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[ continuation ] "reports" on compiler problems & ambiguities in the docs through BIX. I can't speak for him, but I believe he's going in the right direction with DICE. I'm a satisfied customer. I know that he's been talking to a publisher, but he hasn't announced who or when…
Well, first of all, DICE has never been PD. The shareware versions are FD, Freely Distributable and, I think I mentioned it here, Matt is only going to release one more shareware update. After that, new versions will only be registered, or, assuming Matt finds a publisher/distributor, commercial. And Matt…
>> …'amiga.lib'… Do you know for sure if this file is included >> with DICE…? Yes. Absolutely. Would I lie? :^) Actually, DICE comes with two versions of amiga.lib: DCC1, the "regular" compiler disk uses a version named amigas.lib for use with the small data/small code model, the default. DCC2…
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#PDC compiler
Message #3316
Here's Matt's address: Matthew Dillon 891 Regal Rd. Berkeley, CA 94708 USA If you're interested in DICE, I do suggest that you download the latest shareware version and take a look at it and see if it suits you. We all get used to a certain style of software &…
The Developer's Kit is only available from CBM, but the librarian of a local user's group tells me that he's allowed to give the includes & Amiga.lib to members. Can't verify that since I'm not a member & don't know CBM's policy on this, but you might want to ask…
Sorry about the delay in replying, I've been very busy & haven't checked in for a week…. Register DICE with a check drawn on a US bank for $40 to: Matthew Dillon 891 Regal Rd. Berkeley, CA 94708 USA Matt will send you the latest version (and I believe, 1…
Yes, I was thinking of HUMAN parentage & some similarities of the instruction set. Thanks for clarifying a few areas in microprocessor history, though. (I'd forgotten all about the 6800) I'll accept bastard cousin, I think it fits well. A new term of endearment to me… ;^) (cynical: what do…
Well, my point was that the differences were more like walking & driving, but not as great as walking & using a SST. A 68000 would be dozens of hundreds of times faster, but not thousands. Of course, I'm still a novice at 68K asm, maybe I'm wrong. Can anyone…
That's a pity, I'd hoped you had written more since I have a back-burner plan to do some explorations of file formats and found your articles helpful. Also, why reinvent the wheel. I know exactly what you mean about gettting lazy without a deadline, I'd written a number of articles…
A generic 6502 only accesses 64K & has a 256 byte stack (although my C128 has two of 16 MMU controlled banks of 64K and a 512K ram expansion with DMA that allows transfering 1 byte per cycle). Additionally, memory locations 00-FF are called zero page & can be addressed…
Greg, Yes, Matt Dillon writes great stuff. If his name is associated with it, then I pay attention. Hmmm, I always thought a cross assembler was something that allowed you to write object code for a machine on another ("higher powered") platform…. Thanks, –fran
Betty, Thanks, yes, could you please upload it? I haven't written an 6502 assembly since I got my A2000 & have gotten spoiled 🙂 … I've volunteered to write a few utilities for the 8-bit CBM machines and dug out my my old 6502 tools. They work fine, but after…
#Amiga cross-asm
Message #118286
I've heard of a 6502 cross assembler for the Amiga called DASM. I've not been able to get info about it, though (like if it's PD or commercial, etc. or WHERE to get it….). Has anyone heard of it, or another 6502 cross assembler? Any info greatly appreciated, thanks.
changing prefs
Message #115470
I'm having a bit of trouble with SetPrefs, has anyone here used it? GetPrefs seems to work OK for me, but when I try to modify the Prefs with SetPrefs, the darn thing blows up. A little background: I want to get keyboard keydown and keyups, so I'm using a…
>DA>> If you're using DICE, are you certain that you"ve got a good >DA>> set of include files to use? Yes, I'm using the Includes from the 1.3 Native Developer's Kit
Don, As I've said to David, _I'M_ not getting gurus. I thought I was checking or using all the values returned by system functions, but I might have missed a few. All I can say on that point is that the area of the code that seems to be crashing…
David, I'm using DICE 2.00, the only switches I use are the -mD -mC which specify large code/data model. __I'M__ not getting gurus, that's the problem. As I said, it runs fine on my machine. The only guru numbers that have been reported to me are 00000003,xxxxxxxx which, I'm lead…
#Program problem
Message #114288
[ continuation ] greatly appreciated. –francis
#Program problem
Message #114287
I've run into a strange problem (at least it's strange to me!). I've finished my first "real" Amiga program and have been having a few friends test it for me. The program is a game for one player versus the computer. The program works fine on my machine, a newer…
Steve, The ">NIL:" redirects output to the NIL: device which simply throws it away. As for using ami.lib from ZC, I dunno if that will work, I'm new to the 68000 & Amiga & haven't reached the point where I understand all the gritty details of how things work at…
TIME & IDCMP
Message #108274
I've got my first "real" Amiga program (meaning that someone else may one day see it) up and running, now I'd like to start refining it and dressing it up (it's a game). I've got main two problems to tackle right now and need some advice from you experienced folks.…
[ continuation ] size, and had to use about 2.8M of ram, along with a blank floppy, and had to run each step individually to create an object file that I could link with the rest of my program. (How much are HDs these days??) But usually I can compile…
Steve, Once you unarc all the DICE files to a disk, you can start by ignoring everything except the directories named BIN, DINCLUDE, & DLIB. These directories contain all the files you'll probably be needing. BIN contains the executables dcc, dpp, etc. DINCLUDE is where all of the files to…
#ZC problems II
Message #106883
Well, I dug out my copy of ZC and tried compiling a relatively simple program and ran into problems again. Here's the situation, the 2nd line below (part of a function) generates an error: struct ViewPort *vp; vp = ViewPortAddress(window); where window is a pointer to a Window struct. Every…
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ZC Help
Message #106825
Steve, The code looks OK, I'd suspect that BLINK doesnt like the arguments you're passing to it, but then it should complain about things it doesn't like…??? When I was using ZC, I used CC, so I didn't use BLINK directly. But with PDC, I use a set of scripts…
#106627-
ZC help
Message #106824
Thanks, Robert. I do have the Developer's Kit, it's a MUST for anyone using a freely distributable C compiler. Regardless, ZC has given me problems when using Gadgets….why? I dunno, the same code works fine with PDC. It might be some aspect of what ZC allows, ie., which types can…
#106618-
ZC help
Message #106823
Steve, Could you elaborate a bit on what DICE2 consists of? I've already got two C compiler "packages" both of which function (mostly) but both of which are crippled by a lack of thorough documentation. Even if the DICE package is a better compiler/etc. if it is lacking docs, I'll…
What is TOP? And is it in the libraries here? I got my ZC & PDC from a friend who downloaded them from BIX, I'd hate to have to download a big archive for one file.
#106132-
ZC help
Message #106374
Steve, I guess you could call me a "former" ZC user, I've written a number of working small test programs that run from the CLI & send output to stdout, but when I try to compile a program that uses the kernal, invariably the program eventually ends up having mysterious…
Noah, Yes, I've almost written a check a few times, but the complexity (to me) of the decision has dampened my desire a bit. Luckily I'm not as impulsive as I was when I bought my first computer! WHICH monitor do YOU plan to buy? People here have convinced me…