gdtltr@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Gary D Duzan) (06/13/89)
Simply put, I am thinking about buying it; is it worth it? Gary Duzan Time Lord Third Regeneration Atari Enthusiast Extreme -- +------------------------------------------+ UUCP: !uunet!udel.edu!vax1!gdtltr | "Two hearts are better than one." -- Yes | Internet: gdtltr@vax1.acs.udel.edu | "Don't listen to me; I never do." -- Doctor Who | Other: Relay through CUNYVM +-------------------------------------------------+ or something.
ajy2208%ritcv@cs.rit.edu (06/14/89)
Mac/65 is an excellent assembler, and I highly suggest you purchase it over the Atari Assember/Editor cart. Although, I must say that Mac/65 has no resident debugger, and for that alone, the Atari Assember/Editor cartridge is nice to have lying around. Mac/65 FLIES when compiling as compared to the Assember cart... And it has a lot more features... Good luck!
Ordania-DM@cup.portal.com (Charles K Hughes) (06/14/89)
RE: Mac/65 Is it worth buying? Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! I used the atari editor/assembler to create a disk copying program...it took 3 minutes to compile about 100 lines of code. Using Mac/65 it took about 10 seconds and that included writing to disk (though I do use a ramdisk :). The debugging portion of MAC/65 (called DDT appropriately enough) is unbeatable, it makes debugging a delight rather that the awful chore it was with the Atari cart. So, I give MAC/65 a 10 across the board...it is the best assembler/editor ever made for the Atari 8 bit. And on top of all that...it is being sold by ICD, Inc...the number 1 atari 8-bit company. Ordania-DM @cup.portal.com
sac90286@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (06/15/89)
In a word: YES!
chasm@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Charles Marslett) (06/15/89)
In article <1151@cs.rit.edu>, ajy2208%ritcv@cs.rit.edu writes: > Mac/65 is an excellent assembler, and I highly suggest you purchase it over > the Atari Assember/Editor cart. Although, I must say that Mac/65 has no > resident debugger, and for that alone, the Atari Assember/Editor cartridge > is nice to have lying around. Mac/65 FLIES when compiling as compared to > the Assember cart... And it has a lot more features... All so true, except for the "no resident debugger". The current version (with the yellow manual) does include the DDT debugger in the cartridge. > Good luck! On the other hand, if Omnimon is sufficient debugger, and if you have a text editor that handles unnumberd lines, I will be posting a PD assembler in the next few days (source is available, let me know if it should be included with the binary, seperately, or not at all...) Charles Marslett chasm@killer.dallas.tx.us
cmoore@oahu.prime.com (Chris Moore) (06/15/89)
gdtltr@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Gary D Duzan) writes: >Subject: MAC/65 > Simply put, I am thinking about buying it; is it worth it? I think so, I've used it and found it to be quite good. The biggest thing I ever wrote with it was a graphics printer driver for an Epson RX-80. Chris Moore Hardware Engineer CV/Pr1me Computer, Inc. cmoore@oahu.prime.com My opinions are my own, not Prime's
cfchiesa@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Christopher Chiesa) (06/16/89)
The last version of Mac/65 I actually set eyes on was disk-based, and the
debugger was called Bug/65. Apparently "things have changed!" Can someone
post the address/phone for the manufacturer, and any price/shipping info
they may have?
C.
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cfchiesa@bsu-cs.UUCP ajy2208%ritcv@cs.rit.edu (06/21/89)
Charles, I have an early version of Mac 65 that is on disk.. (complete with OSS's command line DOS).. After hearing all this talk of Mac65 on Cartridge, with DDT built in, I think I'll spring for it. Al Yarusso, Bitnet: ajy2208@ritvax.bitnet Usenet: ajy2208.ritcv.rit.edu "Captain Chekov here..."
charles@c3pe.UUCP (Charles Green) (07/22/89)
In article <1151@cs.rit.edu> ajy2208.ritcv.rit.edu (Albert Yarusso) writes: > Although, I must say that Mac/65 has no >resident debugger, and for that alone, the Atari Assember/Editor cartridge >is nice to have lying around. How so? I just received my OSS (now a division of ICD) Mac/65 cartridge, and it contains DDT ("Dunion's Debugging Tool" :-) on-board. At least, the manual says it's there... Claims to have a debugging screen that's separate from your program's display, which sounds like a nice feature. What am I missing here? -- {decuac.dec.com,cucstud,sundc}!c3pe!charles ex::!echo Boo:
Ordania-DM@cup.portal.com (Charles K Hughes) (07/23/89)
RE: address of MAC/65 company ICD, Inc. 1220 Rock Street Rockford, Illinois 61101 (815) 968-2228 Call or write and ask for a free catalog.