Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!looking!brad From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Last call for votes on comp.binaries.cbm and comp.sources.cbm Message-ID: <1808@looking.UUCP> Date: 4 Jul 88 04:18:21 GMT References: <7325@j.cc.purdue.edu> <6409@well.UUCP> <1800@looking.UUCP> <4672@killer.UUCP> Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd. Lines: 18 Yes, we all put different extensions into our assemblers, many of them useful, but there is a standard format. That format should be handled by the largest variety of assemblers. It may only allow 6 character labels, and that's a pain, but it's the only format that will go through several. (You can import text files into PAL's use of Basic source if you line number the file and use the redirection of input trick well known on PETS etc. for merging files. You can even use auto line number mode in various packages that do this. I won't mention one famous one. :-) Of course, that this portable format exists will probably not make anybody put there posted programs in it, so there isn't a good solution. I know of at least one PAL compatible assembler called Buddy. Do not buy the "Assembler/Monitor 64" from Data Becker, which is a pirated PAL. (As far as I know this doesn't reflect on other Abacus products.) -- Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. -- Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473