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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

2985.0. "need Help getting the right assembeler.." by SHARE::DOYLE () Wed Oct 04 1989 11:07

	I've decided to take the plunge into assembely language.

1.) What I need is some info on assembeler packages ($, features, quality).
   What I don't want to end up doing is paying big bucks for a package, only
   to find out later that I have to re-invest in to another package to get the
   features that I need/want. (Right now, I don't know what I should be looking
   for.)

2.) Are there any P.D. assembeler programs around?
	

  I've done a "dir/title=assem" on this notes file, but couldn't find 
anything recent.

						Thanks;
							Toby

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2985.1	A68K - FF186	MARVIN::WALTER		`Wed Oct 04 1989 14:16`	3
	Note 1156.25.
2985.2	Yes!	SHARE::DOYLE		`Wed Oct 04 1989 15:06`	5
	Thanks! Toby
2985.3		KYOA::MIANO	I see the N end of a S bound horse	`Wed Oct 04 1989 15:11`	4
	The assembler that comes with Lattice C supports all the 68030 instructions in case you want to get a C compiler too. John
2985.4	Ml + C?	SHARE::DOYLE		`Wed Oct 04 1989 15:30`	10
	re:.3 Does this mean that "lattice C" comes with a machine language assembeler, and allows easy integration of ML routines into a "C" program? Is this a standard for most "C" products? Thanks; Toby
2985.5		TALLIS::MCAFEE	Steve McAfee	`Wed Oct 04 1989 17:43`	7
	On personal computers it is common. I understand MANX actually allows you to mix C and ASM in the same file! Lattice doesn't allow you to mix like this, but in a way it is even better, because you can specify by what registers arguments get passed. This makes it very easy to go out and write an optimized routine in assembly. - steve
2985.6	Macro Support?	SHARE::DOYLE		`Thu Oct 05 1989 10:04`	4
	Which assembeler comes with/has available the largest macro library? Toby
2985.7		KYOA::MIANO	John - NY Retail Banking Resource Cntr	`Tue May 29 1990 16:16`	10
	Does anyone know of a good assembler for the 68020 on the Amiga. It turns out that the Lattice assember has quite a few quirks that prevent it from accepting all 68020 instructions. For example clr.l ax is illegal on the 68000 but legal on the 68020. The lattice assembler does not allow this even in 68020 mode. John
2985.8		BUZZER::GERBER	For more info, call: 800/555-1212	`Wed May 30 1990 13:06`	6
	Re :.7 >KYOA::MIANO< Have you reported this bug to Lattice, and if you have, what did they say. If people don't report bugs, they never get fixed. -----Robert
2985.9		KYOA::MIANO	John - NY Retail Banking Resource Cntr	`Wed May 30 1990 14:08`	5
	I reported it to Lattice and they were not very helpful. They asked me to send them a message through their bulletin board. I have not received a reply (over two months). John