There are several free ide's available, there was one developed for the GBC which was a near z80 chip. Trouble is I still like using comet :D
A. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Luke Trevorrow Sent: 16 January 2003 10:51 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: a thought (was RE: Moment of truth) This is a great idea. It would be nice if you could bolt on different high level languages on top of the IDE, like C that could be compiled to Z80. This would attract more people to develop and test for the SAM. Luke P.S. I would have bought the Z8000 board. I remember Cookie talking to me about this way back in the past. Bob Brenchley would have found a way to rubbish the whole idea no doubt. -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Winkless [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 16 January 2003 09:36 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: a thought (was RE: Moment of truth) Ian wrote: > 8) Would you develop a title for the sam still? > I might > > 9) Would you help develop a title for the sam? > possibly > > The Sam is the best 8 bit machine - and the emulator running at > 500% wow-just mind blowing Mmm. Y'see, Cookie, we should have built that z8000 board. :) It occurred to me that one of the reasons I'm less likely to develop something for the sam is that, although comet is absolutely superb considering the hardware, it's not so easy as a nice (eg) windoze app would be. Now that we have the emulator (thanks to Allan and Si) we have an opportunity to make an app which links in an assembler (together with an automated upload), a decent editor and an inline debugger. I know this would make me far more likely to write any Sam stuff, if only to test the debugger! Now I know this is quite a bit of work but we have a few advantages... 1. There must be open source z80 assemblers out there, so we can use one of those (Ian, I think you probably know which one is best?) 2. We have the source to SimCoupe already (and tbh, I doubt if this is the most complex part) 3. We have all these top programmers all itching to have a go to test it! :) Seriously, I think this is do-able. The difficulty would be developing the IDE, unless someone knows something I don't (is there an Open Source editor out there? we could rip that). Anyone else interested? Geoff ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com ________________________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************** This e-mail is private and confidential and is for the addressee only. You are prohibited from using, printing, distributing or disseminating it or any information contained in it, save to the intended recipient. **********************************************************************
