Monthly Archives: June 2013

Using MonoDevelop

I’ve almost always used both Windows and Linux, but I stopped using Windows a few months ago.  One of the things that only runs on a Windows machine is Visual Studio.  The Basternae code was compiled on a Windows machine and then uploaded to the Linux host.

Without access to that, it was time to try using MonoDevelop.

MonoDevelop
It was able to load the Visual Studio solution, with some exceptions:  The client WPF project didn’t load, nor did the abandoned Silverlight project.  I could probably install more packages to make WPF work, I’m not sure yet.

I noticed that the compiler works differently for some things, like terminal characters.  The ECHO_ON and ECHO_OFF sequences broke logging in, but some weird prompt formatting that’s been around for a while just fixed itself.  It will be interesting to see what other diffferences turn up.  Even though C# is supposed to work the same on all platforms, I suspect that it might work better when both the build and run machines have the same operating system.

What of the MUD?

That is a good question.  I haven’t touched it in a long time, around a year.

Basternae is still important, but it’s been pretty severely deprioritized in favor of the startup work I’ve been doing here in the Portland area.  As soon as I get a win big enough to retire on it’ll be my first priority, I promise.

Can you think of a way I can make a living writing a MUD?  I’ve been trying for 10 years, but haven’t come up with anything.  That’s a shame because it’s far more fun than doing almost any kind of real work.

Mint Mark Guide

From my website stampscoinsnotes.com. The meanings of mint marks on coins from different countries.

Germany

A – Berlin
D – Munich
E – Muldenhutten
F – Stuttgart
G – Karlsruhe
J – Hamburg

Mexico

A – Alamos
AS – Alamos
C – Culiacan
CA – Chihuahua
CE – Real de Catorce
CH – Chihuahua
Cn – Culiacan
D – Durango
Do – Durango
G – Guanajuato
Ga – Guadalajara
GC – Guadeloupe y Calvo
Go – Guanajuato
H – Hermosillo
Ho – Hermosillo
M – Mexico City
Mo – Mexico City
O – Oaxaca
OA – Oaxaca
P – San Luis Potosi
PI – San Luis Potosi
SLP – San Luis Potosi
Z – Zacatecas
Zs – Zacatecas

United Kingdom

H – Heaton
KN – King’s Norton

United States

C – Charlotte
CC – Carson City
D – Denver
O – New Orleans
P – Philadelphia
S – San Francisco
W – West Point