Paul Koning On Oct 24, 2010, at 8:07 PM, Steve Davidson wrote: Paul Koning =20 Does anyone here use gcc for the pdp11? =20 I've been doing some work on it to clean it up. For one thing, it = now =3D builds, which certainly is a useful start... :-) =20 I've been playing with the idea of writing an 82586 driver (UGH!) for = =3D the Pro for RSTS, and seeing how disgustingly sick that chip is, = doing =3D it from scratch, or even seriously transforming existing assembly =3D language drivers, is an unpleasant notion. On the other hand, doing = it =3D in C (more precisely, borrowing from, say, the NetBSD driver, changed = as =3D needed) seems more palatable. =20 I *think* gcc is close to being able to handle that job. So I'll =3D probably be using it for that purpose. Am I the only user of that =3D compiler or are there others? =20 paul =20 =20 =20 Paul, =20 Will "gcc" build for the VAX (or Alpha) so it can be used as a cross = compiler for the 11's on those platforms? I'm pretty sure the answer is yes to both, but I don't know from = personal experience. paul If you wish to push it to STARS:: we can sure find out soon enough! -Steve