This is a port for Inform6.34 & upward to AmigaOS & friends made by Samuel Devulder.
Binaries for various compilers, processor, and OSes are available here.
The executable(s) contains version string indicating compilation date as well as Inform6 version. This way you know exactly which version you are using:
Applications:Inform6.34> version Inform6-vbcc-ppc.morphos full
Inform 6.34 of 21st May 2020 (17/10/20)
Build #862 (Oct 17 2020) for morphos/ppc by Samuel DEVULDER with vbcc
Applications:Inform6.34> version Inform6-gcc-2.95.3-68000.ks13 full
Inform 6.34 of 21st May 2020 (17/10/20)
Build #855 (Oct 17 2020) for ks13/68000 by Samuel DEVULDER with gcc-2.95.3
Notice: ks13 = AmigaOS 1.3+, ks2x = AmigaOS 2.0+
Makefile auto-adapts itself to the compiling environment.
Just get a gnu-c compatible make (the one of 1995-12-16 from Aaron Digulla on Aminet seem to work ok) and type make in a Shell and let the executable being compiled.
Example:
Boot:> cd Applications:Inform6/
Applications:Inform6> make -v
GNU Make version 3.74, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Applications:Inform6> make
Compiling src/Inform6/arrays.c with vbccm68k...done (8 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/asm.c with vbccm68k...done (18 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/bpatch.c with vbccm68k...done (4 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/chars.c with vbccm68k...done (12 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/directs.c with vbccm68k...done (24 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/errors.c with vbccm68k...done (2 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/expressc.c with vbccm68k...done (27 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/expressp.c with vbccm68k...done (24 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/files.c with vbccm68k...done (3 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/inform.c with vbccm68k...done (8 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/lexer.c with vbccm68k...done (12 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/linker.c with vbccm68k...done (39 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/memory.c with vbccm68k...done (4 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/objects.c with vbccm68k...done (12 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/states.c with vbccm68k...done (65 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/symbols.c with vbccm68k...done (9 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/syntax.c with vbccm68k...done (4 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/tables.c with vbccm68k...done (83 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/text.c with vbccm68k...done (109 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/veneer.c with vbccm68k...done (4 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/verbs.c with vbccm68k...done (8 sec)
Compiling src/Amiga/extra.c with vbccm68k...done (1 sec)
Updating version string...done
Linking to Inform6-aos-68030-vbccm68k...done (593720 bytes)
Applications:Inform6>
As you can se from the example above, the makefile doesn't display the real executed command to keep output simple, but if you wan't to have a plain full Make output, add VERBOSE=1 on the command line.
You can type make tstto download test-cases (recent wget with ssl required) and test the resulting executable.
Applications:Inform6> wget --version
GNU Wget AmigaOS 1.11.4
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Originally written by Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>.
Currently maintained by Micah Cowan <micah@cowan.name>.
Applications:Inform6> TY; without even the implied warranty of
Applications:Inform6> make tst
Testing Inform6-aos-68030-vbccm68k -h...done (0 sec)
Testing Inform6-aos-68030-vbccm68k -v5 test/advent.inf...done (1 sec)
Testing Inform6-aos-68030-vbccm68k -v5 test/adventureland.inf...done (1 sec)
Testing Inform6-aos-68030-vbccm68k -v5 test/balances.inf...done (2 sec)
Testing Inform6-aos-68030-vbccm68k -v5 test/museum.inf...done (1 sec)
Testing Inform6-aos-68030-vbccm68k -v5 test/ruins.inf...done (1 sec)
Testing Inform6-aos-68030-vbccm68k -v5 test/toyshop.inf...done (1 sec)
Applications:Inform6>
On Amiga-68k the default target CPU is 68030, but you can change this by providing a suitable "CPU=680x0" argument on the command line.
