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From: pete@i-core.UUCP (Pete Ashdown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Assemblers
Keywords: amiga,assembler,debugger,package
Message-ID: <1989Oct11.205833.28122@i-core.UUCP>
Date: 11 Oct 89 20:58:33 GMT
References: <4331@sugar.hackercorp.com>
Organization: Bitsko's Bar & Grill, Public Access, Salt Lake City, UT
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In article <4331@sugar.hackercorp.com>, davidm@sugar.hackercorp.com (D
vid Martin) writes:
> 
> Help! I need information on what the best Amiga Assembler is.
> I am hoping to find an integrated package with all or most
> of the following: disassembler, assembler, debugger, LOTS
> of demo prgs. etc etc. Thanks.
> -- 
> David W. Martin author of "Tech Corner" INFO magazine. 
> plink: OSS705 CompuServe: 73617,1620 Games are fun, but
> utilities are more productive!


I have literally used them ALL in the search for the best one.  The
final conclusion is CAPE by Inovatronics.  I use the the line-based
assembler with TxEd as my editor.  It is extremely fast and VERY
compatible with Metascope, a problem that assemblers like AssemPro and
HiSoft run into.  HiSoft is the fastest, but again, its compatibility
is not 100%.  CAPE also has an AREXX port, where none of the other ones
do.  As for a debugger, my favorite is good old Metascope 1.8.  Very
powerful, yet very easy to use.  Last, "demo progs" are few and far
between.  Over 3 years of using assembly on the Amiga, I've managed to
almost fill one disk of sample source code from various authors.  A lot
of it has German commentary and doesn't necessarily follow C-A
guidelines.  Sample assembly source is few and far between on the
Amiga.  Abacus publishes a book called "Amiga Assembly Language."  Out
of five available books on the topic, this one is the best.  They also
have a disk filled with all the examples in the book.  Its very
straight-forward and very handy.  Amazing Computing also had a great
series on the topic.  Unfortunately, it was never continued...

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