Re: 80186 free C compiler


"John Wilkinson" <john.wilkinson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I am new to all this but I am about to try my first embedded design using
> an 80C186 processor.
> Is there a free C compiler available?
> Am I correct in thinking gcc can't target the 80186 processor?
>
> I understand I need a locator as well?
> Again is there a free one?
>
> Where can I get startup code? The book I have is Programming Embedded
> Systems by Michael Barr, and he says that you could use libgloss, but I
> can't find it anywhere on the internet!!
>
> Best regards,
> John.


http://www.openwatcom.org/ can target 186 and is free. It creates .exe's
however that run on top of DOS and it sounds like you just have a bare
board. However the compiler source code is available so if nothing else you
might be able to get the startup code. There are free DOS versions around
should that make it easier for you.

Looking at your email address - Philips and x86?

Regards,
Richard.


http://www.FreeRTOS.org



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