gmp@rayssd.UUCP (Paris) (08/09/83)
A fellow employee has recently purchased a C64 and was interested in the 64MON (monitor for assembly language programming) cartridge that is described on page 215 of "Commodore 64 Programmer's Reference Guide." Does anyone out there now have this cartridge, or have any of you seen it on sale? Please reply to me by mail with any info on this topic. Thanks. -- Greg Paris decvax!brunix!rayssd!gmp allegra!rayssd!gmp linus!rayssd!gmp
alpert@inmet.UUCP (08/18/83)
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inmet!alpert Aug 17 13:49:00 1983
Greg,
Tried to respond by mail but was unsuccessful, so am posting this.
Other C64 persons may also be interested (not all of us get
net.micro.cbm at our sites).
I don't have the Commodore monitor cartridge, but do have
Hes Mon 64 by Human Engineered Software. The cartdridge lists
for $40 (I found it for $32). It includes a single-step capability
and utilities for hex/decimal conversion along with full-scrolling
disassembler, one-line assembler, and much more.
The only disadvantage is that the area in RAM overlaid by the
cartridge is inaccessable.
The area overlaid by the cartridge is the top 8K of BASIC's text
buffer.
Overall, I have found Hes Mon 64 to be a useful tool, both in
looking at undocumented code and debugging my own assembly-language
programs.
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I also have a RAM-based monitor, SUPERMON64, which was published
in COMPUTE! magazine and can therefore be considered in the public domain.
It has a subset of the cartridge-based monitor's capabilities
(no single-step, no full scrolling) but does have a disassembler,
one-line assembler, and various utilities. If you would like a
copy I would be willing to send it for the cost of media (tape
or disk) and postage.
-- Bob Alpert
-- Intermetrics, Inc.
733 Concord Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
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