Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!saa33413 From: saa33413@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: need info on Apple assemblers/compi Message-ID: <113300218@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 10 Dec 89 10:38:31 GMT References: <151300@<89341> Lines: 37 Nf-ID: #R:<89341:151300:uxa.cso.uiuc.edu:113300218:000:2254 Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!saa33413 Dec 9 13:40:00 1989 Yes, MindCraft Publishing Corp. (formerly MicroSPARC, still publishing Nibble after ten years!) still sells an assembler. For $50 you get a macro assembler with line editor, a decent set of disk commands, and sample code and macros. One of the macro sets extends the number of available pseudo-ops and another is designed to make importing source code from the Lisa assembler easier. I've used this program for about a year now, and it has caused me no trouble. The macros are great--you can turn assembly language into a medium-level language, almost! If you want, you can shell out another $50 for a macro set that lets you write BASIC-like programs in the assembler. I don't have MacroSoft, but I think that the MindCraft Assembler is a pretty good assembler. At $50, it's probably the best deal around! (No, I do not work for MindCraft or for Nibble, but I do have a Nibble subscription!) Since MindCraft doesn't advertise much outside their magazines, here's their address: MindCraft Publishing Corp. 52 Domino Dr. Concord, MA 01742 On the subject of Big Mac, I thought it might be related to Merlin in some way. The assembler cross-reference that comes with the MindCraft Assembler indicates that they use the same pseudo-ops, etc. Also, TechAlliance (the company that publishes Call-A.P.P.L.E.) no longer sells software; they said they couldn't keep prices of products in the price range they wanted to keep them in. They had low prices, but they couldn't keep them. Too bad, since Apple may now rip all of us off with APDA. BTW, I think all of us with IIs and IIGSs should boycott APDA--not because of the high prices, but because all they ever seem to have time for anymore is the Macintosh. I know I'm dropping my membership. Anyone else care to do the same? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! Scott Alfter ! A keyboard--how quaint! ! ! ! ! ! Internet: saa33413@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu ! -- M. Scott ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------