1. portals macro assembler
- Posted by Norm Goundry <bonk1000 at HOTMAIL.COM> Mar 20, 1999
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- Last edited Mar 21, 1999
Downloaded the Portals Development System (macro assembler). Anyone know how to make this thing run? It sure seems awfully buggy. I see that it has (or had) an strong EU connection, especially with the .f fonts and several other sample programs. I would really appreciate some info such as: is this simply a dead horse, can it even be used, why don't the .hlp files work, or what? What happened to the project? Norm
2. Re: portals macro assembler
- Posted by David Cuny <dcuny at LANSET.COM> Mar 20, 1999
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- Last edited Mar 21, 1999
Norm Goundry wrote: >Downloaded the Portals Development System (macro assembler). >Anyone know how to make this thing run? It sure seems awfully buggy. Assuming my memory isn't playing tricks on me, and I'm recalling the right program... I don't recall seeing the author appear in this group. When the code first showed up, I downloaded it and was less then impressed. It didn't take long to write a clone, but for once better judgement prevailed and I never bothered to post it - spite isn't a very good motivation for doing things. Personally, I think his approach is much too simplistic to be useful. But if people wanted to pay for his product, more power to him. If you are interested in a "better" approach to assembly code, check out Terse (not coded in Euphoria, sorry). It's got some pretty interesting ideas. -- David Cuny
3. Re: portals macro assembler
- Posted by Buddy Hyllberg <budmeister1 at JUNO.COM> Mar 21, 1999
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>Downloaded the Portals Development System (macro assembler). >Anyone know how to make this thing run? It sure seems awfully buggy. I >see that it has (or had) an strong EU connection, especially with the .f >fonts and several other sample programs. I would really appreciate some >info such as: is this simply a dead horse, can it even be used, why don't >the .hlp files work, or what? What happened to the project? >Norm I downloaded the PDS a while ago, but I couldn't make heads or tails of it myself (not unlike you ;) I guess it's supposed to be able to let you create a custom scripting language to write your programs in, then it converts it to assembler. I haven't looked at it any further, so I couldn't tell you any more than that :) ----->Buddy budmeister1 at juno.com ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
4. Re: portals macro assembler
- Posted by norman goundry <bonk1000 at HOTMAIL.COM> Mar 21, 1999
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>From: David Cuny <dcuny at LANSET.COM> >Reply-To: Euphoria Programming for MS-DOS <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU> >To: EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU >Subject: Re: portals macro assembler >Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 23:06:36 -0800 > >Norm Goundry wrote: > > >>Downloaded the Portals Development System (macro assembler). >>Anyone know how to make this thing run? It sure seems awfully buggy. > >Assuming my memory isn't playing tricks on me, and I'm recalling the right >program... > >I don't recall seeing the author appear in this group. > >When the code first showed up, I downloaded it and was less then impressed. >It didn't take long to write a clone, but for once better judgement >prevailed and I never bothered to post it - spite isn't a very good >motivation for doing things. Personally, I think his approach is much too >simplistic to be useful. But if people wanted to pay for his product, more >power to him. > >If you are interested in a "better" approach to assembly code, check out >Terse (not coded in Euphoria, sorry). It's got some pretty interesting >ideas. > >-- David Cuny > Thanks! You people always come through! I actually did manage to get the shareware version to work abit, but I will follow your advice and try the one you recommend. Norm Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com