Rumor has it that Zane H. Healy may have mentioned these words:
>>Are you sure the processor is the same? I didn't even think it had a
>>Motorola processor. If it is based on the 68k I suspect you might find
>>it's missing some of the instructions. I know I've seen talk in Amiga
>>circles about the latest 68k chips not having all the instructions
>>necessary to use them in a Amiga clone.
>>
>> Zane
>
>Guess I might as well correct myself. The processor is a Motorola
>Dragonball. However, as mentioned, I don't think the instruction set is
>quite the same. Don't know though.
Well, it's *supposed* to be the same instruction set... but what (if any)
definition of "supposed" Motorola has is anybody's guess...
I can tell you that the 68k cross-compiler you use to create palm proggies
(.prc files) under Linux is stock... no changes required. _Sounds_ pretty
compatible to me, but of course YMMV.
HTH,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
P.S. If I had:
1) a fair-to-decent assembler/editor for an Atari ST,
2) the .prc file header/footer format, &
3) any fair 68k assembly starter docs, I could test some things out...
--
Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an old .sig.
If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead
disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.
Received on Sat Dec 11 1999 - 14:15:27 GMT