Re: DOS or WIN 6809 free/low cost Compiler?




vze24h5m@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> We are currently using an 18 year old version (3.x) of Introl-C that
> runs under DOS. A 6809 C compiler (+assembler,etc) is needed to
> maintain and update code for our 6809-based card. (And NO, I can't get
> our product updated to a newer CPU!) I've run into a number of
> compiler crashes. Sometimes the compiler complains that it has an
> internal error, and sometimes it hangs the PC and I'm forced to reboot!
> It's taken me 1/2 a day or so to work around some of the compiler
> problems. Apparently Introl doesn't exist anymore. Their web URL is
> apparently up for sale.

Which version are you running? 3.?
What DOS/Windows version are you using?

It's kind of unfair to criticize an 18 year old product for not
running properly under a (presumably) new version of an OS.

It you have a need to get going again, I can probably give you a hand.

-Rich

>
> I've looked into Dunfield's 6809 C compiler, but it doesn't handle
> enums or typedefs. "typedef" is used a lot because our 6809 system
> passes LAN traffic to PC code written in Turbo Pascal, and it is
> important that the C data structures and types match the Pascal records
> and types.
>
> I've found a URL to GCC-6809, but as far as I can tell, it only runs
> under Linux. It would make things much easier for us if it would run
> under DOS or Win-2K. I know practically nothing about Linux, so I
> don't know if there is a way to run GCC-6809 under Win2K.
>
> Ideas, anyone?
> -Dave Pollum

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Richard Pennington
Email: rich@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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