edstrom@UNCAEDU.BITNET.UUCP (10/02/87)
There was a mention of new linker from Atari. How does one who is not a developer (official developer, that is) get a hold of this linker and what does it cost?
dyer@atari.UUCP (Landon Dyer) (10/04/87)
> There was a mention of new linker from Atari. How does one who is not a > developer (official developer, that is) get a hold of this linker and > what does it cost? Good question. Another one: since ALN works with the Alcyon-based developer's kit, how can anyone besides official developers make use of it? (If other development tools -- Megamax, say -- also use the Alcyon object format, bear in mind that ALN has not been tested with them, and that the format itself is not well documented and is open to different interpretations...) As far as I know, ALN is not available unless you are an "official" developer. Call John Feagans at (408) 745-2000 and see if we can make an exception. -- -Landon Dyer, Atari Corporation {sun,amdcad,imagen,hoptoad}!atari!dyer The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of Atari or the AI software that has taken over my brain. YOW! I am waiting for my warranty-expired interrupt!
koster@msudoc.ee.mich-state.edu (Kurt Koster) (10/06/87)
In article <871002095610.0fl@UcEdu.UNCA.AdhocNet.CA> edstrom@UNCAEDU.BITNET writes: > >There was a mention of new linker from Atari. How does one who is not a >developer (official developer, that is) get a hold of this linker and >what does it cost? For that matter, how does an official developer get them? {ihnp4!msudoc!koster} Generic Engineering
bammi@mandrill.CWRU.Edu (Jwahar R. Bammi) (10/08/87)
In article <859@atari.UUCP> dyer@atari.UUCP (Landon Dyer) writes: >Good question. Another one: since ALN works with the Alcyon-based >developer's kit, how can anyone besides official developers make use >of it? (If other development tools -- Megamax, say -- also use the ALN works quite nicely with PPascal (yuck). Jefferson Modula can also produce the right format .O files. It seems to me that Atari could do itself and its developers a favor by freely (or for a reasonable fee or whatever) distributing ALN, thereby encouraging everyone to use a common format. Now that Atari "officially" sells MWC kits, will ALN work with MW .O format too?? -- usenet: {decvax,cbosgd,sun}!mandrill!bammi jwahar r. bammi csnet: bammi@mandrill.CWRU.edu arpa: bammi@mandrill.CWRU.edu compuServe: 71515,155
dyer@atari.UUCP (Landon Dyer) (10/09/87)
> Now that Atari "officially" sells MWC kits, will ALN work with > MW .O format too?? No -- ALN is specifically for Alcyon. ... but I've heard rumblings from Mark Williams to the effect that their linker needs an update or a re-write, so they have at least THOUGHT about improving the MWC ld. -- -Landon Dyer, Atari Corporation {sun,amdcad,imagen,hoptoad}!atari!dyer The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those o_O of Atari or the AI software that has taken over my brain. =( ) = YOW! I am waiting for my warranty-expired interrupt! U Ack, Pht!