Re: Apple II+ compatible disassembler

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <Pine.PMDF.3.91.960418085912.1614922315A-100000@ewu.edu>,
Ian K. Erickson <ierickson@ewu.edu> wrote:
>Or is there a magic "Two-Liner" to disassemble an entire binary file, set the
>output to the printer and print the whole thing off?

   Given that most assembly programs tend to have non-code in the
middle of them, such as strings, space for some temporary variables,
graphics (for games), and the like, trying to list each "instruction"
(which is a sequence of bytes indistinguishable from text/ graphics/
storage except that it doesn't crash when executed) in a program is
flawed at best.

   If it's a tiny program, you might be able to get away with dumping
it to the printer. If it's something big, you'd need something more
intelligent, usually involving a bit of human interaction.

Nathan Mates




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