Re: RP2350 and Pico 2 - things missing

On 01/09/2024 21:36, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:

On Sun, 2024-09-01 at 15:47 +0100, mm0fmf wrote:

STR the compiler was a custom version of gcc 1.xx. 26 years ago so
the exact version has evaporated from my memory.

 Your dates are slightly off. These gcc 1.x versions were between 1987 -
1993. I do remember using 2.7.2.3 with Linux 2.0 in 1997.

I'd agree that gcc main line release would be around 2.7 in 1998. I can remember I started writing software for a Strongarm based video security system in 2001. By then ARM kernels were compiled/cross-compiled with gcc 2.95.x. Then gcc 3.0 / 3.1 came out which was better for userland code but kernels compiled with it would not run so we stayed with 2.95 for some time.
However, the SHARC stuff was definitely derived from gcc 1.x in 1998 as it struck me as very old as 2.x had been out for a while by then.  This was the version of the compiler that ran on Windows. ISTR I used a PII 200MHz probably running WinNT to develop on. The Unix systems were reserved for ADA, Occam and other esoteric stuff ;-)