[comp.sys.m68k] C xcompiler, Graphics ICs, 32-bit DMA, ...

thornton@ssc-vax.UUCP (01/15/88)

A fews questions:

1. Can anyone recommend a C xcompiler for the 68020/030 (with support
   for 68881) that runs under MSDOS? Cost, more so than speed, is a
   concern.

2. Does Motorola make a graphics coprocessor (comparable to the TI
   34010 ,Intel 82786, or AMD 95C60)? If not, which of the previous
   require the least amount of hardware to interface to the 020/030?

3. Why doesn't Motorola make a full 32-bit DMA? The 16-bit multiplexed
   A/D devices just don't cut it.

Ken Thornton
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leed@hplsla.HP.COM ( Lee Darrow) (01/19/88)

>
>1. Can anyone recommend a C xcompiler for the 68020/030 (with support
>   for 68881) that runs under MSDOS? Cost, more so than speed, is a
>   concern.
>

Check out page 57 in the May 1987 issue of "Personal Engineering &
Instrumentation News".  What you will find is a list of C cross
compilers that run under MS-DOS.  The list includes vendor, target
processor, and price information.  Six out of the 16 companies listed
made compilers for the 68020/881.  I have not used any of these
compilers.  But, I did call each company that made cross compilers for
the 68020/881 and asked them to send me their literature.  Most
responded quickly.

Lee Darrow