[HN Gopher] Z80 Development Toolchain
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       Z80 Development Toolchain
        
       Author : ingve
       Score  : 51 points
       Date   : 2021-05-28 12:35 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
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       | swiley wrote:
       | How is "sjamplus" a better compiler than sdcc? I haven't found
       | the source link yet (or even figured out what language it
       | compiles.)
        
         | tssva wrote:
         | It is "sjasmplus" not "sjamplus". It is a Z80 assembler and can
         | be found at https://github.com/z00m128/sjasmplus
        
       | lza wrote:
       | I just recently grabbed a Z81 and Timex 1000 from eBay.Always
       | wanted to own and write some games on it. My current setup more
       | complex. I grew up learning to code on C64 good times.
        
         | MaxBarraclough wrote:
         | Have you considered targeting the GameBoy?
        
           | loeg wrote:
           | The GBZ80 is much more restrictive, right? I think it's
           | missing the IX and IY registers, as well as the alternate
           | register bank.
           | 
           | [0]:
           | https://gbdev.gg8.se/wiki/articles/CPU_Comparision_with_Z80
        
       | coldcode wrote:
       | I last developed on Z80 in like 1980, then later that decade the
       | Zilog Z8002 on the F16. Amazing anyone cares about these any
       | more.
        
         | loeg wrote:
         | The TI 73 through 86 models of graphing calculator all use z80
         | CPUs, and the 83+ was probably the dominant school calculator
         | well into the 2000s. That was my introduction to the CPU
         | (hobbyist programming, e.g. through websites like ticalc.org).
        
           | vanderZwan wrote:
           | There's also the Gameboy, which still has an active homebrew
           | scene
        
             | loeg wrote:
             | Yes, although the GBZ80 is distinct from the regular Z80 in
             | several ways -- among other differences, it has no IX or IY
             | registers, and no alternate register bank.
        
               | ChickeNES wrote:
               | It really shouldn't be called the GBZ80, it's a Sharp
               | SM83
        
           | apple4ever wrote:
           | I had a TI-85, which was my introduction back in the mid
           | 90's. Still love the Z80.
        
         | cwilkes wrote:
         | Some of my fondness memories are typing in programs from 101
         | Basic Computer games on a ZX81. That and Beagle Bros ads and
         | their mysterious peeks and pokes.
         | 
         | My dad and I built our computer from a kit ... which of course
         | failed. Turns out 1/3rd of them did so and we received a
         | prebuilt one.
        
         | stevekemp wrote:
         | It was only a couple of weeks ago that I posted about writing a
         | text-based adventure-game in Z80 assembly language, to run on a
         | single-board CP/M system:
         | 
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26946130
        
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