Perspective from a friend...
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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk(a)phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Subject: non-Bell C compiler
To: <imp(a)freebsd.org>
I noticed the "non-bell C" thread on TUHS and can add a data point
from datamuseum.dk:
The Danish Company "Christian Rovsing A/S" evidently had a C-compiler
for their CR80 mini computer, and my guess is that they created it
in order to qualify for DoD contracts in the POSIX regime.
Example C source:
https://datamuseum.dk/aa//cr80/80/802c73092.html
Listing file from the compiler:
https://datamuseum.dk/aa//cr80/ef/ef65339dc.html
Listing file from the assembler:
http://datamuseum.dk/aa/cr80/32/32ef5456f.html
Listing from the linker:
https://datamuseum.dk/aa//cr80/17/170304129.html
So far we have not spotted the actual compiler anywhere
in the media we have read.
Mention of C being used for project delivery:
http://datamuseum.dk/aa/cr80/1c/1c0b47f0e.html
And btw: That one is from a CDC disc-pack which a father+son
team has read by building a SMD-USB converter.
That project may be interesting in the TUHS domain as well:
https://github.com/Datamuseum-DK/pico-smd-controller
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