Date   : Sat, 03 Oct 1998 00:39:26 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: 6502 assembler

> I've been trying to find a 6502 assembler that supports a free-form sort
> of input, i.e. multiple instructions on one line, that sort of thing.
> Does anybody whether such a thing exists? If it does, where can I get it?
> After doing some 6502 programming on the Beeb over the summer, I am
> really sick of being forced to put one instruction per line on the 6502
> assemblers available on the PC.
 
How about using the built-in assembler in BBCBasic.  To assemble 6502 you
will need BBCBasic(65), ie on a Beeb/Master/etc.  If unable to use a
physical Beeb, you could use one of the many emulators.  !65Tube, !65Host,
!65Em and others for the Arc; BeebEm and others for the PC.  For a
assembler-writing environment, you don't need the hardware facilities, so
!65Tube or equivalents is best.
 
(I write most of my Z80 code using BBCBasic(80) running on !Z80Tube
nowadays...)
 
I have some utilities that let you write the source file using 'you text
editor of choice', and then use Basic's assembler to assemble from the
file direct to disk or memory.  I'll have to tidy up the documentation if
anybody wants it...
 
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