28 Oct
2000
28 Oct
'00
4:48 p.m.
From: Richard Erlacher <richard(a)idcomm.com>
Use the editor that comes with the mailer, please.
as
Actually, it's not simple at all to set up the
boards with dozens of
jumpers
and pin fields for strappable options. Moreover, while
the port
locations
are pretty simple to set up in accordance with the
"default" settings,
there
are numerous things that, while not left to chance, are
not completely
clear
as described in the doc.
As if I dont know this? I have an ISBC80/10 and a BLC80204 plus several
Hurikon Multibus boards. It's a task I've done before along with
designing
for multibus. Whats the point? You set up the board to a common config
and with that write a dumb monitor for those addresses. Added t that
code is some diagnostic stuff to blink leds or toggle lines that would
otherwise do nothing to show there is a cpu and some ram operational
if it doesnt talk to the console.
code generator
was created.
I didn't mean to suggest I want to produce a code generator for those,
they already exist. I just don't want to wade into
a new compiler if it
doesn't support several commonly used MCU's. The Hi-Tech compiler is
I havent a clue why you said that at all since the origin of the smallc-c
compiler is 8080? I still have the original DDJ articles with sources.
Allison