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Mpm was originally written in SuperBasic running on a Sinclair QL in 1991 to assist the development of Cambridge Z88 applications (compiling code on QL and transfer the programs to Z88 via serial port). It was later ported to Lattice C using the Sinclair QL's C68 C compiler. The final convertion was done to Ansi C to allow its use on more platforms, beginning with MS DOS and Linux/Unix. Named as "z80asm" it was adapted to the z88dk project for being the final step of executable code generation to the Small-C compiler of Z80-based systems. After a long pause, Mpm became the continuation of the z80asm tool with the aim of being a more flexible assembly language compiler tool, diverting from the z88dk project. The Z88dk (Small-C) project uses the original z80asm tool, and has been modified / improved for its specialized need.
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