Software for the Z8000 / Z16C00 CPUs

Software availability

Although the software base for the Z8000 CPU is very limited, I got some very useful information from some kind people who emailed me with concrete links. This section contains links to these resources

• Z8000 source code software
  • Monitor software (in progress by Jurjen Kranenborg, adaptation from Klein's book)
  • CP/M-8000 (by Dwight Elvey, Christian Groessler):
    • Source code, look for CP/M 8000 (Dwight Elvey)
    • Binary Image, look for CP/M 8000 (Dwight Elvey)
  • Forth (in particular the files Z8Kforth.doc, Z8000.arc & Z8001.zsc + Dr. Dobbs article)
    • WARNING: Note that the assembler version (Z8001.zsc) is corrupted at some locations; you will need to repair this using the code listing in the Dr. Dobbs article. I don't have info on the state of the Z8000.arc binary file (generated using an AMD assembler) but this is suspect too
  • Tiny Basic (in progress by Jurjen Kranenborg, adaptation from Klein's book)
  • TBASIC and C compilers for Steve Ciarcia's Trump Card (Does anyone have info on this item ???)

• software on other machines for Z8000 support (cross-assemblers etc.)
  • ZASM (Cross-assembler, MS-DOS version, zip-file)
    • NOTE: this is a copy on my website, as the original link became inactive
    • ZASM includes z8, z80, and z8000 cross-assemblers, with some example assembler code files
    • The ZASM software does not include documentation on assembler directives, so for the Z8000 I have made an example assembler code file, a batch file that I use to generate listings and object code, and list and code files. The assembler code file is enriched to illustrate the use of constants, directives etc. All files were put into the same directory to keep things simple when running the script under MS-DOS:
      • Sample assembler input file (z8000.s)
      • Sampe batch file to process the assembler input file (z8000.bat), run this file with z8000.s as input (please inspect the batch file to see what actually happens)
      • Sample list file to inspect the generated code and addresses (z8000.lst)
      • Sample code file (z8000.hex, intel HEX format; z8000.bin, binary format)
    • The resulting code may be transferred to a z8000 sytem using the HyperTerminal application in Windows, for example.
  • Amsterdam Compiler Kit (High-level language cross-compiler that includes Z8000 support)
    • Link and info contribution thanks to Eric Perie.
    • The Amsterdam Compiler Construction Kit does support the Z8000. That is, you can write programs in Assembly language, or in ANSI C, Pascal, Modula-2, BASIC, and may be Occam, then compile them into Z8000 assembly language code. See the following information:
      • original annoncement: http://compilers.iecc.com/comparch/article/90-08-059
      • Ack home page: http://www.cs.vu.nl/vakgroepen/cs/ack.html
      • Ack is available here: http://www.cs.vu.nl/pub/ceriel/ack/
    • Ack-5.5 does not compile as is once extracted since some files for LLgen are missing from the distribution, although this is possible to get them from the LLgen archive file.
  • GAS (GNU as on Unix/Linux)

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