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Won't bore with my "story", just glad to have rediscovered my HP41 and the amazing people here and elsewhere who have helped fulfill at least part of my midlife crisis

First, I have scoured this and other sites and have discovered a wealth of resources (see below). I'm just wondering which pieces others use and what works best. I would like to know what tools are the most commonly/effectively used to do the following:

1. Edit FOCAL and/or MCODE code on a PC.
2. Assemble/Compile to a ".BIN"
3. Create a ".ROM" and/or ".MOD" to then burn into an MLDL, CLonix/NOV, or other hardware (I have several of Diego's CLonix-D and NOV-64 modules, amazing).

I use Windows10, but have installed DOSBOX successfully.

I think I've got a decent handle on doing the development on the 41 side, building the image in a Q-ROM device and getting that image out of the NOV-64 RAM to the PC for storage, sharing, or programming back into the ROM space of a Clonix-D or NOV-64 or other device, but the idea of being able to edit with a QWERTY keyboard, add comments, etc. is just more appealing.

So, what are your preferred development tools and development path?

Here are some of the tools I've found and examined. Please tell me if I've missed something.

HP SDSII
SDK41R6
Excel Spreadsheet Programming Environment
HP41UC
HP41UCC
HP41 Assistant
Others that I'm sure I forgot or missed

Other various bits to help facilitate:
ILPer and EMU41 with PIL Box
HP41E
Various HP utilities
DOSBOX
Clonix-D/NOV-64/USB-41
HP9114B disc drive
HP-IL to RS232, IL to HPIB, and IL Converter

Thanks
David

I use SDK41R6 exclusively, but then I only need .ROM files. My only quibble is that it doesn't seem know all of the mainframe entry points. It also doesn't do .MOD files.

(01-28-2017 05:11 PM)Monte Dalrymple Wrote: [ -> ]I use SDK41R6 exclusively, but then I only need .ROM files. My only quibble is that it doesn't seem know all of the mainframe entry points. It also doesn't do .MOD files.

Thanks Monte.

David

Hello David,
Meindert Kuiprs MLDL2000 Windows application is a great tool to translate ROM to/from MOD format and to read/write MOD header information.
You do need the MLDL2000 peripheral to use the software.
Sylvain

(01-28-2017 07:49 PM)Sylvain Cote Wrote: [ -> ]Hello David,
Meindert Kuiprs MLDL2000 Windows application is a great tool to translate ROM to/from MOD format and to read/write MOD header information.
You do need the MLDL2000 peripheral to use the software.
Sylvain

Almost correct, the hardware itself is NOT needed, although the USB driver may need to be installed

(01-30-2017 06:11 PM)MeindertKuipers Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-28-2017 07:49 PM)Sylvain Cote Wrote: [ -> ]Hello David,
Meindert Kuiprs MLDL2000 Windows application is a great tool to translate ROM to/from MOD format and to read/write MOD header information.
You do need the MLDL2000 peripheral to use the software.
Sylvain

Almost correct, the hardware itself is NOT needed, although the USB driver may need to be installed

Thank you. I'll have a look at the software.

David