Assembly programming

[GARTHWILSON]

whartung wrote:

Just write code. The more you write, the better you get.

And, I would add, the more you do it, the more you begin to see the value in learning or devising new methods that previously seemed unnecessary. It will expand your tool box.

[Kris1978]

Thank you all for your answers.

This thread, IF moderators and members want of course, can be considered as "closed".

P.S. @BigEd I've downloaded BeebEm emulator.... ☺

[ppelleti]

BigEd wrote:

It's normal these days to cross-assemble, typically running your editor and assembler on a PC or laptop. But for a more authentic experience you might seek out a native assembler for your platform of choice: Merlin and ORCA/M are popular (were popular) on the Apple II. (You might need to search a bit to find a copy.)

I'm coming to this conversation late, but for what it's worth, ORCA/M (and all the other ORCA tools) are still being sold as part of the "Opus ][" collection from Juiced.gs: https://juiced.gs/store/category/software/

Juiced.gs also sells a product called Golden Gate which allows you to run the ORCA tools on a modern computer. It's an application-level emulator, rather than a system-level emulator, so disk access goes directly to the native filesystem. (So you can essentially use ORCA/M as a cross-assembler.) I haven't used it myself, though.

Personally, I am enjoying using ca65 so far, and I would recommend using it. But, I just wanted to point out it's easy to get ORCA/M if you want it.

[BigEd]

Thanks for the info!