Source code of C99 compiler

[+retroclouds]

Anyone knows where to get the source code to the C99 v4 compiler (or any other version) ?

So far I’ve come accross disks with the compiler package, but not its underlying source code.

 

Thanks

retroclouds

[+9640News]

The last contact I seem to have with Clint was back around 2003 from information I could find.  I found a note somewhere that indicated he retired in 2004.  That's 16 years ago, which would put him like in his late 70's or early 80's.

I called the one phone number I had for him and asked for Clint.  It wasn't a good number for him, and before I could complete  asking a second question, they hung up on me.  I could not find him on Linkedin nor Facebook.

 

I'll do a bit more digging, but it is likely the source has been lost.

[GDMike]

I'm pretty sure there's a "c" forum here, did you search for c99 or similar..I'm pretty sure I've seen it. Hmm I'm still looking..

 

Edited December 30, 2020 by GDMike

[GDMike]

Anything here?

https://ftp.whtech.com/Diskettes/C99-V9T9 Disks/

[+9640News]

I found the source code from my last contact with Clint.  It is on a MESS image, so let me get it moved across to the TIPI so I can zip everything up.

Beery

[+9640News]

4 hours ago, retroclouds said:

Anyone knows where to get the source code to the C99 v4 compiler (or any other version) ?

So far I’ve come accross disks with the compiler package, but not its underlying source code.

 

Thanks

retroclouds

OK, here is everything I have from Clint.  It was on a MESS image from about 2003 I distributed.  I believe the code is the MDOS version, but I can not confirm. it is possible the 4A version could be part of it as a conditional compile.  If memory serves me correctly, c99 would compile itself.  Code for the libraries I think are also included.

 

Beery

 

C99-V400-SRC.zip

[+9640News]

Hopefully, someone will place this source onto whtech's repository.

[+mizapf]

I think I'll first create a DSK from it and upload both to WHTech.

 

Edit: See https://ftp.whtech.com/source/

The c99-400-src.zip file is the same as above, but containing dsk images as well.

Edited December 30, 2020 by mizapf

[+retroclouds]

Source code says, it's version 4.1 for MDOS.

 

 

 

 

[+retroclouds]

3 hours ago, BeeryMiller said:

OK, here is everything I have from Clint.  It was on a MESS image from about 2003 I distributed.  I believe the code is the MDOS version, but I can not confirm. it is possible the 4A version could be part of it as a conditional compile.  If memory serves me correctly, c99 would compile itself.  Code for the libraries I think are also included.

 

Beery

 

C99-V400-SRC.zip 455.67 kB · 11 downloads

 

Thank you so much for releasing this. I wasn't aware, that the source code was not available in the wild.

[+9640News]

It was available in the wild, just very few people probably even realized they had it.  Back in the 2003 timeframe, I made an effort to contact various authors of Geneve software to obtain source code to the programs I thought were very pertinent to the Geneve.  I knew I had conversed with Clint, but could not recall what he provided.  Fortunately, he provided the source code for everything.

 

I have no way to contact Clint, and since by now he would be in late 70's or early 80's, I really wonder if he is even around and still enjoying retirement, or not.

 

Beery

 

[+dhe]

>, and before I could complete  asking a second question, they hung up on me. 

 

That must have felt a bit like a door to door salesman getting the door slammed in his face!

[+9640News]

There were two folders, a C99M and a C99T.  I wasn't for sure, but the C99T had a single file that may be the only file necessary to compile C99M as a TI-99/4A version.  

 

Beery

[+Lee Stewart]

13 hours ago, retroclouds said:

Anyone knows where to get the source code to the C99 v4 compiler (or any other version) ?

So far I’ve come accross disks with the compiler package, but not its underlying source code.

                  Thanks     retroclouds

 

You should check with @F.G. Kaal. He uses C99 all the time and, I think, has extensively modified it or how he uses it or both. He has it on his website along with any of his changes.

 

...lee

[GDMike]

Wow. (I'm just chiming in here, excuse me), Great to know.

I had started doing some C99 stuff years ago, ok, ions ago, but found forth readily available, and because of that I didn't pursue C-99. Next year or like 2022 I might take it up, unless I'm bogged down in forth by then.

Thx for that insight Lee ?

Now we just need that application setup somewhere for the public? Not sure how much he could/would allow. But something is better than nothing.

 

Edited December 31, 2020 by GDMike