ZBasic Compiler (No support for other OS)

[geocool]

I Bought a zx microcontroller few months before. Until today there is no support for 64bit windows . Also there is no support for Linux or Mac. Will be ever compiler ported for other OS ? Is it going to be compatible with 64bit windows ?
ZX Microcontrollers are really good as hardware but as far as new PCs have 64bit OS this is a big problem for the product. The only way I can program my microcontroller is by a virtual machine which is not the best way.

Are anybody working for a solution for this problem ?

EDIT: 64bit Solved

[dkinzer]

Until today there is no support for 64bit windows.

We have not seen any reports of problems running under Win7 (32-bit or 64-bit) other than the issue with parentheses in the installation pathname. Both the compiler and IDE are 32-bit applications and they should run fine on a WoW box on 64-bit Windows. Which 64-bit OS are you running and what types of problems are you seeing?

Also there is no support for Linux or Mac.

We have gotten very few inquiries about or requests for Linux/Mac versions. We do know that some customers are running the IDE and compiler under Wine on both platforms. In the future, a Mac version might be introduced but a Linux version is much more problematic due to the plethora of Linux distributions available and the incompatibilities among them.

[kranenborg]

I can confirm that in my case the Zbasic compiler could be installed under 64-bit Windows Enterprise without any problems or notifications

Jurjen

[geocool]

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>"C:\Program Files (x86)\ZBasic\zbasic.exe"  --target-device=ZX24s --directory="C:\Users\Geocool\Desktop/" --project="myproj.pjt"
Error: one or more errors occurred in the back-end build process for "myproj.zxb"
>Exit code: 1

That's the error i get from ZBasic IDE and also I got this message while tried to compile in CMD.I can't remember right now but somewhere in the forum before a couple of months I found out that i couldn't make it work in my OS so i tried zbasic in wine and it worked.Unfortunately now i don't have ubuntu in my hd anymore.


My OS: Windows 7 Home Edition 64bit

[geocool]

I can't believe it, i just changed the installation path from "c:/Program Files (x86)" to "c:/ZBasic" and now it works... what dkinzer said helped me.
All this trouble for nothing

[dkinzer]

[...] i just changed the installation path [...] and now it works.

The installer code has been modified to warn the user to avoid installing in a directory whose path contains parentheses. The next release will have this change in the installer.

[kurakaira]

I have been running ZBasic with a Mac ( Parallels Desktop & Win XP ) for as long as i bought my first ZX24 , without problems ... except firmware downloads , but they have worked fine so far , although slow .
But recently i have gotten a few failed firmware updates .

I use a IBM USB to Serial ( and parellel ) converter ( it has worked best in my environment )
I have had no problems downloading software , but in the past year i have had problems with firmware downloads , it takes about 2-4 minutes ,,, if windows does not crash .
Just last week i "fried" a brand new ZX24r , during firmware update windows displayed the blue screen and the ZX24r has been unresponsive ever since , even the emergency update does not work ( first time for me ) .
So i took an old computer with a RS232 port , installed ZBasic , and took a new ZX24r and to my surprise the update was completed in just 30 seconds , many times faster than i have ever seen with my Mac -> Windows -> USB -> Serial combination .
It could be the USB Serial dongle , but software downloads never fail ...
Has there been any major change to the firmware download in the past two years ?

[dlh]

In the future, a Mac version might be introduced but a Linux version is much more problematic due to the plethora of Linux distributions available and the incompatibilities among them.

I agree with Don's reasoning. I use PureBasic which compiles for Windows, Linux and OSX. 6-7 years ago, all it took was a few minor tweaks to use the same code for all - I tested on the 8-10 most widely used Linux distributions. But, increasingly, Linux distributions are becoming incompatible, making it a nightmare. In the future I may target 1-3 Linux distributions or I may just support Windows and OSX.

It's a bit amazing when you consider that the total market share (measured by browser hits) of the 2000+ versions of Linux is only 2% or so

[GTBecker]

I have no difficulty with Linux Mint Debian Edition, Wine and FTDI-based USB serial adapters.

Tom