[Coco] Which version of asm is the most popular?
Kandur
k at qdv.pw
Mon Aug 11 20:03:31 EDT 2014
Many thanks Robert, for your help.
Finally the old LR-Tech Super Board source code from 1983
is assembled error free, on new hard and software,
except the non-case-sensitive old assembler ASM, you sent me.
http://qdv.pw/coco/?p=236
Kandur (a happy camper again :)
Monday, August 11, 2014, 1:24:11 PM, you wrote:
> To all those who frequently assemble OS-9 programs, which version of asm do you
> like the most, the current case sensitive one or the previous one that did not
> care if upper or lower case was used?
> This just became a significant problem when Kandur tried to assemble some old
> code. The source code assumed there was no case sensitivity but the current
> NitrOS-9 asm is case sensitive. Naturally Kandur could not get his code to
> assemble and the errors reported by asm were very misleading.
> ex.
> type equ devic+objct
> the error given was
> **** Error: undefined name
> 00006 E 0000 type equ devic objct
> Note that the + sign is missing and makes you think that somehow that sign was
> part of the problem.
> Robert
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