Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcarl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcc3!sdcarl!andy From: andy@sdcarl.UUCP (Andrew Voelkel) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc,net.micro.68k Subject: Re: 68k cross compiler needed Message-ID: <252@sdcarl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 15:22:15 EST Article-I.D.: sdcarl.252 Posted: Fri Oct 25 15:22:15 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 28-Oct-85 03:32:42 EST References: <244@sdcarl.UUCP> <852@lsuc.UUCP> Reply-To: andy@sdcarl.UUCP (Andrew Voelkel) Organization: Computer Audio Research Lab, UCSD, San Diego, Calif. Lines: 37 Xref: watmath net.micro.pc:5723 net.micro.68k:1265 >> I have been having trouble locating a cross compiler to generate >>standalone (ROMable) 68k code that runs on the ibm pc. We are doing work >>that requires such a compiler and I do not have access currently to a 68k >>machine. I have only the board that the code is targeted for. We have had >>trouble with the unix loader on the SUNs we have used in the past that was >>solved by modifying the loader, so code for a standalone board isn't always >>thought of even in the native compiler world. However; this is a moot point, >>I need to generate code at a location which has no SUNs, I have only an >>ibm pc. >QT (4 terminal port) 68008 comes with all the software you need for >development or business for about $3000.00 (US) depending on configuration >($2700.00 includes 512K, 10 meg. hard and 80 track floppy, $300.00 >more for 20 meg. hard). It comes with BASIC09 and a relocatable macro >assembler and linker, a real word processing system (Stylograph), a >good spreadsheet (Dynacalc) and, of course, the rest of OS-9. > > Cheers! -- Jim O. Os-9 definitely interests me, but I'd NEVER write any real time code in basic. Again the C cros compiler is the issue. I'm reluctant to spend $3000 on a system when my 20 meg 8mhz pc is perfectly adequate for i/o purposes. I would consider buying a $1000 68k coprocessor board for my pc provided I could get a cheap compiler to run on it which could produce romable code. I will be building 68k based boards and this is to develop software for them. A word about 0s9. While I find it intriguing, I am afraid of writing real time stuff (music stuff) for an OS for which I cannot obtain source code. Has anyone had experience writing real time stuff (resolution of 1ms) under OS9 who could say anything about it? -- Andrew Voelkel {ucbvax,ihnp4,akgua,hplabs,sdcsvax}!sdcarl!andy