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NewBasic Assembler (NBASM) upgrade (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 04.06.2008, 01:47

> > > > http://www.frontiernet.net/~fys/newbasic.htm
> > >
> > > Nice toy ... what can you compile with it ? HX ? RX-DOS ? Leaked
> > M$/DR-DOS
> > > sources ?
> >
> > Don't ask me - I know nothing. Maybe the author knows.
>
> It's supposed to be Masm v5.1 compatible. Maybe the "Gone Forever" source
> modules are good candidates for a test? IIRC they've been written with
> Masm v5.1.

At least by default they don't assemble (tested with 00.26.11 and Nov. 1's srcs).

BTW, I have a dinky util I wrote that assembles (also) with NBASM32. Here's some quirks, FYI:

* not all FPU instructions are implemented
* seems very picky about "word ptr" etc. NOT being used in some cases
* very slow (at least on old machines)

But hey, it's not bad, just could use some improvement. (But it's a one-man project, closed src, so I can't help, not that I'm so useful anyways.)

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Complete thread:

• NewBasic Assembler (NBASM) upgrade - Steve, 14.05.2008, 06:52 (Announce)
  • NewBasic Assembler (NBASM) upgrade - DOS386, 31.05.2008, 03:49
    • NewBasic Assembler (NBASM) upgrade - Steve, 31.05.2008, 04:14
      • NewBasic Assembler (NBASM) upgrade - Japheth, 31.05.2008, 07:23
        • NewBasic Assembler (NBASM) upgrade - Rugxulo, 04.06.2008, 01:47
          • NewBasic Assembler (NBASM) upgrade - Japheth, 04.06.2008, 19:02
            • NewBasic Assembler (NBASM) upgrade - Rugxulo, 05.06.2008, 01:37