miken@hcr.UUCP (Mike Nemeth) (04/07/88)
the subject line says it all folks. does there exist such a beastie? -- Mike Nemeth "etch out a future of your own design, ...utzoo!hcr!miken well tailored to your needs" - T. Dolby
wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes) (04/11/88)
In article <3208@hcr.UUCP>, miken@hcr.UUCP (Mike Nemeth) writes: > the subject line says it all folks. does there exist such a beastie? The summary line says it all folks. I've seen ads lately in either Dr. Dobb's Journal or Computer Language. I think Atari did most of their early development using an Alcyon compiler running on a VAX with Unix. Can anyone at Atari verify this? Whitesmiths also has VAX-hosted cross-compilers that generate 68000 code. I don't know if they have a GEMDOS library, but it would not be hard to write interfaces to the BIOS, XBIOS, and DOS calls, and then modify the standard library to use the interface routines for low-level I/O. Last, but CERTAINLY not least, you could try MWC. I'm pretty sure they DON'T develope MWC on STs :-). It would probably be a fairly quick process for them to prepare their compiler to be a cross- compiler; they may have already done it in-house. Most compilers are "boot-strapped" by compiling the code on a system that already has a compiler, then running the source for the compiler through itself. Given my drudthers, and enough budget, I'd get MWC, but I'm prejudiced. -- /\ - "Against Stupidity, - {backbones}! /\/\ . /\ - The Gods Themselves - utah-cs!utah-gr! / \/ \/\/ \ - Contend in Vain." - uplherc!sp7040! / U i n T e c h \ - Schiller - obie!wes
david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer) (04/19/88)
I used to use Greenhills C on a MicroVAX II runing Ultrix for ST development. I wrote some libc code that worked with the Atari GEMDOS/BIOS calls and used the Greenhills 68000 cross compiler to produce modules and then I had a program that could convert to Atari GEMDOS object/executable format. The cross tools I used were a hack. It was kind of a hassle and as soon as got Micro C-Shell working on the ST, I started using the ST directly. Today, I think it's easier to use Mark Williams C (with Micro C-Shell of course :-) on the ST directly, if you like a good Unix-like devlopment environment. For me, the advantages of a "real" Unix system did not out weigh the problems of trasnferring and debugging on the ST. But if you're interested, I could probably dig out the stuff I used to use. -- David Beckemeyer | "Yuh gotta treat people jes' like yuh Beckemeyer Development Tools | do mules. Don't try to drive 'em. Jes' 478 Santa Clara Ave, Oakland, CA 94610 | leave the gate open a mite an' let 'em UUCP: ...!ihnp4!hoptoad!bdt!david | bust in!"