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From: eeh@public.BTR.COM (Eduardo E. Horvath  eeh@btr.com)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Assembly Language
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Date: 29 Oct 90 17:15:03 GMT
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In article <1990Oct26.233149.8978@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> jdickson@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jeff Dickson) writes:

>	I need pointers on a good assembly language compiler-linker
>package for the Amiga. I was an avid Z80 assembly language person
>back in the 8 bit CPU days - I really like it. Any available that
>generate PRN like files that Microsoft's M80 compiler produced?

>						Thanks, Jeff

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>Jeff S. Dickson				jdickson@zook.jpl.nasa.gov

	If the PRN files are absolute listings with the mnemonics and the hex
code generated side by side, I don't think you can get the equivalent on an
Amiga.  The reason for that is that addresses are not inserted until load time,
and every load is potentially different and unique, so the hex will constantly
change.  What you want is a good source-code debugger.  That will give you the
equivalent behavior but without all of the paper 8^)  The only debugger I have
experience with is Lattice CodeProbe, which gives excellent results.  It allows
single-stepping through the source code while concurently displaying the entire
register set in a separate window.  It also has a built-in disassembler.  Make
certain that the package you buy has an equivalent or better debugger.


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