NAME

       z88dk - The z88 Development Kit.

DESCRIPTION

       The z88 Development Kit (hereafter known as z88dk) is an advanced set of tools allowing the production of
       complex  programs  for  z80  based computers in either C or assembly language.  The name z88dk originates
       from the time when the project was founded and targetted only the Cambridge z88 portable.

       The compiler featured in z88dk is much enhanced Small C compiler, the compiler accepts many  features  of
       ANSI  C  and  is  only  deficient  in  a  few  areas  where implementation on a z80 processor might prove
       inefficient. The compiler performs simple optimizations, but the bulk of the optimization is  done  by  a
       set of peep-hole rules, which will typically reduce the size of a large project by up to a third.

              The libraries supplied with z88dk are designed to be as generic as possible, indeed it is possible
              to  port  to  a  new machine simply by supplying two library routines and some startup code. It is
              hoped that one day z88dk will support as many z80 based machines as there is information available
              and sufficient interest in.

              z88dk contains usable tools:

              •  zcc - the frontend of z88dk is called zcc, it is this that you should call if you  want  to  do
                 any compilations.

              •  z80asm - Z80 assembler compiler

              •  copt - Z80 asm optimizer code

              •  appmake - produce files which are suitable for use in emulators or on the real hardware

              •  sccz80 - Small-C/Plus compiler

SEE ALSO

       z88dk(1), z88dk-zcc(1), z88dk-z80asm(1), z88dk-appmake(1), z88dk-copt(1).

AUTHOR

       z88dk  was  written  by  Dominic  Morris  <dom@z88dk.org>,  and  others.  This manual page was written by
       Krystian Wlosek <tygrys@waw.pdi.net> using exists documentation, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.

                                                01 December 2009                                        z88dk(1)