Re: A83: Compiler


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Re: A83: Compiler




Actually, what you are talking about isn't technically a "linker".  A linker
"links" the object code with all of the required libraries and such that a
program needs.  A C compiler, for example, first compiles the code into an
object file.  The linker looks at the object file and includes all the
library functions that are called by the compiled C code.  The "linker" you
are talking about merely adds the header information to the raw object file
so that it is recoginized by your link software.  They do serve the same
purpose, though...

(I don't know if there is one for the 83, but most people use Assembly
Studio 86 for the 86, which assembles programs and turns them into .86p
files all by itself, no "linker" required.  Having an editor and assembler
that creates the program file all in one Win32 app saves lots of time.  If
someone is looking for a project for the 83, this would be a great one...)

-----Original Message-----
From: Olle Hedman <oh@hem.passagen.se>
To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: A83: Compiler


>
>TASM is for the z80 processor..   wich you can find in for example the 82,
83 ,
>85 and 86..  You use the same compiler (tasm) for all these three..  you
use a
>different linker though.. (linker = makes the output object-file from tasm
into
>some kind of file you can send to your calc)  for the 83 you can use DevPac
if
>you want to program for SOS or AShell..  more information about this is
>iincluded with the respective shell..  check the asmguru file on how to
make a
>shellindependent asm-program...
>
>//Olle
>
>Miles Raymond wrote:
>>
>> Is TASM for all calcs?  Because I do not see one for the 83 on
ticalc.org.  I saw one for the 80,
>> but that doesn't make sense since the 80 doesn't have a link...
>>
>> My 486 is fine for me.  It's so old that I didn't have to buy an adapter
for my GL =)  It's
>> Windows98 that sucks.  Although I shouldn't complain since Windows95 was
worse...  Windows3.11 was
>> the only version that I could use w/o any trouble at all.
>>
>> -Miles Raymond
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: James Matthews <matthews@tkb.att.ne.jp>
>> To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
>> Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 2:25 AM
>> Subject: Re: A83: Compiler
>>
>> >> I run Windows98 (self-explainitory)
>> >> I have a 486 DX2 66Mhz Intel processor
>> >
>> >Say WHAT?!...ouch, bad combo, dude :)  Create a shortcut that specifies
to run TASM in a window.
>> >
>> >Later,
>> >
>> >James.


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