Re: Validating the source files needed to create the 8 bit version of "MERLIN.SYSTEM"

["bill.martens@gmail.com" <bill.martens@gmail.com>]

On Dec 13, 8:14 am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> A2CPM wrote:
> > Hi, y'all!
>
> >     The source for the Merlin IDE has been available for over two
> > years at the Asimov site, according to the date stamp on "MER8.Src.
> > 259.SHK".  However, in this archive, there isn't any documentation
> > about how the pieces fit together.  Well, at least, I couldn't find
> > it.  This morning, I uploaded an image file to the Asimov site that
> > contains all the source files needed to generate version 2.59, but no
> > others, plus step by step instructions to assemble the four primary
> > source files, to bind together the four generated object files and to
> > compare the newly generated "MERLIN.SYSTEM" against the original.  The
> > URL for the image file is:
> >ftp://public.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/programming/assembler/mer...
> > A "Thank You" to the site maintainer for making the file available so
> > quickly.
>
> > Willi
>
> And thank *you*, Willi, for puzzling this out and sharing the solution!
>
> -michael
>
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Great work there Willi.  You are actually motivating me to get the
rest of the Big Mac stuff online.
--billm--