8080 Complier Recommendation

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_pechter.dyndns.org>
Date: Fri Feb 23 07:19:40 2001

> First of all, TASM isn't a compiler is it? The versions of TASM I have are a
> set of table-driven assemblers for a number of microcontrollers and
> microprocessors. I personally like the CP/M (Digital Research) MASM assembler,
> which I've had since Christ was a corporal and I use it under the Z80MU CP/M
> emulator, though that's not a requirement. You could, of course use any of a
> number of CP/M emulators, of which I imagine almost all CP/M-ers have at least
> two favorites.
>
> If you're looking for a compiler that supports the 8080, you need an older
> version of AZTEC 'C' (assuming that compiler means 'C' compiler to you) which is
> very similar, I'm told, to the CC65 for the 6502. There are, of course,
> countless others. One notable free compiler is the HiTech (Pacific) 'C'
> compiler for the Z80, of which there's also a free version for the PC. Most of
> the oldies are written to the K & R vision of 'C' rather than ANSI, which didn't
> have a standard back in the '80's.
>
> Dick

My wife worked at Manx... Aztec was ok... but EcoSoft was more standard
and worked great.

Bill
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