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From: petera@hcrvax.UUCP (Smith)
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Subject: Re: Converting 8080/z80 to C?
Message-ID: <1994@hcrvax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 5-Oct-85 11:02:59 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct  5 11:02:59 1985
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Organization: Human Computing Resources, Toronto
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	Converting from 8080 or Z80 to C would be pretty simple. The actual
C code produced could just be a sequence of simple assignments, logical
operations and jumps. The resulting code produced by the C compiler would
not be as good as the original code but it could be done. The only hard thing
would me getting the operating system interface correct. I suppose that a 
CPM to MSDOS translator could be written for well behaved programs but 
it would be a bit tricky to get correct. The format of file names, info 
that goes into FCB's etc. would all cause real headaches. So: Well behaved
Z80/8080 to C using say single character I/O and simple file I/O would
be quite possible but any fancy programs that do things like modify their
own code (like an 8080 16 bit multiply may do) would not work.

	Peter Ashwood-Smith
	Human Computing Resources,
	Toronto, Ontario.


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