From: Piotr Fusik (P.Fusik_at_elka.pw.edu.pl)
Date: 2002-11-26 13:55:51
Hi, On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Keates, Mark wrote: > > ca65 is not only an assembler, it is in fact one of the best assemblers > > around:-) [*] > > > [*] I had to write this, since I'm the author:-) But it's not only me who > > thinks that. You may for example read > > Many of the developers on AtariAge > (http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php) > seem to prefer XASM or TASM, probably because the CC65 suite is not > out-of-the-box > ready for the Atari consoles. I've not tried these myself to make a fair > comparison > but from what I see in their source listings they are close to MAC/65 which > was > a favourite of A8 developers. xasm (http://xasm.atari.org) is good. [*] [*] I'm the author. :-) > > For me, CA65 is the choice as I prefer the modular approach to developing, > i.e. .s or .c to .o and then link, with makefiles controling the building > of that which has changed. But the best advantage for me is that you don't > really have to worry about where your variables get stored, it all comes > out in the wash (so to speak)! Is the bank-switching problem already solved in CC65 ? 8-bit Ataris now have 1 MB RAM or 1 MB cartridges, but this memory is available through 16k window. As long as CC65 uses 16-bit pointers, it has limited scalability. In 2600 and 5200 consoles there's much less memory, but still it's often bank-switched (e.g. 4k ROM pages for 2600). Bye, Piotr ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo_at_musoftware.de with the string "unsubscribe cc65" in the body(!) of the mail.
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