Re: The Internet-enabled Contiki Desktop OS

[ben_yates_iii@yahoo.com (Ben Yates)]

MagerValp <MagerValp@cling.gu.se> wrote in message news:<p14vfyn7gz6.fsf@panini.cling.gu.se>...
> >>>>> "SO" == Scarlet Otter <SecretaryBird@MYTAILFEATHERSSoftHome.net> writes:
> 
> SO> Well, if you could do it on a TI-99/4a emulator, I could then
> SO> somehow get it onto disk and cassette. I have a really nice 4a
> SO> setup with the PEB, disk drive, 32K card, RS232 card, and of
> SO> course, a cassette deck. So, if you can do the programming, I
> SO> should be able to figure out how to do the transfer (unless I'm
> SO> off in Baghdad by then.) :p
> 
> Don't waste your time with wildstar, he's just a troll from c.s.c who
> can't code. Besides, there isn't an ANSI C compiler for the TI is
> there? If there is it's as simple as just compiling the source and
> adding a small RS-232 driver.


No, there isn't an ANSI-C compiler for the TI, even a cross-compiler.
There WAS a TI-C development environment that compiled for the Geneve
TI-clone and was available as a cross-compiler for the PC, but no-one
seems to know what/where it is, availability, etc...
The best I am aware of and actually have is a version of small C,
which _isn't_ ANSI, and doesn't support alot of things. I wrote an
Unzip program in it back in '89, but had to do alot of inline
assembly.
_Everytime_ someone on the TI group asks about porting this or that
program (like they did with Contiki), I remind them that we need an
ANSI-C compiler, and then you never hear anything else...
Perhaps if I ever find a job in this currently cursed market, I can
finally settle down and start more programming - but my first duty now
is to my family, meaning I devote all my time to that. Even reading
these newsgroups makes me feel guilty! Writing code even more so (so
you probably won't see a minigame compo entry for the TI this
year!)...