coco-tools

This is a simple collection of tools to assist with developing software for the TRS-80 Color Computer.

Installation

# To install via pip
pip install coco-tools

# To install from source
git clone https://github.com/jamieleecho/coco-tools.git
cd coco-tools
make install-pre-commit
make install

Tools

decb-to-b09

usage: decb-to-b09 [-h] [--version] [-l] [-z] [-s DEFAULT_STRING_STORAGE] [-D] [-w]
                   [-c CONFIG_FILE]
                   program.bas program.b09

Convert a Color BASIC program to a BASIC09 program
Copyright (c) 2023 by Jamie Cho
Version: 0.18

positional arguments:
  program.bas           input DECB text program file
  program.b09           output BASIC09 text program file

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  -l, --filter-unused-linenum
                        Filter out line numbers not referenced by the program
  -z, --dont-initialize-vars
                        Don't pre-initialize all variables
  -s DEFAULT_STRING_STORAGE, --default-string-storage DEFAULT_STRING_STORAGE
                        Bytes to allocate for each string
  -D, --dont-output-dependencies
                        Don't output required dependencies
  -w, --dont-run-width-32
                        if set don't run the default width 32
  -c CONFIG_FILE, --config-file CONFIG_FILE
                        Optional compiler configuration file

cm3toppm

usage: cm3toppm [-h] [--version] [image.cm3] [image.ppm]

Convert RS-DOS CM3 images to PPM
Copyright (c) 2017 by Mathieu Bouchard
Copyright (c) 2018-2020 by Jamie Cho
Version: 0.6

positional arguments:
  image.cm3   input CM3 image file
  image.ppm   output PPM image file

options:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  --version   show program's version number and exit

hrstoppm

usage: hrstoppm [-h] [-w width] [-r height] [-s bytes] [--version]
                [image.hrs] [image.ppm]

Convert RS-DOS HRS images to PPM
Copyright (c) 2018 by Mathieu Bouchard
Copyright (c) 2018-2020 by Jamie Cho
Version: 0.6

positional arguments:
  image.hrs   input HRS image file
  image.ppm   output PPM image file

options:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  -w width    choose different width (this does not assume bigger pixels)
  -r height   choose height not computed from header divided by width
  -s bytes    skip some number of bytes
  --version   show program's version number and exit

maxtoppm

usage: maxtoppm [-h] [--version]
                [-br | -rb | -br2 | -rb2 | -br3 | -rb3 | -s10 | -s11] [-i]
                [-w width] [-r height] [-s bytes] [-newsroom]
                [image] [image.ppm]

Convert RS-DOS MAX and ART images to PPM
Copyright (c) 2018 by Mathieu Bouchard
Copyright (c) 2018-2020 by Mathieu Bouchard, Jamie Cho
Version: 0.6

positional arguments:
  image       input image file
  image.ppm   output PPM image file

options:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  --version   show program's version number and exit

pixel mode:
  Default pixel mode is no artifact (PMODE 4 on monitor). The 6 other modes:

  -br         PMODE 4 artifacts, cyan-blue first
  -rb         PMODE 4 artifacts, orange-red first
  -br2        PMODE 3 Coco 3 cyan-blue first
  -rb2        PMODE 3 Coco 3 orange-red first
  -br3        PMODE 3 Coco 3 primary, blue first
  -rb3        PMODE 3 Coco 3 primary, red first
  -s10        PMODE 3 SCREEN 1,0
  -s11        PMODE 3 SCREEN 1,1

Format and size options::
  Default file format is CocoMax 1/2's .MAX, which is also Graphicom's
  .PIC and SAVEM of 4 or 8 pages of PMODE 3/4.
  Also works with any other height of SAVEM (including fractional pages).

  -i          ignore header errors (but read header anyway)
  -w width    choose different width (this does not assume bigger pixels)
  -r height   choose height not computed from header divided by width
  -s bytes    skip header and assume it has the specified length
  -newsroom   read Coco Newsroom / The Newspaper .ART header instead

mgetoppm

usage: mgetoppm [-h] [--version] [image.mge] [image.ppm]

Convert RS-DOS MGE images to PPM
Copyright (c) 2017 by Mathieu Bouchard
Copyright (c) 2018-2020 by Jamie Cho
Version: 0.6

positional arguments:
  image.mge   input MGE image file
  image.ppm   output PPM image file

options:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  --version   show program's version number and exit

mge_viewer2

usage: mge_viewer2 [-h] [--version] [image.mge]

View ColorMax 3 MGE files
Copyright (c) 2022 by R. Allen Murphey
Version: 0.6

positional arguments:
  image.mge   input MGE image file

optional arguments:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  --version   show program's version number and exit

pixtopgm

usage: pixtopgm [-h] [--version] image.pix [image.pgm]

Convert RS-DOS PIX images to PGM
Copyright (c) 2018-2020 by Mathieu Bouchard, Jamie Cho
Version: 0.6

positional arguments:
  image.pix   input PIX image file
  image.pgm   output PGM image file

options:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  --version   show program's version number and exit

png-to-cocopng

usage: png-to-coco-png [-h] [--bits-per-pixel BITS_PER_PIXEL] input_png input_palette output_png

