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From: wjb@burl.UUCP (Bill Buie)
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Subject: Re: assembler reviews - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 30-May-84 08:50:36 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 30 08:50:36 1984
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It seems that this newsgroup goes through this discussion
periodically.  Well, I don't mind.  As the last person to restart
it, I'll open up the followups with a summary of what I've learned.

First, and least, there is an assembler you can buy from HES written
by Jay Balankrishnan (or something like that).  I strongly urge you
to stay away from it.  Before I got around to asking this august
body for advice, I went out and paid $25 for it.  I still burn
whenever I think about it.  Anybody wanting a smoking condemnation
can respond to me via mail; I don't want to toast the newsgroup.

Somebody recommended an assembler to me called MERLIN.  It sounded
good, but when I tried to get in touch with the address posted, I
never got a response.  On the net, somebody said it sold for ~$40,
but that's assuming you can find it.

Several people liked the one Commodore puts out.  At $20, I doubt
you can beat the price.

Someone has *given* me an assembler and a monitor.  I haven't even
looked at it yet.  If you're interested, and if there are no
copyright notices on it, I'll be glad to make arrange to send you a
copy.   Price free.

Lastly, I bought an assembler from Eastern House Software (send me
mail for the address) called MAE that I am overwhelmingly pleased with. 
Basically, it does everything that I've ever known any assembler to
do on any machine (including the ones here at work).  It is fast
(machine language, of course).  The version that they send for the
C64 includes MICROMON, a very decent monitor which, contrary to what
I'd heard on the net, DOES have a dissassembler.  Again, mail me for
more detailed info.  It is not copy-protected and comes with a
single-user liscense.  Price $59.95 ... and heavily worth it.
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				--Bill Buie