Re: CP/M 80 and CP/M 86 Compilers Recently Added to Aztec C Website

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On Apr 6, 2:13 pm, Bill Buckels <bbuck...@escape.ca> wrote:
> I have recently added a number of CPM compilers to the Aztec C
> Website.
>
> Quite unexpectedly I received an Aztec-C MS-DOS CP/M 80 Z80 Cross-
> Compiler a couple of weeks back. I was already almost finished
> preparing my CP/M 86 distribution complete with some emulators which I
> had also been provided with quite unexpectedly.
>
> I then got busy and created some CP/M 80 disk images for the Commodore
> 128 (x128 emulator) and also for Simeon Cran's myZ80.
>
> If you wish to learn more about any of this or to grab my new
> distributions visit the Aztec C website's new CPM section:
>
> Here's the links (and remember I actually comment this stuff so you'll
> have no problem actually doing something with it):
>
> http://www.clipshop.ca/Aztec/index.htm#cpm
>
> =======================================
>
> http://www.clipshop.ca/Aztec/index.htm#cpm80
>
> Aztec C for the Z80 and CP/M 80
> Manx Aztec C80
> Version 1.06d
> Developer System
> for CP/M-80
> Target: Z80 and 8080 Native Code
>
> CP/M-80 development environment for Z80 and compatible computers.
> Preconfigured for cross-development under MS-DOS or Windows XP.
>
> This is a complete Aztec C build environment for Windows XP (MS-DOS)
> which will enable you to produce Z80 programs for use under CP/M-80.
> This compiler is both the MS-DOS cross-compiler and the native mode CP/
> M 80 Aztec CZ80 Version 1.06d and also includes the earlier Aztec CZ80
> Version 1.05 for native mode CP/M 80.
>
> Also included are several tools. The emulator disk images are targeted
> at either the x128 Vice emulator for the C128 or the MyZ80 emulator
> from Simeon Cran. You must download these emulators yourself.
>
> =======================================
>
> http://www.clipshop.ca/Aztec/index.htm#cpm86
>
> Aztec C for CP/M 86
>
> Manx Aztec C86
> Version 3.2d
> Developer System
> for CP/M-86
> Target: X86 Native Code
>
> CP/M-86 development environment for 8086 and compatible computers.
> Preconfigured for Windows XP
>
> This is a complete Aztec C build environment for Windows XP (MS-DOS)
> which will enable you to produce X86 programs for use under CP/M-86.
> No support is provided for Windows programming and limited support is
> provided for MS-DOS programming. The flavour of C that is used is not
> ANSI compliant. However I am pleased to be able to provide the
> original documentation for this compiler in a pdf format included in
> the zip file.
>
> This is very much a hybrid environment.
>
> I had problems using the original commands that came with the Aztec C
> CP/M-86 version 3.2d using the CPM86 emulator CPM.EXE by Jim
> Lopushinsky so I replaced them with the equivalent commands from the
> Aztec C C-86 version 3.4b to provide a Windows XP build environment
> for creating CP/M-86 .CMD programs. In some of my MAKEFILEs for the
> sample programs that I have put in place I am creating a DOS 2.0 .COM
> as well as a CPM .CMD I wanted to provide the option of testing these
> programs under the XP cmd window with and without the CPM.EXE
> emulator.
>
> As I got further along I then discovered the AME86.EXE emulator by
> Jean-Marc Lugrin, Digital Equipment Corporation. This emulator was
> originally written for the DEC Rainbow and is reported not to work
> reliably under Windows XP but it has worked almost flawlessly as far
> as I can see provided I use the original commands to build my programs
> with.
>
> It was Rüdiger Wilcken who also wrote the DOS version of AME86 that
> first mentioned AME86 to me. Rüdiger's version works for him, and
> surprisingly did not work reliably for me. So I went back to the DEC
> Rainbow version.
>
> All 3 emulators are included for you to try. Obviously what works for
> some will not work for others. In the interest of moving-on with my
> life I have left this hybrid environment in place because I want it to
> work for you.
>
> You can review the MAKEFILE's in the SAMPLES directories to see what
> it is I am doing and run the demo.bat in each of the directories to
> see how these emulators might work on your system.
>
> =======================================
>
> Note: Some of you will have some of these bits and pieces, but for
> anyone wanting to just jump-in and start coding this is all good to
> go.
>
> Also Lance over at C128 Alive has provided an Aztec C Sub Board and I
> have been putting-up some configuration information about how this all
> works. Naturally I am avoiding CP/M 86 and sticking to Z80 stuff but
> C128 Alive is a beautiful forum to use and a great resource to be
> aware of if you are dabbling in anything C128 related. Here's that
> link:
>
> http://landover.no-ip.com/forums/
>
> Bill Buckels
> bbuck...@escape.ca