lab@cci632.UUCP (Leonard A. Bauer) (05/27/88)
I am in charge of a search for some cross development tools for the iAPX 86/186
microprocessor. I am bound by the following constraints by my company:
1: Unix O.S. -- 4.3 Berkeley
2: Vax 11/780
3: Target System is the 80188 CPU.
Part of our Application is written in C and the rest in assembler ( a 60/40
split -- assembler / C ). I need to use the LARGE memory model. The routine
that kicks off the program is assembler which then calls C code. I need output
of the link and locate to be standard Intel Hex Format.
Unfortunately, PC's are not an alternative (mgmt's decision, not mine!), so
please don't beat me up over this.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
Lenny Bauer
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In article <11099@cci632.UUCP> lab@ccird2.UUCP (Leonard A. Bauer) writes: >I am in charge of a search for some cross development tools for the iAPX 86/186 >microprocessor. I am bound by the following constraints by my company: > 1: Unix O.S. -- 4.3 Berkeley > 2: Vax 11/780 > 3: Target System is the 80188 CPU. > Part of our Application is written in C and the rest in assembler ( a 60/40 >split -- assembler / C ). I need to use the LARGE memory model. The routine >that kicks off the program is assembler which then calls C code. I need output >of the link and locate to be standard Intel Hex Format. One of my clients is getting the Oasys port of the Microsoft C compiler, assembler, and linker for their VAX 8700 and UNIX SVR3. Oasys may or may not already have a port for the VAX and 4.3BSD. It's big bucks for a license, and bigger bucks if you are the first to want a port. Call it five digits. These are supposedly the Microsoft 5.0 tools, just rebuilt for a different host. Oasys also can provide a port of PharLap's LinkLoc, which allows you more control over the linking and locating process, and a number of output file options, including HEX, and Intel I2ICE. This is probably the best approach in theory, since these are the identical tools that are available on PC's, thus you can use either your VAX or your PC as the development environment (BTW, if you have a large program and/or many people working on this project, then I believe your management has made the correct decision). Now, the bad news. My client has been waiting three months for the port to be completed. It seems that the Microsoft 4.0 tools were already ported and could be used nearly immediately, but that the 5.0 tools hadn't really been ported yet. My client was (is) the quinea pig. As far as I know, Oasys does nothing more than port the Microsoft code to the UNIX environment. There are no bugs fixes or features added that don't already exist in what Microsoft sends them. Which is both a blessing and a curse. I don't have Oasys' number handy, but you can get it from information. They're in Waltham, MA. -- Rick Richardson, President, PC Research, Inc. (201) 542-3734 (voice, nights) OR (201) 834-1378 (voice, days) uunet!pcrat!rick (UUCP) rick%pcrat.uucp@uunet.uu.net (INTERNET)