Date   : Tue, 10 Apr 1990 15:38:00 CDT
From   : LANCE TAGLIAPIETRA <UCSLCT@UWPLATT.EDU>
Subject: Z80 Compilers

>Date: Tue, 03 Apr 90 00:35:52 EST
>From: Kevin J. Cummings <CUMMINGS@S55.Prime.COM>
>Subject: Z80 compilers
>
>I got a Z80 assembler from a DEC machine in Marlboro, MA years ago when they
>had a PD CP/M software repository there (to support their Rainbow and Robin
>machines).  I forget the name of the system, but it was run by Bernie Eiben.
>Anyways, they had an assembler called ZASM which assembled source files with
>the .Z80 extension.  It came in a .LBR file with ZASM.COM and ZASM.DOC.
>The .DOC file is quite extensive and describes the Z80 macro assembler.
>Among other things, it can produce .HEX or .REL files, but I thought that some
>of the pseduo-ops were either non-standard (not compatible with MAC/RMAC),
>or had various non-standard forms.  When the assembler is invoked it claims to
>be the "CROMEMCO Z80 Macro Assembler version 03.04".  I'm not sure if its been
>put in the PD by CROMEMCO (before they went under), but Ernie was pretty good
>about not keeping pirated software online.  Is this also on SIMTEL20?  I
>thought that most of the software I found in Marlboro was also on SIMTEL20.
 
I searched the simtel directorys for ZASM and so far have found ZASMB in
the SIGM Volume 281 directory, and Z33ZASM in the ZCPR33 directory.  Is
ZASMB the same program as mentioned above?
 
Lance


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