Introduction
These IBM370 tools are a collection of free software I have
collected together and pre-configured with some scripts to allow
them to be easily used.
These tools are intended to allow a relative beginner to compile
simple programs that will compile to multiple 6809 destination
systems.
Execution occurs via the HERCULES
emulator via batch files (found in \Utils).... and a copy of
Notepad++ is provided for code editing
My configuration for Hercules was based on the documentation here
Code can be easily assembled via Notepad++ by pressing F6 to use NppExec, and selecting
one of the destinations... the appropriate batch file will be
executed building the program, and the emulator started
The lesson.asm files should be assembled with the Hercules
Job BasicHeadFoot which will attach a header and footer
with some functions... this will also start the server!
If you have your own complete JOB file, just use Hercules
Job, It will not attach any header or footer!
The Server Start will use a sendkeys script, so
please don't touch the keyboard or mouse while it's running!
Getting Started
Extract the files from the archive into a folder on your machine -
you need to preserve the directory structure
To start run "Vdrive.bat" this will create a virtual V drive on your
machine... if V is in use, W or X will be used.
From that V drive use "Notepad++" to edit
when you are done use "Vdrive-remove" to remove the V drive
Please see my Youtube channel for my lessons using these tools
Disclaimer
Please use these tools at your own risk.
They are provided freely in the hope they will be of use, and have been
tested to the best of my ability but I cannot test in all situations or
guarantee they will not harm your computer in some unexpected way.
These tools have been tested on Windows 10 and Windows 7 64 bit
With the exception of AkuSprite Editor, MsxHeader and PlusThreeHeader and
the scripts and examples I did not write the tools provided in this
kit - to my knowledge, all the tools in here are Free and open source, and
there is no reason they cannot be redistributed - if you know
otherwise, please notify me and I will take appropriate action to resolve
the issue.