Convert a PNG image to a CoCo 3 palette PNG.

positional arguments:
  input_png             Path to the input PNG image file.
  input_palette         Path to the input palette file is in the Multi Vue env.file format.
  output_png            Path to the output PNG file.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --bits-per-pixel BITS_PER_PIXEL
                        Number of bits per pixel.

png-to-mvicon

usage: png-to-mvicon [-h] input_png input_palette output_icon

Convert a 24x24 PNG image to a Multi Vue icon file.

positional arguments:
  input_png      Path to the input PNG image file.
  input_palette  Path to the input palette file is in the Multi Vue env.file format.
  output_icon    Path to the output icon file.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit

png-to-os9-image

usage: png-to-os9-image [-h] [--mask-index MASK_INDEX] [--bits-per-pixel BITS_PER_PIXEL]
                        input_png input_palette output_os9_image

Convert an PNG image to an OS-9 image.

positional arguments:
  input_png             Path to the input PNG image file.
  input_palette         Path to the input palette file is in the Multi Vue env.file format.
  output_os9_image      Path to the output OS-9 image file.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --mask-index MASK_INDEX
  --bits-per-pixel BITS_PER_PIXEL
                        Number of bits per pixel.

rattoppm

usage: rattoppm [-h] [--version] [image.rat] [image.ppm]

Convert RS-DOS RAT images to PPM
Copyright (c) 2018-2020 by Mathieu Bouchard, Jamie Cho
Version: 0.6

positional arguments:
  image.rat   input RAT image file
  image.ppm   output PPM image file

options:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  --version   show program's version number and exit

veftopng

usage: veftopng [-h] [--version] image.vef image.png

Convert OS-9 VEF images to PNG
Copyright (c) 2018-2020  Travis Poppe <tlp@lickwid.net>
Copyright (c) 2020  Jamie Cho
Version: 0.6

positional arguments:
  image.vef   input VEF image file
  image.png   output PNG image file

options:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  --version   show program's version number and exit

Developing and Testing

You will need a fairly modern python environment with uv installed.

You can begin by entering:

make install-pre-commit
make sync
make run-tests

The Makefile makes it easy to perform the most common operations:

• make all transpiles several example ECB programs to Basic09
• make basic.dsk os9boot.dsk builds ECB and OS-9 disks with examples
• make check-all runs linting and uv.lock checks
• make check-lint checks for linting issues
• make check-lock verifies the uv.lock is aligned to pyproject.toml
• make clean cleans the virtual environment and caches
• make default runs a default set of checks on the code
• make fix-all formats the code, fixes lint errors and runs locks uv.lock to pyproject.toml
• make fix-format formats the code
• make fix-lint fixes linting issues
• make fix-lint-unsafe fixes linting issues potentially adding inadvertant bugs
• make help outputs the different make options
• make install build install the distribution
• make install-pre-commit installs pre-commit hooks
• make lock locks uv.lock to pyproject.toml
• make install-pre-commit installs pre-commit hooks
• make run-tests runs the unit tests
• make sync syncs the python environment with uv.lock

.vscode/settings.json is set so that unit tests can be run without further configuration.

You can use Docker to run tests in a Linux environment:

# Build the docker image
docker compose build test

# Run tests using the source on the docker image
docker compose run test

# Run tests using the source on the host computer
docker compose run testv

Credits

The programs in the examples/decb and examples/other-decb-examples-to-try directories are from the following sources:

• alien4k0.bas -- https://github.com/jggames/trs80mc10/blob/9df4c9578250009d68a03101d626faa3c22e7445/quicktype/Arcade/4K/Alien4K/ALIEN4K0.TXT#L4
• bach.bas -- https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/MC-10/Software/Books/TRS-80%20Color%20Computer%20%26%20MC-10%20Programs/bach.c10
• banner.bas -- https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/MC-10/Software/Books/TRS-80%20Color%20Computer%20%26%20MC-10%20Programs/banner.c10
• cadnza.bas -- https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/MC-10/Software/Books/TRS-80%20Color%20Computer%20%26%20MC-10%20Programs/cadnza.c10
• cflip.bas -- https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/MC-10/Software/Books/TRS-80%20Color%20Computer%20%26%20MC-10%20Programs/cflip.c10
• flip.bas -- https://github.com/daftspaniel/RetroCornerRedux/blob/main/Dragon/Originals/FlipBits/flip.bas
• loops.bas -- https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Manuals/Hardware/Color%20Computer%203%20Extended%20Basic%20(Tandy).pdf
• f15eagle.bas -- https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Disks/Magazines/Rainbow%20On%20Disk.zip
• mars.bas -- https://github.com/jggames/trs80mc10/tree/9df4c9578250009d68a03101d626faa3c22e7445/quicktype/Text%20Adventures/WorkInProgress/Mars
• saints.bas -- https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Manuals/Hardware/Color%20Computer%203%20Extended%20Basic%20(Tandy).pdf