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From: phil@titan.rice.edu (William LeFebvre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 68K Assembler Source
Summary: A68k now available on titan.rice.edu
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Date: 29 Dec 88 17:43:09 GMT
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In article <1423@cpoint.UUCP> jeff@cpoint.UUCP (Jeffrey J. Griglack) writes:
>I am looking for the source for a 68000 assembler written in C.
>There is an assembler that is available on the Fred Fish disks, but
>it does not include source.

I have just made available the amiga assembler that I use at home.  It is
"A68k" by Charlie Gibbs.  This program is NOT public domain, but it is
freely redistributable.  It is based on Brian Anderson's 68000
cross-assembler published in Dr. Dobb's Journal April through June of
1986.  Mr. Gibbs has made many enhancements, including macros and include
files, as well as making it produce AmigaDOS-format object files.

The distribution I have is version 1.2 of July 11, 1988.  To my knowledge
this is the most recent version.  If someone knows of a more recent
version, please point me at it and I will make it available.  I have used
this assembler rather extensively and it is very solid.  Previous versions
of A68k did have a few bugs, but they have all been eradicated.  The
distribution DOES include C source as well as a ready-made executable.

HOW TO GET IT:

It is packaged in a "zuu" file (a uuencoded zoo file) that is split into
three separate files named "A68k.zu1", "A68k.zu2", and "A68k.zu3".  Once
you have retrieved the files, simply cat (or "join") them together and
uudecode the result to get a zoo file.

It can be retrieved two different ways.  If you are on the Internet, you
can anonymous FTP to the host "titan.rice.edu" and retrieve the named
files from the "public" directory.  Regardless of where you are, you can
use the Rice archive server by mailing the following request to the
Internet address "archive-server@rice.edu" or the UUCP address
"...!rice!archive-server":

	send public A68k.zu1 A68k.zu2 A68k.zu3

(you'll have to figure out your own path to the Internet).  There are some
restrictions and potential problems with the archive server.  If your path
to Rice goes through a machine that places a restriction on the size of
messages, you will want to mail three separate requests, one for each file
(each file is under 57K).  It is also possible that some mailer between
you and Rice does something inappropriate or weird to the "From:" line.
If this is the case, you can add another line to the request of the form
"path address" where "address" is an appropriate return mail path FROM
RICE TO YOU.

Finally, if you want some more generic help about the Rice archive server,
you can mail the request "help" to the above address.  If you are having
serious problems getting these files, I might have the time to help you if
you ask me nicely.

			William LeFebvre
			Department of Computer Science
			Rice University
			<phil@Rice.edu>