Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!killer!chasm
From: chasm@killer.UUCP (Charles Marslett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: compatibility
Summary: PD Assembler
Message-ID: <4175@killer.UUCP>
Date: 25 May 88 06:15:22 GMT
References: <1819@alliant.Alliant.COM> <126@limbic.UUCP>
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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In article <126@limbic.UUCP>, gil@limbic.UUCP (Gil Kloepfer Jr.) writes:
> In article <1819@alliant.Alliant.COM> lackey@alliant.COM (Stan Lackey) writes:
> |>Well, I finally decided to get the new XF551 disk drive, and yes, only
> |>DOS 2.5 came with it.  I read on the net that Spartados supports the
> |>new features, so I dug my copy out of the pile and tried it.  It really
> |>does use the DS/DD capability.  However, to my horror, I found that
> |>the Atari assembler does not seem to run under it.

I have written a PD (simple minded, no macros, etc.) assembler for the 6502
that should not have any trouble running under SpartaDos (or 2.5, or ...).
It has been distributed for several years by the DALACE club library and if
anyone wants a copy I can post or mail it (the source is several files totaling
about 300 sectors I think, the executable is about 25 sectors -- SD sectors that
is).  The syntax is mostly AMAC with a few extensions to handle code moved
over from MAC65.  Does anyone want to add macros or extend the object format
to self-relocating code?  Here's your chance!

Charles Marslett
chasm@killer.UUCP
[Wordmark Systems, home of the FASTchip, MYDOS, and A65]