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From: cs65x6@sdcc18.ucsd.edu (CSE65 Oasis Tutor)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: PD/freeware compiler sources???
Keywords: Cross-compile on VAX/etc
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Date: 17 Nov 90 01:12:53 GMT
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I know that binaries for bcc are available, but I would like to 
find a C compiler which I can compile on my minicomputer account
in order to cross-compile Minix for my PC XT.  I would like to be able
to compile on the vax and download the binaries to the PC.  This
would be much faster than the compile times for kernel/mm/fs on 
the XT.


Is bcc available in source form?  Are there any other compilers which
will generate 16-bit code?  For instance will gcc generate 16-bit code?
I know that gcc will not run with 16 bits, but a vax does not have
that problem.

Thanks.

John Marco
jmarco@ucsd.edu