>
> > Remember it? If it's what I am thinking of, I was doing it a couple of
> > weeks ago. You are talking about a 'Coconut', right (explanation of that
> > codename also on request - it has _nothing_ to do with the Tandy CoCo).
> > Nowadays I do something similar. I create a GROB with the right bit
> > patterns, use the SystemRPL 'Get' routine to remove the header, and thus
> > create new objects.
>
> Wouldn't it be easier to create the object on something else (like that
> PDP-11 sitting in the corner) and then just download it using Kermit?
Yes, if I had the PDP11 with me all the time. The point is that by
building the object on the target machine (notice how carefully I'm
avoiding mentioning the name), I can build new system objects anywhere. It
takes the boredom out of long journeys...
> I built a set of macros for M80 to create Chip-8 code I could download
> from my DECmate, but I never cobbled together a real assembler for the
> beast...
It's not that hard. Saturn Assembler is quite straightforward (especially
if you use a 'sane' set of mnemonics), and is pretty well documented in
(e.g.) Volume 1 of the '71' IDS.
>
> Roger Ivie
> ivie_at_cc.usu.edu
>
--
-tony
ard12_at_eng.cam.ac.uk
The gates in my computer are AND,OR and NOT, not Bill
Received on Wed Jun 25 1997 - 17:28:40 BST