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Re: Which assembler?



On 25 Jun 2006, mdj wrote:

> 
> Kallikak wrote:
> > Bryan Parkoff wrote:
> > > "Kallikak" <ken.wessen@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > > 1151285723.076143.40400@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com">news:1151285723.076143.40400@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com...
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm after a 6502 assembler for my Apples, and am hoping for some advice
> > > > on the best one to choose.  Although I realise it may not be possible
> > > > for all my requirements to be met, here is what would be ideal:
> > > >  1.  Comes on a single disk,
> > > >  2.  At least basic documentation is downloadable somewhere,
> > > >  3.  Can run on a 64K Apple II+ (though I have a 128K IIe and a IIc as
> > > > well)
> > > >  4.  Uses a relatively standard syntax - e.g. hopefully things like
> > > > LDA ($300),Y rather than LDAIY $300 etc
> > > >  5.  I'm sure they'll all support symbols, macros aren't so important
> > > > to me, but an include facility would be nice.
> 
> I don't think Merlin 8 will run on a 64k Apple II+ - older versions of
> Merlin will though... Personally I do all my work on a (platinum) IIe
> as I find the keyboard pleasant to use - the  other keyboards frustrate
> me these days
> 
> There's always the DOS (or ProDOS) Toolkit, which where the 'official'
> Apple assemblers. Combined with AppleWriter as a full screen editor
> they're pretty good, especially the ProDOS edition.

I use S-C Assembler, which I beleive will run on a II+... I haven't used
Merlin much, so I can't really comment on the differences, but S-C is
quite well documented and then there's several years worth of Assembly
Lines magazines to go along with it.
-s

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