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- From: gkulosa@world.std.com (Greg A Kulosa)
- Subject: Re: Various C compilers for 6270 & Miniboard
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- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:21:17 GMT
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- wag@georwell.EBay.Sun.COM (Rick Wagoner) writes:
-
- >After going over the docs for the Mini board and the LEGO 6270
- >robot, I noticed that they both refer to C compilers for code development.
-
- >Can the Interactice C compiler, mentioned in the 6270 docs, be used to successfully
- >develop code for the Mini board? Or must we purchase the compiler from Dunfield?
-
- Interactive-C (IC) works by first downloading a 'pseudo-code'
- interpreter to the 6.270 board. I believe that this interpreter
- (which is written in 68HC11 assembler) is about 10K. This is
- obviously way too big for the internal memory of the 68HC11 used in
- the Miniboard design. Then, you would also download your code
- produced by IC. Since the Miniboard has no capability to add external
- memory, you can't use IC with it.
-
- You can either buy the C cross-compiler from Dunfield Development, or
- program the Miniboard in assembler. Motorola provides free assemblers
- for almost all their MCU's on their BBS.
-
- I have also heard tell of a GNU GCC port to the 68HC11, but I haven't
- gotten a hold of it. Has anyone else seen this, or know where to FTP
- it?
-
- >Thanks for any assistance,
-
- >Rick
-
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