[comp.os.os9] A c compiler for the 6809

kientzle@oreo.berkeley.edu (Tim Kientzle) (02/26/91)

   The "commented in French" program I saw was a 6809 _assembler_, not
a C compiler.  I might still have a copy sitting around, though I did
some house-cleaning recently, and it probably disappeared.  6809
assemblers are available from lots of sources, though (an assembler
for 6809/z80/6502/etc was recently posted to alt.sources).
   Introl used to sell a C compiler for OS9/6809, and may still have
one available.  I don't know much about Introl's products firsthand,
but I've heard that their compilers are pretty good, though a bit
pricey.
   I've been working on Small-C for OS9/6809.  The version I have now
seems to work pretty well, though with the standard limitations of
Small-C (no data types other than int, char, pointers, and
1-dimensional arrays).  Generates assembly output for Microware's RMA
assembler right now, though it could be altered for almost any
assembler without too much trouble.  It will be available on Delphi's
OS9 SIG soon.
					- Tim Kientzle
kientzle@math.berkeley.edu
ucbvax!math!kientzle

knudsen@cbnewsd.att.com (michael.j.knudsen) (02/27/91)

In article <1991Feb25.225146.11325@agate.berkeley.edu>, kientzle@oreo.berkeley.edu (Tim Kientzle) writes:

>    The "commented in French" program I saw was a 6809 _assembler_, not
> a C compiler.  I might still have a copy sitting around, though I did

I remember seeing (and downloading from the Princeton Coco List)
a 6809 *dis*-assembler with comments and variable names in French,
written in C by Archimbault in Canada.  Hmmm, that was Delphi I DLed it
from, and promptly trashed it by editing it with Dynastar, which
replaced all the real TABs with *nothing*.  Maybe Tim saw a
different program.  I recall the instruction post-byte being called
"le tampon de l'instruction."
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