization of libraries and other > collections, an address book, company contacts and costomer and > product lists. If somebody sees anything in it now, I'd appreciate a > response. If not, then Fields was a waste of my time. Honing your developer skills and refining routines and algorithms is never a waste of time. IMHO, the real waste would result from you tossing the whole thing aside as a failure. Since I don't program with CC65 I can't help much however you should remember the user base of Apple II CC65 developers is probably small. It's doubtful there will be many programmers who can take advantage of your library. It is possible, I suppose, if you keep expanding your library that you will attract more developers to Apple2/CC65. Cheers, Mike T.
From: dott.Piergiorgio on 28 Jun 2008 10:03 BluPhoenyx ha scritto: > To: Harry Potter > Harry Potter wrote: >> In case you don't know, Fields is a cc65 library to handle dialog box- >> like functionality for computers such as the CBM and Apple 2 series. >> In my last related posting,it was demonstrated to me that Fields is >> useless. I think it would be useful for special-purpose databases and >> data entry tasks, such as the organization of libraries and other >> collections, an address book, company contacts and costomer and >> product lists. If somebody sees anything in it now, I'd appreciate a >> response. If not, then Fields was a waste of my time. > > Honing your developer skills and refining routines and algorithms is > never a waste of time. IMHO, the real waste would result from you > tossing the whole thing aside as a failure. I guess that a menuing system can be useful in some 8-bit context; for example, a good improvement will be porting it for an tiled graphics environment, because can be useful in games like RPG or wargame/strategy. (if someone has played games like the NES Final Fantasies, or apple ][ wizardries known what I mean for menuing in RPG/WG environment) BTW, I have DL'd the library and is archived in my huge archive of useful sources :) Best regards from Italy, Dott. Piergiorgio.
From: Harry Potter on 3 Jul 2008 20:32
On Jun 27, 11:30 am, Harry Potter <maspethro...(a)aol.com> wrote: > In case you don't know, Fields is a cc65 library to handle dialog box- > like functionality for computers such as the CBM and Apple 2 series. > In my last related posting,it was demonstrated to me that Fields is > useless. I think it would be useful for special-purpose databases and > data entry tasks, such as the organization of libraries and other > collections, an address book, company contacts and costomer and > product lists. If somebody sees anything in it now, I'd appreciate a > response. If not, then Fields was a waste of my time. I appreciate your comments, all of you. I like playing with the computer, but, as I'm an egotist, although a pessimistic egotist, I like my works to be appreciated. However, I really don't want to convert the library to assembler. I think it deserves C. Assembler would probably be good, though. |