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
>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
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4. Re: portals macro assembler
>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
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