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From: wdao@sal36.usc.edu (Walter Dao)
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Subject: Re: Modem communications on an 800
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Date: 8 Feb 88 20:43:45 GMT
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"always make you words sweet because you dont know when you have to eat them ."
                                   -I heard it somewhere on T.V.- 

      * GULP *
   

After 2 days looking,testing and using assempro, I have to say that : 

- XREF/XDEF can be simulated by using SLABEL/ILABEL .
  For example,  a SMALL.LIB (small amiga.lib that can be found on one 
  of the fish disk) can be created using the same trick. 
  Assembling All the _lvo offsets and declaring them as SLABEL (XDEF)
  and then using them using ILABEL (XREF) . 
  Advantage : takes less space on the disk (so a bigger work disk).
              the assembling is faster. (the Offsets being pre-assembled.)
            
- Assempro even has an "online" help (you enter the rom call name or the 
  instruction op-code and it tells you what kind of arguments is needed).

- Assempro does not save the object code automatically to disk . (but if you 
  click on the QUIT option, it reminds you to do so). (I wonder what
  would happen if there is not enough memory to hold assempro, the source code
  and the object code .) 

- The text editor is really primitive, I miss EMACS .However the search and 
  replace option is really powerfull (wich is proportionally complicated).

- Click to quickly on the window(creation/deletion) and you guru. ( hell )
  (The ONLY time I ever gurued using that prg)

- The demos are neat. (1 of each type, math, window,graphic etc...) 

- The whole package is very compact, The only disk accesses being made are when
  includes files are being used, directory/ssave/load/etc .. are being made.
  jumping from the editor to the assembler or to other tools didnt seem to need
  disk loading.

- Would I do it again ? (I mean buy the package ...) I think so .
  The all in one package is really nice ( and heavy to use at time.) 
  It was a pretty good deal for all the utilities furnished . (the debugger
  seems really interesting, assembler,disassembler,reassembler,text editor,
  all the libs, demos) .

- It has worked correctly on my 1meg amiga 500.
  a ram: disk can really speed things up. 

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By the way ,What does Trap 14 do ? 

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