Z80 / eZ80 / Agon Light
lazarus / 64-FPC development

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Darie · 2024-10-20 13:09

Hi all,

I was wondering how I could use the FPC compiler on the Agon Light 2
platform ( https://agonconsole8.github.io/agon-docs/ )

1) Are there any readily available options?

2) Are there any plans to port the compiler for the Z80 / eZ80
platform(s)?

3) What about, specifically, the Agon Light 2?

Thank you

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TRon · 2024-10-20 13:14

afaik nothing specific but z80 is there so should work, see wiki.

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MarkMLl · 2024-10-20 13:28

Quote from: Darie on October 20, 2024, 03:09:39 pm3) What about,
specifically, the Agon Light 2?

You'd do yourself a VERY big favour if you posted links when asking
about something like that, rather than assuming that the rest of us
know- or care- about it.

See TRon's answer, but I don't know whether that has any particular
support for the paging or whatever form of memory management that the
chip in that machine uses.

MarkMLl

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PascalDragon · 2024-10-22 20:03

Quote from: Darie on October 20, 2024, 03:09:39 pm2) Are there any
plans to port the compiler for the Z80 / eZ80 platform(s)?
main already supports the Z80 together with the targets MSX-DOS and ZX
Spectrum. It might need extensions for the eZ80 however (have not
checked what the differences were).

Quote from: Darie on October 20, 2024, 03:09:39 pm3) What about,
specifically, the Agon Light 2?
No. You'll have to implement a port for it.

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MarkMLl · 2024-10-23 07:54

Quote from: PascalDragon on October 22, 2024, 10:03:13 pmIt might need
extensions for the eZ80 however (have not checked what the differences
were).

Historical note: I've never used the eZ80, but I've used the 64180.
FTL Modula-2 for the Z80 allowed functions to be put in distinct
pages, but I can't remember whether the page number was part of the
declaration or had to be supplied as a separate binder file. Either
the compiler or linker inserted prefix page-switching code, and a
special version of the linker (which we had to get directly from the
author) patched in the page numbers.

MarkMLl