RBASIC on Linux

RBASIC was designed for DOS/Windows, but it seems to run fine under WINE on Linux.

Note that for .EXE's to launch under WINE on Debian, I had to make them executable. You can leave them non-executable if you prefix commands with 'wine'.

mv RBASICXP.exe RBASICXP.EXE
chmod +x RBASICXP.EXE
chmod +x A100.EXE

Here is a GNU makefile for a simple RBASIC project. Instructions are embedded in the makefile for tailoring to your own installation and project.

# Skeleton Makefile for RBASIC projects on Linux.
#
# Copyright (C) 2009 DevWrights
# Author: John R. Hogerhuis (jhoger@pobox.com)
#
# 0. Install Wine, srecord, and GNU Make, and unzip RBASIC somewhere
# 1. Copy this into your project directory with your *.100 source file
# 2. Edit WINTOOLSPATH, TOOLSPATH to point to RBASIC
#    WINTOOLSPATH must be a path WINE will grok.
#    TOOLSPATH must be a path BASH will grok.
# 3. Customize RBASICOPT, ASMOPT with any desired switches
# 4. Set PROGRAM to the name of your BASIC ASCII source
#    file, omitting extension. I.e., for XYZ.100, PROGRAM=XYZ
# 5. make clean
# 6. make
# 7. Burn the resulting .BX with REXMGR or load it as an OptROM with
#    VirtualT.

WINTOOLSPATH=Z:\\home\\john\\tools\\RBASIC
TOOLSPATH=~/tools/RBASIC

RBASIC=$(TOOLSPATH)/RBASICXP.EXE
RBASICOPT=/O0 /C
ASM=$(TOOLSPATH)/A100.EXE
ASMOPT=/I$(WINTOOLSPATH)\\

PROGRAM=SYSDAT

ALL: $(PROGRAM).BX $(PROGRAM).BIN

.PRECIOUS : $(PROGRAM).ASM $(PROGRAM).HEX

%.ASM : %.100
	$(RBASIC) $(RBASICOPT) $< $@

%.HEX : %.ASM
	$(ASM) $(ASMOPT) $<

%.BX : %.HEX
	@srec_cat -Output TRUNC_$@ -Binary $< -Intel 2> /dev/null
	@dd if=/dev/zero bs=1024 count=32 of=$@ 2> /dev/null
	@dd if=TRUNC_$@ of=$@ conv=notrunc 2> /dev/null
	@rm -f TRUNC_$@ 2> /dev/null
	@echo "Converted Intel hex $< -> $@"
	

%.BIN : %.BX
	cp $< $@

clean:
	-rm -f $(PROGRAM).HEX
	-rm -f $(PROGRAM).PRN
	-rm -f $(PROGRAM).SYM
	-rm -f $(PROGRAM).ASM
	-rm -f $(PROGRAM).BX
	-rm -f $(PROGRAM).BIN