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wag@georwell.EBay.Sun.COM (Rick Wagoner) writes:

>After going over the docs for the Mini board and the LEGO 6270
>robot, I noticed that they both refer to C compilers for code development.

>Can the Interactice C compiler, mentioned in the 6270 docs, be used to successfully
>develop code for the Mini board?  Or must we purchase the compiler from Dunfield?

Interactive-C (IC) works by first downloading a 'pseudo-code'
interpreter to the 6.270 board.  I believe that this interpreter
(which is written in 68HC11 assembler) is about 10K.  This is
obviously way too big for the internal memory of the 68HC11 used in
the Miniboard design.  Then, you would also download your code
produced by IC.  Since the Miniboard has no capability to add external
memory, you can't use IC with it.

You can either buy the C cross-compiler from Dunfield Development, or
program the Miniboard in assembler.  Motorola provides free assemblers
for almost all their MCU's on their BBS.

I have also heard tell of a GNU GCC port to the 68HC11, but I haven't
gotten a hold of it.  Has anyone else seen this, or know where to FTP
it?

>Thanks for any assistance,

>Rick

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