___________________________________________________________________ SG C Tools 1.1 (C) 1993 Steve Goldsmith All Rights Reserved ___________________________________________________________________ NOTICE THIS IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE! If you paid a public domain vendor or communications service for this product, you paid for the service of copying or transferring the product, and not for the product itself. I guarantee you that nothing ever gets to the originator of this product from such a sale. You may evaluate this product, but if you make use of it, you must register your copy. I offer several incentives for you to register. First of all, you receive the most up-to-date copy that I have which is updated on a regular basis. Future unregistered releases will not include most source code and/or object files. Support via GEnie, mail or phone from the author. Price is subject to change as more modules are added. 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OVERVIEW SG C Tools provides a set of high level ANSI C modules to unlock the power of the C128 running CP/M. With a little modification it should compile with a native mode ANSI C compiler too! All functions are included in a library to make compiling your programs fast and easy. Example programs are included to get you started! VERSION INFORMATION 1.0 First version came with basic VDC I/O, fills, copies, fast string writes and basic screen controls. 1.1 Added up and down scrolls of any region, fast pop up windows and buffered VDC I/O. All VDC functions are now in a library called LIBC128.LIB. Use C FILENAME.C -LC128 to compile instead of C FILENAME.C VDC.OBJ. Low level VDC I/O functions invdc() and outvdc() are now in a external Assembler file VDCIO.AS. This increased the over all speed a great deal! I used Simeon Cran's MYZ80 Z80 emulator running ZP/M 3 under Windows 3.1 to compile this version. Sydex's 22DISK was used to transfer files from DOS to a Epson QX-10 format disk. This allowed me to run code on a C128 without having to run a C128 native mode file transfer program like BBR. You could also use a C128 CP/M program that read DOS disks for about the same result. REQUIREMENTS * A C128 or C128D running CP/M 3.0 or a IBM PC running a CP/M emulator and DOS to CP/M file transfer software. * At least one 1581, two 1571s, large RAM disk or hard drive to compile on a C128. * 80 column monitor for VDC specific routines. COMPILING SOURCE CODE WITH HI-TECH C 3.09 First you will need to have a copy of HI-TECH C 3.09 (CP/M-80). You can download the following Freeware files from GEnie's CP/M RT (M685;3) or other source: 8149 LIBSRC.LZH X BRIAN-CPM 930616 80384 39 3 Desc: Source Code to Hitech C library 8148 Z80V309.LZH X BRIAN-CPM 930616 194304 51 3 Desc: Hitech C Compiler for CP/M 8147 Z80DOC.LZH X BRIAN-CPM 930616 89088 55 3 Desc: Documentation for Hitech C compiler You should look over HI-TECH C's manual and compile a simple "hello world" program before proceeding. I installed all the compiler related files on my 1581. My source and header files are on a 1571. You could get away with two 1571s, but a RAM disk or hard drive would be better. You could also use a CP/M-80 emulator on the IBM PC and copy compiled files to C128 for testing. The examples I give assume all files are on same drive. To compile sample programs use: C -O -X FILENAME.C -LC128 If you want to modify the code in LIBC128.LIB I have provided a input file to compile all the files. 1. Make sure you have all the source to LIBC128.LIB. 2. ZAS -J VDCIO.AS to assemble low level VDC I/O. 3. C < OBJ.MAK to make obj files. 4. LIBR < LIB.MAK to make library. 5. ERA VDC*.OBJ to get rid of .OBJ files. You could also just modify one module and replace it in the library with LIBR R LIBC128.LIB FILENAME.OBJ if you don't need to build the whole library. I also provided a submit file MAKE.SUB which will build LIBC128.LIB and all example programs. If you are using a C128 I would recommend using a RAM drive. I used a CP/M emulator on my 386 and it still took about 10 minutes. You may want to leave to -O (optimize) off until code is debugged and ready for release. This will improve compile time. Each module and program contains a generous amount of comments, so I will not waste time explaining it here. The best way to get a feel for SG C Tools is to experiment with the sample programs. HOW TO CONTACT ME Please report any support questions (for registered users only), problems, suggestions, etc. to me via GEnie as S.GOLDSMITH2, voice phone (813) 925-1064 or mail to: Steve Goldsmith 2805 Jamaica Street Sarasota, FL 34231