Doubtful.
Cross-compilers for these languages existed, but they were crude back in the
early 80s and tended to generate inefficient code.
Those early 8-bit machines weren’t really designed to handle code generated by
compilers. (Indeed, it wasn’t until the National Semiconductor NS16032 (or
NS32016, as it was later called…) that a CPU instruction set was tailored for
high-level languages — in the late 1980s)
And it all had to fit on a ROM pack. Those ROMs weren’t that big - 4, 8, maybe
16 KB.
> On Oct 1, 2020, at 1:45 PM, Martin, LU5DX <lu5dx@lucg.com.ar> wrote:
>
> Why 6502 Assembly? It could have been be C or even Pascal. There were such
> compilers for that architecture.
>
> 73,
>
> Martín LU5DX
>
>
>
>
> El jue., 1 oct. 2020 1:57 p. m., Tim Shoppa <tshoppa@gmail.com> escribió:
>
>> N4ZR asks:
>>> Does anyone know the identity of the programmer?? Seems that if source
>>> code were available it should be possible to recompile for Windows
>>> without too much difficulty.
>>
>> A little like suggesting building a Stradivarius is as simple as finding
>> Mr. Stradivarius' CAD drawings and running it through a 3-D printer.
>>
>> Pete, this is a Commodore 64 and the source code is certainly 6502 Assembly
>> directly bit-banging on the C64-specific peripherals.
>>
>> The fact that Dr DX achieved so much using stone knives and bear skins as
>> the base technology makes it a more impressive marvel than a Stradivarius
>> :-)
>>
>> Rich's original post where he mentions the possibility of a C64 emulator
>> seems very promising. The paddle/keying would have to be a custom I/O mod
>> to the C64 emulator but many are modular enough to add simple peripherals
>> like this.
>>
>> C64's are quite commonly available used and the ROM dump Rich identified
>> may allow a new cartridge to be burned. Presumably the paddle/keying is
>> done the simplest way possible.
>>
>> Tim N3QE
>> _______________________________________________
>> CQ-Contest mailing list
>> CQ-Contest@contesting.com
>> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
>>
> _______________________________________________
> CQ-Contest mailing list
> CQ-Contest@contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
_______________________________________________
CQ-Contest mailing list
CQ-Contest@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
|