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Subject: New Assembler Wanted
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Date: Sat, 17-Sep-83 14:42:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 17 14:42:00 1983
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From:  Billy <BRACKENRIDGE@USC-ISIB>

Does anyone know of an alternative to the IBM Microsoft Assembler
Version 1.00?

My immediate concern is that I now have a hard disk with structured
directories and I would like my include statements to take path names.
It would also be nice to have 8087 support.

The assembler never has been my favorite piece of software from
Microsoft.  It is much slower than it ought to be and is full of well
known errors, all except the notorious "OFFSET" problem can be
circumvented by careful construction of macro programs.

While IBM has never been known to rush in to correct software
problems, Microsoft usually has an updated version of the IBM product
on the market for generic MS-DOS.  I haven't seen such a product for
the assembler.  Do the Compaq and other 8086/8 based machines just use
the IBM assembler?