Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Finnigan Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.programmer Subject: Re: Assembler for Learning Assembly Language Programming ORCA vsMerlin vs =?UTF-8?B?Pz8/?= Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:09:42 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Mac GUI Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <0345a392-b919-4062-bcc6-b5de758387c4@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:09:42 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="5cc464cf6d41c2bc4edecc448ca03787"; logging-data="23680"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18eNOxqanZDDUQsf54Ysbvo" User-Agent: Mac GUI Usenet Cancel-Lock: sha1:sgjwXRbxE5ClAzW+KN4XHQcknsk= In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.apple2.programmer:5172 Andy McFadden wrote: > On Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 8:37:06 AM UTC-7, tou...@gmail.com wrote: >> Merlin seems pretty popular, so I was wondering if it would be a better >> choice to learn with. Maybe some other choice like Lisa or SC? There seem >> to be many available. > > The most popular are Merlin, which is also available as a cross-assembler > (Merlin 32), and Orca/M, which was part of the APW tools that Apple > distributed for the IIgs. > > Are you committed to doing the work on the target machine (to get that > full > retro experience)? If you use a native Apple II assembler on real Apple II hardware, as I always do, I highly recommend an accelerator. I use a Transwarp in my Apple IIe. But if you have an Apple IIgs, you already get a little speed boost. ;-) -- ]DF$ The New Apple II User's Guide: https://macgui.com/newa2guide/