Help Compiling TOS 2.06/2.08/3.06 in any language

[ThorstenOtto]

I have just uploaded an updated archive. Major difference: the main archive no longer contains the sources of compiler & tools, these are now available as a separate archive:

http://www.tho-otto.de/download/tos306de.tar.bz2
http://www.tho-otto.de/download/alcyon.tar.bz2

The precompiled binary of the spanish version is now also available there:

http://www.tho-otto.de/download/toses.zip

Have Fun
Thorsten

[mikro]

How close are TOS 3.06 and 2.0? I'm not familiar with TOS 3.X, but I thought that the Bios should be quite different.

If you mean 2.06: they are almost identical. The main differences are that 2.06 probes for the MegaSTE clock, while 3.06 probes the NVRAM and its clock. The entry point of the dispatcher will only work on 68010+ in 3.06, while the 2.06 versions check the _longframe variable. And very early in the startup code are some '030 specific initializiations in the 3.06 version (MMU for example).

GEMDOS, AES and DESKTOP are completely identical. VDI is only different in that the 3.06 contains the routines for the 8planes low-rez mode of the TT.

Actually, this is not 100% true. I know about at least one instance where 2.05/2.06 do not contain bugfix which 3.05/3.06 do: https://github.com/freemint/tos.hyp/issues/86 ... I assume it was you who added that "#if TOSVERSION >= 0x300" into monout.c? I wouldn't be surprised if BIOS/XBIOS/VDI was indeed actively developed for 3.x series and frozen for 2.x, with 2.x getting bugfixes only to GEMDOS/AES/Desktop.

[ThorstenOtto]

Actually, this is not 100% true.

Damn, you got me Yes, there are some small differences, but nothing spectacular. Most of them are not user visible, so i didn't bother to explain them all.

I know about at least one instance where 2.05/2.06 do not contain bugfix which 3.05/3.06 do:

Hm, i can't remember that i saw that fix. But its already some time ago i worked on this.

I assume it was you who added that "#if TOSVERSION >= 0x300" into monout.c?

Yes. I originally started with 3.06, then later added ifdefs to compile also for 2.06. The remaining checks for >= 4.00 are there only for reference, they don't work yet (or maybe not even compile).

Did you find some 3.05 version in the meantime? I only have 3.01 de, but that's the same already posted here.

[mikro]

Did you find some 3.05 version in the meantime? I only have 3.01 de, but that's the same already posted here.

Not yet but leech's promise to deliver 3.05 US sounds very promising.

[leech]

Here it is.

Sysinfo said it's build date was 5/12/90, the label on the chips themselves say 12/7/90.

[ThorstenOtto]

Here it is.

Sysinfo said it's build date was 5/12/90, the label on the chips themselves say 12/7/90.

Nice, but... looks like the 2nd half is missing?

[leech]

You are correct, seems DUMP_ROM.PRG crashed, but even under Hatari, it also only grabbed half.

[mikro]

Just for the future generations, I'm posting my dump tool here as well.

[ThorstenOtto]

Sigh. Mikro was faster Can't be that difficult to write a simple utitlity like that. Here's my try

[leech]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ1xHmQgXDM

[leech]

Here we go, tested with Hatari.