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This video takes the first steps after setting up the #colecovision / #colecoadam environment to show how to fiddle with code, see the results, and repeat, while also showing where things are and how to figure things out. #retrocomputing #retrogaming

You can read The C Programming Language, 2nd edition, here:
https://archive.org/details/cprogramminglang0000kern_2ed/

You can read Practical C Programming, here:
https://repo.zenk-security.com/Programmation/O%20Reilly%20-%20Practical%20C%20Programming,%203rd%20Edition.pdf

Chapters:
0:00 intro
1:30 modifying hello.c
4:00 moving around in the Terminal
6:30 zcc and its options
7:50 back to hello.c, compiling it; showing the zcc options
11:50 adding some more text
14:00 finding more information, the Z88DK website
17:10 changing graphics mode using info from website
19:20 methodology for figuring things out.
24:00 trying a plain C example from a website
27:30 back to hello.c, and fixing it
33:00 digging into tms99x8.h
38:00 trying the Z88DK examples
41:30 conclusion: books that help you along your journey.