[Coco] Looking for rma or r63 source.

[Bill Nobel]

Before you say they are disassemblies LOOK at the source code it is pure C. These are from Microware specifically for the 6809.  It was split off of the C compiler to create the level 2 development system.

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> On Dec 6, 2019, at 2:01 PM, Stephen Fischer <SFischer1 at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> Then likely they are NOT the ORIGINAL Source Code for "RMA" and "RLINK" but another disassembly from the binaries.
> 
> Which makes the "R63" Source that I STOLE from the expected to fail "OpenCoCo" website of the new CoCo3.com owner also likely to be another disassembly converted to "C" Code "RMA" which then had 6309 code added.
> 
> So I was wrong in saying that we had the source for all the compiler.
> 
> I am about to look at a couple of files on Bill Pierce's site that likely will not be the original either.
> 
> SHF
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 12/6/2019 11:49 AM, Bill Nobel wrote:
>> Also to add a note these sources are on the EOU Beta 4 in the ‘source code/c’ directory.
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>>> On Dec 6, 2019, at 1:26 PM, Stephen Fischer <SFischer1 at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Just those two?
>>> 
>>> Likely as "RMA" and "RLINK" were in the "Development System" and not the original "C" Compiler package.
>>> 
>>> Bill Pierce made a webpage with information about the "C" Compiler, a good part of that webpage is outdated!
>>> 
>>> No Source is listed, where did you get "RMA" and "RLINK" source?
>>> 
>>> Perhaps sending the source to Guillaume Major and suggesting that the "C" Compiler needs a directory of source.
>>> 
>>> SHF
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 12/6/2019 11:05 AM, Bill Nobel wrote:
>>>> I have RMA and RLINK sources, but not R63.   It is the full C source code.  They may give you something to work with.  I do know that they need to be updated as they are still pre Y2K so make goofs up on checking dates and times for recompile. I also have the source to a updated make that adds some features the original make did not have.
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>>>>> On Dec 6, 2019, at 12:38 PM, Stephen Fischer <SFischer1 at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> The only possible location of the original "C" Compiler source might be Bill Pierce. But I remember a couple of disasters causing it to be lost.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Try contacting him directly for information.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Other than building a Time Machine and going to Des Moines about the last time I was there (Boy there were lots of signs offering some meat product on the way into town.) and breaking in and stealing the archive.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The one attempt I made to obtain a computer that the source might have been that had passed hands was met here with such violence it was really unbelievable.
>>>>> 
>>>>> People shoot themselves in the heart here sometimes, and innocent bystanders quite often.
>>>>> 
>>>>> SHF
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 12/5/2019 10:24 PM, Jeff Teunissen wrote:
>>>>>> Damn, I was hoping that would contain source instead of a disassembly.
>>>>>> I have some compiler source, and once I get it producing "correct"
>>>>>> code, I'd like to have the original assembler to put the results
>>>>>> together.
>>>>>> The code the compiler produces works, but has a slightly different
>>>>>> (more efficient, actually) calling convention from the libraries we
>>>>>> have available, so the binaries it produces don't run correctly;
>>>>>> hacking the compiler to use the old calling convention seems like
>>>>>> it'll be easier than modifying and recompiling all the old libraries,
>>>>>> so that's my approach.
>>>>>>> On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 1:04 AM Stephen Fischer <SFischer1 at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I must be on your kill list, I gave Guillaume Major the two programs you
>>>>>>> asked for before and posted their location here.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> He placed r63 here:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Programming/Source/R63/R63%20(David%20Breeding).zip
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I made a statement that we have source for all of the "C" Compiler, I
>>>>>>> will need to think and search my files for "rma".
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> It may be Bill Pierce that has modified the single pass "C" Compiler who
>>>>>>> has "rma" source.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Yes, "r63" appears to have been written in "C".
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> SHF
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 12/5/2019 9:37 PM, Walter Zambotti wrote:
>>>>>>>> Does anyone know if source exists for rma or r63?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I'm hoping it is written in C as this will make it more useful to me.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Walter
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
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