Mike wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:37 am
As you had some exposure to the Acorn Archimedes series, and if you're adventurous, you might consider using the inline assembler of BBC BASIC, the one contained in HI BASIC (part of the !65tube emulation) in particular.
For a while I was tempted to use my own assembler... *looks sheepish* It lacks so many features, the others have, however. At least with that I could get it to write the two-byte header for PRG files when it saved the bytecode...
At the same time, I'd rather use an assembler I know to be 100% reliable and not have to debug my assembler
as well as the code I'm trying to write with it...
Mike wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:37 am
Otherwise, quite some people here use either
dasm or
ACME, so there ...
I am having a look at them. I am still tempted by ca65, though, because I have found a plugin for VSCode that provides syntax highlighting. I think some of the developers for the Commander X16 use this plugin and have VSCode set up to assemble through ca65.
So much to think about. Grr. I do wish the VIC had an inline assembler. The MegaVIC will, if ever it's finished
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