Re: apple assembly?

[david@wraith.cs.uow.edu.au (David E A Wilson)]

netcoking@aol.com (Netco King) writes:
>Try looking for either Merlin (DOS 3.3) or Merlin Pro (ProDOS).

This is now sold as a package "Merlin 8/16" containing (at least when I bought
it a few years ago):

Merlin-8 (DOS 3.3)
Merlin-8 (ProDOS-8)
Merlin-16 (ProDOS-8 and a //gs or a 65802 in a //c or //e)
Merlin-16+ (ProDOS-16 or GS/OS)

I can recommend this - it works well. Merlin-8 may also require 128k but I am
not sure - Merlin-16 certainly does.

>I started
>assembly using the Apple Editor/Assembler (EDASM) which was supplied with
>their Apple DOS Toolkit.  EDASM was a good, basic, learning assembler
>which utilized 40-column text.

I have this as well and don't recommend it - it loads an overlay over the QUIT
code and does not restore it (at least the copy I have) - hence quitting is best
done by executing ProDOS. It does support 80 column cards (my //e worked well
enough).

> Merlin, on the other hand, is a LOT
>faster, gives you 80-column text, and is generally more powerful.

Agreed.

>There are other good assembler packages out there also, though I don't
>recall their names at this time.

I guess Bytework's ORCA/M would be one but I have never used it.
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David Wilson	Dept CompSci Uni Wollongong Australia	david@cs.uow.edu.au