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From: andy@sdcarl.UUCP (Andrew Voelkel)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc,net.micro.68k
Subject: Re: 68k cross compiler needed
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Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 15:22:15 EST
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Posted: Fri Oct 25 15:22:15 1985
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Organization: Computer Audio Research Lab, UCSD, San Diego, Calif.
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>>	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
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