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Chuck(G)
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For what OS host? ISTR that there were versions for both ISIS-II and iRMX.
Well I was hoping there was one for MS-DOS. I am looking to learn assembly for the 8086, and I have an old book from 1985, that says the syntax it uses is the standard intell mnemonics and suggest the intel asm86. It also mentions the MS-DOS assembler being "closer in functionality", maybe just an older version of microsofts assembler will work.
Chuck(G)
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Microsoft MASM is very close to Intel MASM86; in general, Intel-targeted programs should compile with little change. DRI's 8086 assembler, on the other hand, is very different, as are many of the older third-party assemblers.
One thing that I remember from the ISIS-II ASM86 was that it was incredibly slow. ISTR that it started by reading in an ASCII file defining each of the machine instructions. I never used the iRMX version.
One thing that I remember from the ISIS-II ASM86 was that it was incredibly slow. ISTR that it started by reading in an ASCII file defining each of the machine instructions. I never used the iRMX version.