You are correct in that there is no document for those who are not already familiar with C. It was deemed a lot of work to write such a document and there are plenty of books around that already cover that.
What is on the documentation disk is a guide to how C maps onto the QDOS environment. Also available is the detailed library reference material. Note that if anyone does provide any "getting started" type documents I am more than happy to add them to the standard set. I recently took early retirement, so if anything interesting comes up that might be c68 related I should now have free time to work on it. There have not been any developments in c68 for quite a few years now, but that does not mean that there are not a number of things that have not been identified that might be worth working on. Another thing that I have thought of working on is a port of gcc to the QDOS environment to replace c68. It would definitely not run on unexpanded QL systems as I would expect any system with less than about 4Mb RAM would be unable to run it, but would have the advantage of getting a maintained compiler onto QDOS/SMSE as well as supporting C++ facilities in addition to standard C. However it is not worth putting any effort into this if there would not be a reasonable demand for it. Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Riley Sent: 21 February 2007 14:20 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] c68 guide for one who wants to know. Thanks for the link, I've stumbled upon that page already and it doesn't cater for the beginner. For example, there is source but i haven't found a ' beginners start here' section . As Phil Kett stated in an earlier email, I'm willing to learn but have hit a wall. I shall just play around with the executables I have on my hard drive and hope it all becomes clear. Cheers Neil >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 21 February 2007 13:27 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > under the C68 programming environment. Is there a Tutotorial on the > subject? There have been a coupls of 'introductions' to C68 in recent years. None of them seemed to continue beyond the initial episode. Mind you, I don't remember if this was intended to be a series (similar to say my Assembly language or Herb's Graphics) in QL Toady, or not. > Do i need to buy back issues of QL Toady or is there an idiots guide > already out there? Also, Is there a fast way of checking what version of C68 I I don't think it is worth your while trying to buy back issues of QL Toadt for a C68 Tutorial, but it might be very useful for other stuff ! I don't know/Can't remember how to find out the C68 version at present. With all the Assembly I've been doing, my C68 skills, not that I had many, are sadly slipping away .... Dave Walker's web site is the best place to go for C68, he's at : http://homepage.ntlworld.com/itimpi/index.htm And the latest version there seems to be 4.24f. Cheers, Norman. _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm **************************************************************************** ******* The contents of this email are confidential to the intended recipient. It may not be disclosed to or used by anyone other than the addressee, nor may it be copied in any way. If received in error, please contact the company on 01793-715380, then delete it from your system. Please note neither the company nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any) for viruses. No contract may be concluded on behalf of the company by means of email communications. BC Services (UK) Limited (trading as Boxclever), Technology House, Ampthill Road, Bedford, MK42 9QQ. Registered No. 5290544 England www.boxclever.co.uk **************************************************************************** ******* _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
