Re: [Sdcc-user] SDCC for 80C85

[Dave M. <mc...@ne...>]

On 07/01/2012 02:50 PM, Andy Peters wrote:
>> I've this once before but got no response. I would like to see if anyone is interested in helping me develop SDCC for the 80C85. Anyone? Can anyone point me a general direction to begin?
> 
> Serious questions:
> 
> Does anyone still use the 80C85?

  [stepping in as another interested voice]

  I do, and I know two people who regularly build 8085-based systems.
They are primarily noncommercial "hobby" projects, but let's keep in
mind that SDCC is regularly used for both commercial AND hobby projects.
 The hobby projects are every bit as "valid" and important to SDCC's
userbase, and by extension, to the SDCC project itself.

> Can you even buy one?

  New old stock, yes, readily.  Used, even more readily.

> Why bother, when you can buy one of the nifty Silicon Labs 8051s with built-in debug and flash and all of that?

  Umm, because the OP wants to use an 8085?

          -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
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