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Subject: Compilers for Z280
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Date: 20 Feb 91 21:56:00 GMT
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Hello, people,

this is an important question, at least for me. I am in desperate search
for a compiler, preferably Modula-2 or C, WITH SOURCES, that i can get up and
running on an Z280. The plan is to develop an experimental OS which should have
multi-tasking capabilities. I read that the Q/C Compiler had been sold with
source. Is that true ? Can i still buy it ? Can it easily be modified to
support the extended Z280-features?

The pd-compilers i know of have their limitations concerning data structures.
I think, it is possible to modify small-C for the Z280, but it would be
lot of work to support multi-dim arrays, structs etc.

For the modern home computers like atari, amiga or pc's, there are pd-compilers
available (even modula-2), so why not for CP/M?

Thank you for your hints,

                    Ruediger.

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Ruediger Soerensen, University of Mainz, W. Germany
                    dpt. of atm. physics

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