BREZ@BCVMS.BITNET (01/09/90)
I would like to know if any freeware, shareware, or commercial software
exists that will convert Merlin 8 source files, into APW source files.
Eventually, I want to then convert the APW to MPW. But MPW comes with
tools to perform that task, so that's not a real problem.
Does anyone else use MPW to create executable for the // (non GS) series?
Please reply to me directly, or via the list.
--Scott Bresnahan
BREZ@BCVMS.BITNETthrooph@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (Henry Throop) (01/10/90)
In article <9001090900.aa24721@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> BREZ@BCVMS.BITNET writes: >I would like to know if any freeware, shareware, or commercial software >exists that will convert Merlin 8 source files, into APW source files. >Eventually, I want to then convert the APW to MPW. But MPW comes with >tools to perform that task, so that's not a real problem. Byte Works has a Merlin to ORCA/M source code translator that would probably work. According to the APDAlog, it converts "more than 95 percent" or Merlin stuff, including macros, directives, etc. $30, which includes the source code for the translator. > --Scott Bresnahan > BREZ@BCVMS.BITNET Henry --- Henry Throop Internet: throoph@jacobs.cs.orst.edu
saa33413@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (01/10/90)
I can see why you'd want to go from Merlin to APW; I switched from Big Mac to the MicroSPARC (now MindCraft) Assembler some time ago. What eludes me, though, is the logic in cross-assembly, which is what you wish to do when you go from APW to MPW. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Scott Alfter | A keyboard--how quaint! | | Internet: saa33413@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu | | | free0066@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu | -- M. Scott | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apple IIe /| _ |/_ / \// \ / / | | The power to | \ be your best \ / \_/\_/
jason@madnix.UUCP (Jason Blochowiak) (01/12/90)
In article <113300235@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> saa33413@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >I can see why you'd want to go from Merlin to APW; I switched from Big Mac >to the MicroSPARC (now MindCraft) Assembler some time ago. What eludes me, >though, is the logic in cross-assembly, which is what you wish to do when you >go from APW to MPW. Apparently you've never worked on a huge project... Although the APW assembler is pretty nice, and pretty quick, I doubt that it could beat something running on a Mac ][ci. Also, I'd be willing to bet that there are more support tools for MPW. Lastly, think about a software house that does stuff for the Mac & the //gs - if they put large amounts of money into their Macs (for Mac development), then they can use that power for //gs development, rather than spending a bunch more money for a //gs development system. Btw, I discovered the APW assembler's limitations while working on an 11,000+ line assembly project - it took awhile to remake it, and this is with a fairly large amount of RAM & a HD. >| Scott Alfter | A keyboard--how quaint! | >| Internet: saa33413@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu | | >| free0066@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu | -- M. Scott | -- Jason Blochowiak - jason@madnix.UUCP "Education, like neurosis, begins at home." - Milton R. Saperstein
crash@pro-colony.cts.com (John Stephen III) (01/13/90)
In-Reply-To: message from BREZ@BCVMS.BITNET The ByteWorks has a utility available that will do a conversion from Merlin 8 to APW. The ByteWorks is the company that originally wrote much of APW (which they sell under their own name as the ORCA/M development system) and their address should be available in either Nibble or A+. John Stephen Dallas, TX nnnnn | / . . \ | UUCP: [ ihnp4 sdcsvax nosc ] !crash!pnet01!pro-sol!pro-simasd! (| u |) | !pro-colony!crash \ \_/ / | ARPA: crash!pnet01!pro-sol!pro-simasd!pro-colony!crash@nosc.mil \ / | ProLine: crash@pro-colony /-->=<--\ |