Z80 C Compiler

by david 12. December 2010 09:24

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I like BBC Basic programming on the Z88, but I also wanted to write proper Z88 applications that appear in the main menu.  But I didn't really want to have to resort to Assembly Language.  This is where Z88dk comes in.  It is a C compiler that originally targetted the Z88 specifically.  So now I can write applications for the Z88 in C.  As a bonus Z88dk also works for many other Z80 based machines.

But rather than copy the resulting files straight to a real Z88; I've also found this rather good emulator:

Z88 emulator

...which seems a very easy way to test your code before sending to a physical machine. This emulator seems to work fine on Windows 7, even the 64 bit version.

About the author

David

I'm a C# developer having worked with .Net since it was in beta.  Before that I mainly worked in C and C++.  I have been developing commercial software for more than 20 years.  I also mess around with microprocesors, but that's just for fun.  I live near Cambridge, England and at the moment I'm contracted to one of the departments at Cambridge University.

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