On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 14:29:12 +0100 (MET), Frode Tenneboe
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Luke Trevorrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > All the Operating Systems mentioned are in C but have some Assembly code 
> > for booting purposes. ELKS like linux has a small bit of 8086 to read 
> > BIOS and sort itself out before firing up the kernel.
> > 
> > Cross compilation into Z80 - what about SDCC, but I'm sure there are 
> > others. How good is Small C on the SAM (which I would like to get a copy 
> > of)?
> 
> I've got a copy of Small C, however, as it contained two disk of the
> second disk I was never able to try it out. It did not have support
> for float and a few other bits and pieces.
> 
> I have looked at sdcc and z88dk. Both seems promising, perhaps the
> latter is the better one, but the first with the most momentum? 
> But as long as the libraries are available, any compiler should
> work.
> 
> I for one would be interested in adding support for the SAM into one 
> of these compilers. Anyone else - a cross compiler team?
> 
Somewhere I still have my Z80 cross compiler.
Runs on a PC (dos) and generates Z80 code.
It is not a small C but a full implementation, as you would expect for
almost £1,000.00  

Would that be of any use to any one ?

 
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