Applications:Inform6> make CPU=68000 tst
Compiling src/Inform6/arrays.c with vbccm68k...done (4 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/asm.c with vbccm68k...done (17 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/bpatch.c with vbccm68k...done (3 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/chars.c with vbccm68k...done (12 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/directs.c with vbccm68k...done (24 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/errors.c with vbccm68k...done (2 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/expressc.c with vbccm68k...
warning 2047 in line 5654 of "T:t_12_0.asm": branch out of range changed to jmp
> beq l675
warning 2047 in line 5675 of "T:t_12_0.asm": branch out of range changed to jmp
> beq l675
warning 2047 in line 5708 of "T:t_12_0.asm": branch out of range changed to jmp
> bra l675
warning 2047 in line 5795 of "T:t_12_0.asm": branch out of range changed to jmp
> bra l683
warning 2047 in line 5829 of "T:t_12_0.asm": branch out of range changed to jmp
> bra l683
warning 2047 in line 5854 of "T:t_12_0.asm": branch out of range changed to jmp
> bra l675
warning 2047 in line 5969 of "T:t_12_0.asm": branch out of range changed to jmp
> bra l675
done (42 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/expressp.c with vbccm68k...done (24 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/files.c with vbccm68k...done (3 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/inform.c with vbccm68k...done (9 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/lexer.c with vbccm68k...done (12 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/linker.c with vbccm68k...done (37 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/memory.c with vbccm68k...done (4 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/objects.c with vbccm68k...done (13 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/states.c with vbccm68k...done (66 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/symbols.c with vbccm68k...done (9 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/syntax.c with vbccm68k...done (4 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/tables.c with vbccm68k...done (81 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/text.c with vbccm68k...done (107 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/veneer.c with vbccm68k...done (4 sec)
Compiling src/Inform6/verbs.c with vbccm68k...done (7 sec)
Compiling src/Amiga/extra.c with vbccm68k...done (1 sec)
Updating version string...done
Linking to Inform6-aos-68000-vbccm68k...done (643144 bytes)
Testing Inform6-aos-68000-vbccm68k -h...done (0 sec)
Testing Inform6-aos-68000-vbccm68k -v5 test/advent.inf...done (1 sec)
Testing Inform6-aos-68000-vbccm68k -v5 test/adventureland.inf...done (1 sec)
Testing Inform6-aos-68000-vbccm68k -v5 test/balances.inf...done (1 sec)
Testing Inform6-aos-68000-vbccm68k -v5 test/museum.inf...done (1 sec)
Testing Inform6-aos-68000-vbccm68k -v5 test/ruins.inf...done (0 sec)
Testing Inform6-aos-68000-vbccm68k -v5 test/toyshop.inf...done (1 sec)
Applications:Inform6>
Stack auto-extension is enabled when possible since unix-like programs usually require a larger stack size than Amiga usually provides. VBCC versions (both 68k & ppc) doesn't have this feature, so they'll just check for stack overflow and display an error message the stack was smaller than needed (32kb seem to be a bare minimum).
Notice related to compiling with VBCC:
- the PIPE: device must be mounted in order to ignore warning 120 which can not be filtered out otherwise.
- as you can see from the example above, VBCC notifies of an issue with short-branches on 68000. I dont't know if this will cause harm. Better stick to 68020+ class CPU with this compiler.
Many compilers are supported:
- VBCC 0.9g for AmigaOS/m68k
- VBCC 0.9g for MorphOS/ppc
- GCC 2.95.3 from Amiga's ADE
- GCC 3.2.2 probably from Amiga's GeekGadgets volume 2 (not sure where my version comes from)
- GCC 6.5.0b by Bebbo (specify
STACKEXTEND= OFLAGS=-Ofast OS=AmigaOSon command-line, or simply usemake -f Makefile.650) - Probably all gcc-flavours on unix-like systems (e.g. cygwin)
- SAS/C 6.58
If you are looking for a Z-machine byte-code interpreter, you can have a look at this one which has just popped up for the amiga ;)
Source is available on: https://github.com/Samuel-DEVULDER/Inform6-Amiga
The license of the original Inform6 version applies to this port (see License.txt)