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From: alfter@uns-helios.nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER)
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Subject: Re: Questions,questions,questions.
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Date: 7 Nov 90 03:48:28 GMT
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In article <1990Nov4.214233.4187@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Desdinova) writes:
[stuff about getting ORCA/M to cross-assemble by using a set of macros deleted]
>It seems like a very possible task. I'd recommend anyone actually trying this
>to start with the 80x86 series, since it's architecture is more in line
>with the 65816's (banked memory, limited registers, etc.), and there
>are more people who'd want MS-DOS programs than Mac programs.

Funny that you should make this recommendation...it reminded me of a
feature of the MicroSPARC Assembler, which is what I use for ML work
on my IIe.  It came with a macro library to cross-assemble for the
8080.  It also has a Sweet-16 cross-assembler macro set.

Now here's a question: do you think a macro set could be made for an
8-bit assembler to cross-assemble 65816 code?  It's something to think
about. :-) (Not that I'd have any immediate use for it, though.)

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