Z88 Assembler Workbench 2018.2 Release Notes
- Gunther Strube
13th February 2018
This is a minor update of the tools, specificially Mpm and Z88card which has been improved with important bugfixes for compiling both OZ V4.7 and current development releases for OZ V5.0. The remaining tools are unchanged.
This release contains rock-stable editions of Mpm, Z88Card, MthToken and DZasm. Documentation, however is still in-progress work and will be completed in a future release of the Z88 Assembler Workbench.
The efforts in this release are:
- Mpm V1.5RC4
Linking now works for relocatable code when linking against static library
- source code compile improvements.
- Z88Card V2.0
- Fixed problem with path separators when z88card tool is compiled for Windows. Updated version string to "V2.0"
All source code that the Z88 development team produces, is primarily developed on the Unix platform (Linux and MacOS). All build scripts use Bash. All build scripts also utilizes Git for revision management, which must have been installed on your desktop operating system. You can download the git command line client from https://git-scm.com/ for your platform or as part of your favorite OS software channels (Linux distribtutions supply git directly via their software repositories).
Further details of release notes can be read in Z88 Assembler Workbench 2017.4 Release Notes.
Download latest Z88 Assembler Workbench Tools according to your platform:
Platform | Version | Size | Added | Installation notes | Download Link |
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 | Z88AsmWorkbench-2018.2-windowsxp-installer.exe | 6.9MB | 2018/02/13 | For 32bit Windows XP (Intel x86). Download EXE installer to desktop, double-click to start installation. Supported to run on Windows XP SP2+. The executable binaries run on 32bit version of Windows XP. Execute installer as appropriate from disc download location, as current user or administrator to "Program Files" area. Menu item is created for un-installer. The installer ensures that the PATH environment variable for all tools are updated, for the next time you create a new command line shell. |  |
| Z88AsmWorkbench-2018.2-windows7-installer.exe | 6.9MB | 2018/02/13 | For 64bit Windows 7 and later (Intel x86_64). Download EXE installer to desktop, double-click to start installation. Supported to run on Windows 64bit 7, 8, 8.1, 10, etc. Execute installer as appropriate from disc download location, as current user or administrator to "Program Files" area. Menu item is created for un-installer. The installer ensures that the PATH environment variable for all assembler tools are updated, for the next time you create a new command line shell. | |
 | Z88AsmWorkbench-2018.2-linux-installer.run | 5.5MB | 2018/02/13 | For 32bit Linux (kernel 2.6 or later). Download RUN installer to Gnome / KDE (or other X-Windows based) desktop, apply chmod +x, then execute from command line or desktop file browser. Supported to install and run on DEB package distributions like Debian & Ubuntu, RPM package distributions like Fedora, Mandriva, OpenSuse and PcLinuxOS. The 32bit installer executable and assembler tools are distribution independent. The installer ensures that the PATH environment variable for all assembler tools is set up for the next time you create a new shell. | |
| Z88AsmWorkbench-2018.2-linux-x64-installer.run | 6.8MB | 2018/02/13 | For 64bit Linux (kernel 2.6 or later) Download RUN installer to Gnome / KDE (or other X-Windows based) desktop, apply chmod +x, then execute from command line or desktop file browser. Supported to install and run on DEB package distributions like Debian & Ubuntu, RPM package distributions like Fedora, Mandriva, OpenSuse and PcLinuxOS. The 32bit installer executable and assembler tools are distribution independent. The installer ensures that the PATH environment variable for all assembler tools is set up for the next time you create a new shell. | |
| Z88AsmWorkbench-2018.2-linux-arm7hf.tar.bz2 | 0kB | T.B.D. | For 32/64bit Linux Arm7 Download bzip2 archive, then de-compress. From command line or desktop file browser, execute install.sh script. It will install the tools in $HOME/bin. Supported to run on any Arm7-based computer such as Chromebooks (for Arm), Raspberry Pi 2+3 and many others. The 32bit Arm executable tools are distribution independent. The installer ensures that the PATH environment variable for all assembler tools is set up for current and future shells. | |
 | Z88AsmWorkbench-2018.2-osx-installer.app.zip | 5.8MB | 2018/02/13 | For 64bit Intel MacOS. Extract installer application from Zip file. Execute the installer application and decide where you want to install the assembler tools to be executed. The installer ensures that the PATH environment variable for the tools is set up for the next time you create a new shell. We recommend using iTerm2 bash shell for macOS. | |
Z88 Assembler Workbench Resources
| Mpm source code | https://gitlab.com/b4works/mpm |
| DZasm source code | https://gitlab.com/b4works/dzasm |
| Z88Card source code | https://gitlab.com/b4works/z88card |
| MthToken source code | https://gitlab.com/b4works/mthtoken |
| Project wiki | https://cambridgez88.jira.com/wiki/display/MPM |
| Cambridge Z88 Project Wiki | https://cambridgez88.jira.com/wiki/ |