[Coco] Why haven't we got this?!!

[Steve]

Yes, you can write position Independent Code on a Z-80.  I've not only 
done it but also wrote object oriented code too.

My Light Pen and Music software was hidden inside the remark of a basic 
line of code.  That why you could load and save the drivers with the 
basic program.  The code not only have to be position Independent, but 
not include a Zero byte since that would end the line. As I recall, the 
driver where 2K or more in size. It was tricky programming!

Steve

On 1/23/2014 11:26 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Thursday 23 January 2014 14:25:56 iggybeans at comcast.net did opine:
>> Interesting GUI/OS.
>> I was never that big of a fan of the Z-80, but I can get the processors
>> really cheap. A 16 MHz Z80182 costs me $.40 (yes, I stated that
>> correctly, forty cents). And 33 MHz Z8S180 chips are also available
>> with a 1mb address range, memory management and DMA. So the OS does
>> have more potential than NitrOS-9, if only from an available hardware
>> standpoint.
> Can this 40 cent cpu do Position Independent Code?