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Amiga assembler!

Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 4:20 pm
by RetrogamerRhys
I've been wanting to get into assembler on the Amiga 500 using the 68000 cpu, can anyone recommend any decent books or resources and an assembler to use?

Re: Amiga assembler!

Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 3:04 am
by akuyou
I use VASM for my amiga assembly, I know the author is a big 68000 fan, and I think 68000 is VASM's strong point.

There's some notes on the amiga on my site here:
https://www.chibiakumas.com/68000/amiga.php

This is the best Amiga document I've come across
https://web.archive.org/web/20190210151 ... Manual.pdf

It's not a 'complete' answer though, I've had to use various other documents here and there... if you have any specific questions, I'll have a look through my documents folder, and see what can answer your questions

Re: Amiga assembler!

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2020 6:27 pm
by RetrogamerRhys
Hello, is VASM an assembler that runs in Windows and creates code for emulators to run or does VASM run on the actual Amiga 500 itself? If it doesn't run on the Amiga itself can you direct me to a assembler that does. Thanks

Re: Amiga assembler!

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2020 11:11 pm
by akuyou
VASM runs on windows... I'm afraid never had an Amiga in my youth, and these days I only do cross compilation, so I cannot recommend a native Amiga Assembler

There's a list of Amiga based assemblers on this page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_pro ... _languages

If you find one that you can recommend, please report back with an update!

Re: Amiga assembler!

Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:44 pm
by RetrogamerRhys
I've come across the Devpac 3 assembler, anyone know how much these go for online? Im thinking about making an offer on one with the manual.