From: Big Boy Toddy (big_boy_toddy_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 2002-04-15 08:03:36
Isn't the code generated for the 65816 able to run on the IIGS? I'm new so don't worry if this is a FAQ, just let me disappear again if so. Thanks for such a cool tool. \t > >On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 11:33:22PM -0400, Jeremy Turner wrote: >> Sorry if this has been asked before, I'm new to the list, but could anyone >> provide me info on how to use cc65 with the 65816. >> I suppose it would work fine in emulation mode, but could it be adapted to >> support 16 bit code? Even bank support would be good enough I would think. > >While the assembler is able to generate 65816 code, the compiler is not. >Supporting the 816 was a vague idea a long time ago, but no effort was put >into an actual implementation. And this will probably stay so for the >foreseeable future: On one side, adding 65815 support would be a real lot of >work, and on the other side, the list of platforms that can be supported is >far smaller than the number of existing 6502 systems. In addition to that, >there are no emulators for existing 65816 machines (maybe I'm wrong here). >This means that development is much more costly, because one cannot use all >the development tools available on the PC, the debugger that usually comes >with an emulator and so on. > >There is an lcc port to the 816 and - if I remember correctly - also a gcc >port. Both lack the necessary libraries, but at least it's a starting point. > >Regards > > > Uz > > >-- >Ullrich von Bassewitz uz_at_musoftware.de >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo_at_musoftware.de with >the string "unsubscribe cc65" in the body(!) of the mail. > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo_at_musoftware.de with the string "unsubscribe cc65" in the body(!) of the mail.
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