Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!cbmvax!hedley
From: hedley@cbmvax.UUCP (Hedley Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Good C64 Assemblers Needed
Message-ID: <3043@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 28 Dec 87 16:43:21 GMT
References: <650@umbc3.UMD.EDU> <493@nuchat.UUCP>
Reply-To: hedley@cbmvax.UUCP (Hedley Davis)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 24
Keywords: Assembly, Software Review Needed

In article <493@nuchat.UUCP> seven@nuchat.UUCP (David Paulsen) writes:
>In article <650@umbc3.UMD.EDU>, pete@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Pete Hsi ) writes:
>> I am in search of a good C64 assembler package and am soliciting for your
>> reviews of such.
>> 
>> In particular, I am looking at the _Commodore_64_Macro_Assembler_Develpment_
>> System_.
>

One thing to note:
	There is a new product for the C128 called the DEVPACK. It has,
amoungst other things, a new assembler, editor, and many other tools.
This is for the C128 only, but we beleive that the C128 is a preferable
machine to develope software on if for no other reason than the fact
that it has an 80 column screen. The assembler on the DEVPACK is 
very solid. Its been beta tested thoroughly, and we use it in house
from time to time.

One other comment:
	As the assembler is disk based, it is disk intensive. One 
thing that really helps is the 1750 REU with a resident RAMDOS.
Copy your source files to ramdisk, and the sucker will really fly.

Hedley