From: Ullrich von Bassewitz (uz_at_musoftware.de)
Date: 2000-05-06 13:18:41
I have released version 2.4.1 of the cc65 C compiler.
Version 2.4.1 is a bugfix release. It includes all existing patches for
version 2.4.0 plus the new random number generator from Sidney. The Atari and
GEOS code is NOT part of this release. I'm somewhat sorry about this, but the
changes were too big for a bugfix release, and including them would have
needed a lot more testing. I wanted to provide a stable version for general
use without much effort from my side, so that the work on the next major
version can go on without pressure.
Since I'm the proud owner of an old Sun machine now, I'm able to provide not
only binary RPMs for Intel but also for sparc machines. The new RPMs are GPG
signed with my GPG private key (available from my homepage).
The official announcement is appended below (it does not include anything
spectacular, it's mostly the same as for every other version:-)
Have fun!
Uz
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I'm proud to announce version 2.4.1 of CC65, a C crosscompiler /
crossassembler combo for 6502 systems.
CC65 has C and runtime library support for most CBM machines, and -
thanks to the great work of Kevin Ruland - for the Apple ][. The
libraries are fairly portable, so creating a version for other 6502s
shouldn't be too much work.
Here is a list of the compiler features:
* Includes a C compiler, macro assembler, archiver, linker and a
frontend (compile & link) utility. The assembler generates
relocatable object files, the linker is very configurable and allows
overlays, ROMable code, splitted output and much more.
* The compiler is not quite ISO compatible, however, a large subset
is supported.
* Supported target systems are:
- C64
- C128
- C16, C116, Plus/4
- CBM 600/700 family (programs run in bank 1)
- Newer PET machines (not 2001)
- The Apple ][
For all these systems a precompiled runtime and C library is
available. Supporting more targets is not very difficult since the C
library was written with portability in mind.
* Several system specific support routines like a conio library or
modules for joystick access are available.
* The assembler and linker do also support the 65816 as a target,
however, the compiler is not able to generate code for this CPU and
there is no RTL support.
* Lots of docs and a few sample programs included.
* Easy interfacing between C code and assembler.
* Fullscreen debugger for most machines as a linkable module.
* Full sourcecode available as well as binaries for
- Linux (RedHat 6.x RPMs for Intel and Sparc machines)
- DOS
- Windows 95/98/NT
Version 2.4.1 is mainly a bug fix version. It includes patches for all bugs
in 2.4.0 that were real errors and not just inconvenient. In addition, the
random number generator has been replaced by an improved version written by
Sidney Cadot. Apart from that, there are no new features in this version.
More information:
For your convenience, I've put all doc files also on the web server:
http://www.von-bassewitz.de/uz/cc65/doc/
The cc65 main page
http://www.von-bassewitz.de/uz/cc65/
will get updated to reflect the new version in the next few days.
There is also a cc65 mailing list. To subscribe, send a mail to
majordomo_at_musoftware.de with the command
subscribe cc65
in the body of the mail.
Available packages:
As usual I will provide the complete sources and several binary packages
binaries. There's a binary RPM for RedHat which is probably the fastest
way to get going if you're running RedHat Linux. Since this is also my
development platform, new features and bug fixes are first available for
Linux.
Binaries for DOS and and Windows will follow or may already be available
at the time you read this. While the sources do still compile under OS/2,
I have dropped support for OS/2 binaries, since were almost no downloads
of the OS/2 version.
Download:
For more information and links to the FTP server, see
http://www.von-bassewitz.de/uz/cc65/
For direct download, use
ftp://ftp.musoftware.de/pub/uz/cc65/
Thanks to all who sent feedback and suggestions!
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Ullrich von Bassewitz uz_at_musoftware.de
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