[Coco] 6809 compilers

[John W. Linville]

I didn't realize you used Dunfield's compiler for the minesweep game --
very cool!

I had been interested in building-out a generic/usable library for
using the Dunfield compiler to build CoCo stuff in C, but the pain
of having to run the Dunfield stuff in dosbox takes some of the
fun out of using it.  That and the ponderous and depressing silence
here made it clear that I was only working on it for myself anyway.
So without users or contributors the project was easily set aside
when something else came along...

FWIW, I have a different and (IMHO) better C compiler project in the
works now.  It was going to be this summer's retrochallenge project,
but I went back to Fahrfall instead.  I don't like to pre-announce
projects, so I won't say much more right now.  But, it is kinda
cool... :-)

Anyway, back to your regularly schedule CoCoing!

John

On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 06:54:18PM -0400, tim at franklinlabs.com wrote:
> Interesting read John. It looks like we made tracks on the same path. I had
> pretty good luck with the package. I modified the init loader code supplied with
> the package and wrote some PC software to convert the SRecord output to a binary
> file complete with the CoCo header info. I've written a bunch of things with it
> including a released minesweep game. It was released on Nicks website a few
> years back.
> 
> 
> On August 7, 2014 at 11:25 AM "John W. Linville" <linville at tuxdriver.com> wrote:
> > My Retrochallenge project last summer was about using the Dunfield
> > compiler to target the CoCo:
> >
> > http://retrotinker.blogspot.com/2013_06_01_archive.html
> > http://retrotinker.blogspot.com/2013_07_01_archive.html
> >
> > The response was a bit underwhelming, but it was fun for me... :-)
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 06, 2014 at 07:21:15PM -0400, tim at franklinlabs.com wrote:
> > > Personally, I use the Dunfield Development System. It's a 6809 C Compiler
> > > and
> > > assembler/linker. It works pretty well and the C compiler creates pretty
> > > good
> > > code. There's no optimization so speak of.
> > >
> > >
> > > On August 6, 2014 at 7:07 PM Kandur <k at qdv.pw> wrote:
> > > > In the very early 80s, I used the Micro Works SDS80C
> > > > editor + assembler + monitor cartridge, to assemble 6809 binaries.
> > > > I still have this cartridge: http://qdv.pw/coco/?p=213
> > > > Surely in 2014 must be a better way to compile sources
> > > > on a powerful windows machine. Any suggestions?
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > Kandur
> > > >
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