Unfortunately, the original thread is already locked, so I have to restart it.

To refresh the thread, I am seeking for '51 development tools on a Linux-based Asus EEE (the small 700 series, unmodified, without gcc and stuff). The idea is to have something to be easily carried around, to be able to use snippets of time I have e.g. when waiting at the doctors or similar.

My current setup thus is:

1. ad-hoc homebrew hardware (on a proto-solder-board) around P89V51RD2 - not as portable as I wished, will work on this item further maybe in the future
   
2. a prolific-chip based USB-RS232 "cable" (surprise - an FTDI device did not work out of the box, whereas the cheapo cable did - I did not investigate the case further)
   
3. setedit as editor - 47x131 characters on a screen, and out of the box syntax highlighting for '51 asm - what else would a programmer want? ;-)
   
4. metalink assembler in dosemu/freedos (it was quite a challenge to find out, that in the "dos" the "C:" disk is not writable, but that there is also a "D:" disk, which is writable, and maps to the Linux home directory)
   
5. minicom as terminal, for program uploading (and then of course to talk to the application where appropriate). Sigh...
   
   For those who would like to try the same, a survival guide here. A real "burner" program is available here, but it has its quirks - I have started to modified it for my needs, (on a different machine, which does have gcc and stuff installed) but that's far from being finished - will update here of course.
   

JW