Does paradigm locator work with watcom compiler? (real mode)

Hi, group,
  I have a board with 80188 microprocesser and I have software that is
tested good on PC with watcom C 11.0. Now I need to port the software
to the 80188. I have paradigm locate 5.0 but I have never used it. The
manual talked about supporting Borland C++4.0 and MSC 8.0c. Has anybody
tried to use it with watcom C? Does it work with Turbo C 2.01 too? I
need to decide how I would approach this problem. I might port the
software to Turbo C 2.01, or port the software to Borland C++ 4.0, then
buy one copy of BC from ebay. I might try to find a locator that
supports watcom C. I have MSC6.0 too. But my dudes do not like MS. It
is optimal if all the tools are freely downloadable. I might be able to
answer those questions if I dig the internet deeper but I'd appreciate
your help as I can direct more energy toward the right direction. Thank
you.

http://www.mscpscsi.com

vax, 9000

Hi Vax,

I believe the upcoming 1.4 version of OpenWatcom will support embedded 
applications.

Regards,
Hans
www.ht-lab.com



<VAX9000@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:1129171833.100512.86360@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> Hi, group,
>  I have a board with 80188 microprocesser and I have software that is
> tested good on PC with watcom C 11.0. Now I need to port the software
> to the 80188. I have paradigm locate 5.0 but I have never used it. The
> manual talked about supporting Borland C++4.0 and MSC 8.0c. Has anybody
> tried to use it with watcom C? Does it work with Turbo C 2.01 too? I
> need to decide how I would approach this problem. I might port the
> software to Turbo C 2.01, or port the software to Borland C++ 4.0, then
> buy one copy of BC from ebay. I might try to find a locator that
> supports watcom C. I have MSC6.0 too. But my dudes do not like MS. It
> is optimal if all the tools are freely downloadable. I might be able to
> answer those questions if I dig the internet deeper but I'd appreciate
> your help as I can direct more energy toward the right direction. Thank
> you.
>
> http://www.mscpscsi.com
>
> vax, 9000
> 

VAX9000@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi, group,
>   I have a board with 80188 microprocesser and I have software that is
> tested good on PC with watcom C 11.0. Now I need to port the software
> to the 80188. I have paradigm locate 5.0 but I have never used it. The
> manual talked about supporting Borland C++4.0 and MSC 8.0c. Has anybody
> tried to use it with watcom C? Does it work with Turbo C 2.01 too? I
> need to decide how I would approach this problem. I might port the
> software to Turbo C 2.01, or port the software to Borland C++ 4.0, then
> buy one copy of BC from ebay. I might try to find a locator that
> supports watcom C. I have MSC6.0 too. But my dudes do not like MS. It
> is optimal if all the tools are freely downloadable. I might be able to
> answer those questions if I dig the internet deeper but I'd appreciate
> your help as I can direct more energy toward the right direction. Thank
> you.
> 
> http://www.mscpscsi.com
> 
> vax, 9000
> 

If the linker can create a map file compatible with the
Borland or Microsoft map, it should succeed.

The locator reads the class and segment definitions from the map
and adjusts the segment relocations in the .exe file accordingly.

An example of a segment/class map working with the locator:

--

  Start  Stop   Length Name               Class

  00000H 00037H 00038H ROMSTART           ROMSTART
  00040H 00040H 00000H _RFDATA            FAR_RDATA
  00040H 00040H 00001H _RFEND             FAR_REND
  00050H 00050H 00000H _RCONST            ROMCONST
  00050H 00050H 00000H _RDATA             ROMDATA
  00050H 00050H 00001H _RDEND             ROMDEND
  00060H 00060H 00000H _INIT_             INITDATA
  00060H 00060H 00000H _INITEND_          INITDATA
  00060H 00060H 00000H _EXIT_             EXITDATA
  00060H 00060H 00001H _EXITEND_          EXITDATA
  00070H 0008FH 00020H SETUP              BOOTUP
  00090H 0009EH 0000FH BOOTUP             BOOTUP
  000A0H 00B13H 00A74H _TEXT              CODE
  00B20H 00F1FH 00400H INTVEC             INTVEC
  00F20H 00F20H 00000H _FARDATA           FAR_DATA
  00F20H 00F20H 00000H _FARBSS            FAR_BSS
  00F20H 00F20H 00001H _FAREND            FAR_END
  00F30H 00F30H 00000H _CONST             CONST
  00F30H 00FA1H 00072H _DATA              DATA
  00FA2H 00FA2H 00000H _CVTSEG            DATA
  00FA2H 00FA2H 00000H _SCNSEG            DATA
  00FA2H 01152H 001B1H _BSS               BSS
  01153H 01153H 00001H _BSSEND            BSSEND
  01160H 0155FH 00400H _STACK             STACK
  01560H 01560H 00001H RAMEND             RAMEND

--

HTH

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Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio (at) iki fi