The kind of tools needed for putting together entries for the Multicart 2006.As I got green light from Carl Forhan to manage the actual build process of the Multicart 2006 I decided to choose the best tools available for the job.The developement operating system should be some kind of Windows, Linux or similar platform that can handle basic tools like the gcc compiler plus utilities.As most people get Windows for free with their computers I will make a walkthrough of how to do the install of the tools.Start by downloading some Unix utilities for Windows from SourceForge.UnxUtilsI need them for my platform-independent Makefiles that use /bin/sh, make, cp, touch, rm.Unzip these manually to C:/Settings->Control Panel->System->Advanced->Environment Variables Scroll the System variables panel to item Path and click on Edit. To the end of the line you add something like:;C:\bin;C:\usr\local\wbinThe next thing you need is the compiler. For Windows this means downloading ftp://ftp.musoftware.de/pub/uz/cc65/cc65-win32-2.11.0-1.zipandftp://ftp.musoftware.de/pub/uz/cc65/cc65-lynx-2.11.0-1.zip Installing these properly is a bit tricky.Create a directory C:/whateverUnzip both zipfiles into C:/whatever.Open a MSDOS window and go tocd \whateverRun the install.vbs program. Be sure that there is nothing extra in the \whatever directory as the install.vbs script will copy everything in this directory.This will install the compiler and Lynx libraries into C:/Program Files/cc65 and update the environment variables CC65_INC and CC65_LIB.If you have a previous installation of the cc65 tools you must delete your own environment variables to avoid conflicts.Unfortunately there is one essential utility that is not included in these tools. You need to visit Matthias Domains site and download sprpck.zipUnzip the archive and move sprpck.exe to C:\Program Files\cc65\binThe sprpck is needed to convert Windows bitmaps into Lynx sprites.The last piece you may need is CVSNT. It is a tool by which you send your code to me and also get my codes to your computer. It is available at CVSNT tools for free.Once you get to this point email me and I give you a base template for starting your developement and eventually also access to the Multicart project sources.To test if your installation is correct you can choose Run and type "sh". This should open a text window.Type there

which makeC:/usr/local/wbin/makewhich cc65C:/Program Files/cc65/bin/cc65printenv CC65_INCC:\Program Files\cc65\includeprintenv CC65_LIBC:\Program Files\cc65\lib

--Karri