Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site zehntel.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!dave From: dave@zinfandel.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Re: Re: assembler reviews - (nf) Message-ID: <1514@zehntel.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Jun-84 04:24:54 EDT Article-I.D.: zehntel.1514 Posted: Wed Jun 6 04:24:54 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Jun-84 07:07:58 EDT Sender: root@zehntel.UUCP Organization: Zehntel Inc., Walnut Creek, CA Lines: 31 #R:burl:-47500:zinfandel:19800008:000:1021 zinfandel!dave May 31 11:13:00 1984 First of all, I agree 1000% about the assembler from HES. Stay away from it! It's too bad you never got a response from the MERLIN 64 people. I have both that one and MAE. I prefer MERLIN because it's a little more user friendly. Additionally, I have been able to crash MAE repeatably when I have the scrolling program loaded (a utility that allows you to scroll through your source -- very handy!). I should also point out that the MERLIN documentation is excellent and well organized. Documentation for MAE is marginally adequate. I don't think you could really go wrong with either MAE or MERLIN 64 -- both are blazing fast, both have many useful features. Again, I think MERLIN has a bit of an edge (80 columns in software, better string handling, better regular expression handling). To be fair, MAE has a better monitor and a better editor. Dave Funk Zehntel, Inc. 2625 Shadelands Drive Walnut Creek, CA 92598 (415) 932-6900 x309 ....!decvax!sytek!zehntel!dave ...."zehntel!dave"@BERKELEY