Here’s an interesting project I came across last week through a contact on LinkedIn – a C Compiler for the Z80 processor. The Z88 DK project was originally conceived for the Cambridge Z88, but now supports a variety of Z80 based platforms including the ZX Spectrum. There are the generic libraries you’d expect from a C compiler including stlib, maths, malloc and string, as well as support for sprites, sound, interrupts and 3D rotation. In …
This application is a C++ application that I wrote for my employees as part of our interactive shopping centre kiosk product. The bulk of the kiosk application is written in Adobe Flash with some backend code (in Perl / Bash and C++) for additional functionality. This module provides the data for an on-screen route planner so that the shoppers can find a route to a particular shop from the kiosk. A bit like a TomTom …
Short post today; updated the libraries and demo code to include the following: math.asm – Added sqrt and multiply routines (thanks to the Internet). vector.asm – Added circle, optimised horizontal line & wireframe triangle routines. screen_buffer.asm – Added fast stack pointer clear screen routine. The source for demo_vector.asm has also been updated to allow the user to select which point on the triangle to move with the cursor by pressing the space bar, and drawing …