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Started by Tim Huckvale
Tue, 15 Dec 1992 11:16
C compiler summary
Author: Tim Huckvale
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 11:16
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 11:16
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Many thanks to all those who replied to my request for recommendations for
a C compiler for my son on his A3000.
He has written this summary. Having weighed up his desires against my
budget, he's come to a possibly surprising conclusion.
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Beebug C
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Good-
Cheap
Runs on small machines
Good for learning C / dabbling
Bad-
Bug-Ridden
Not completely ANSI
Not Supported any longer?
Risc User concentrates on Desktop C
Acorn C
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Good-
Nice Debugger
DDE
Compiles ANSI or PCC style C
'Free' DDE Pascal
Full-time development team
Well used
For serious use - academic / money-earning
Risc User concentrates on Desktop C
Bad-
Expensive
Needs 2mb+ memory / hard disk
Overall
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Don't buy Beebug C
Get a Hard Disk - 40Mb+
Get the Programmers Reference Manuals
Conclusion
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We are now buying the HCCS Vision Digitiser and a 20Mb IDE HD [assuming
Watford Electronics ever answer their phone - TJH].
I intend to buy Acorn C in a couple of years when I want to write 'serious'
desktop apps.
--
Magnus Huckvale
--
Tim H
"You've got to spread joy up to the maximum, bring gloom down to the
minimum. Have faith, or pandemonium liable to walk upon the scene."
Bing Crosby (and The Andrews Sisters).
Vision Digitiser [was Re: C compiler summary]
Author: Simon Burrows
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:46
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:46
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In article <1992Dec15.111601.1200@praxis.co.uk> tjh@praxis.co.uk (Tim Huckvale) writes: > >We are now buying the HCCS Vision Digitiser and a 20Mb IDE HD [assuming >Watford Electronics ever answer their phone - TJH]. The HCCS Vision Digitiser is certainly popular, but how does it compare with the Rombo VIDI Archimedes digitiser which supports colour and is cheaper than the Vision digitiser once colour has been added? The Vision digitiser board is very sparsely populated, whilst the Rombo digitiser board is dense with chips and assorted logic. Has anybody (apart from BAU) used the two side by side? The Rombo one cost twice as much when BAU reviewed it, so I suspect that it might be a better buy than the Vision card. Thanks, Simon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simon Burrows smb@cs.nott.ac.uk psyhsmb@unicorn.nott.ac.uk +44 533 712030 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Re: Vision Digitiser
Author: burke
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 12:56
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 12:56
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In article <1992Dec16.184641.3377@cs.nott.ac.uk>, smb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Simon Burrows) writes: > The Vision digitiser board is very sparsely populated, whilst the Rombo > digitiser board is dense with chips and assorted logic. As I understand it, the reason for this is that the HCCS board is basically just an ADC, with all the video decoding done in software (quite a clever piece of lateral thinking, IMHO). My impression from reading reviews is certainly that the HCCS board is better. Can the Rombo one grab frames in real time? e----><----p | Stephen Burke | Internet: burke@vxdesy.desy.de H H 1 | Gruppe FH1T (Liverpool) | DECnet: vxdesy::burke (13313::burke) H H 11 | DESY, Notkestrasse 85 | BITNET: BURKE@DESYVAX or SB2@UKACRL HHHHH 1 | 2000 Hamburg 52 | JANET: sb2@uk.ac.rl.ib H H 1 | Germany | Phone: + 49 40 8998 2282 H H 11111 | HERA, the world's largest electron microscope!
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