MacASM (or other simple assembler?) manual/tutorial

[rabindranath72]

Hi all,

I am looking for tutorials or manuals for MacASM. I downloaded the software (v1.2), but I only managed to guess a few commands.

Any other simple assembler which comes with instructions?

I plan on running them under vMac.

It seems no effort at digitally storing the documentation for these tools has been done. I just look at what is available for the Atari ST and Amiga and I want to scream :disapprove:

Thanks in advance!

Antonio

 

[rabindranath72]

Nobody?!

 

[bbraun]

FWIW, I usually use code warrior, which is really more of a C/Pascal compiler, but you can define asm functions, and it takes care of the glue of turning it into an application. I've also used THINKC, which can also do assembly functions, and is probably more appropriate for minivmac.

Another trick I use is to build code on a modern system using sc68 (http://sc68.atari.org), and then use a hex editor/resedit to paste the machine code into the macintosh binary.

Not exactly what you were looking for, but thought I'd chime in since you didn't get any other responses.

 

[rabindranath72]

Thanks for the reply!

I have used Think C, but I am really after a pure assembler with symbolic debugger. Something like Devpac on the Atari/Amiga machines.

I have found McAssemly 7.6 which at least has a smallish intro document showing the main characteristics; I'll see what I can do with that. The lack of proper hardware documentation coupled with lack of software documentation is really irking :disapprove:

 

[gsteemso]

MPW is still floating around -- that's what Apple used to use internally, and it does PPC too.

 

[rabindranath72]

MPW is still floating around -- that's what Apple used to use internally, and it does PPC too.

Yeah I had a look, but the prospect of learning the whole development system, which doesn't look to be the friendliest around, is daunting. Plus, it doesn't seem to have an integrated debugger which I can run "on the fly." As I said, I'd like something like Devpac on the Amiga and ST, which has a very short development cycle.

 

[beachycove]

Check here, as there is a fair deal of obscure documentation to be found there, and you might get lucky.