Subj : Assembler
To   : Steve Read
From : Robin Sheppard
Date : Wed Oct 03 2001 12:58 am

 SR> Hello All,

Hello.

 SR> What's good as a freeware or inexpensive shareware assembler these
 SR> days? I'm familiar with MASM v5.0 but that's a little behind the
 SR> times. Not that I have to stay with that format even if it means
 SR> converting some programs. 

If you have internet access, do a search for NASM (Netwide Assembler).  
It's free, and seems to be a decent little package.  The syntax is 
similar to MASM/TASM minus a bunch of the "red tape" directives, which 
makes for nice clean source code.  One really nice thing about it is 
it supports a wide range of object formats, so you can use it for DOS, 
Windows, Unix/Linux, etc.  It can generate plain binary output too 
(for example, .COM files) without needing a linker.

I'm not sure what the URL is, and I can't check as I don't have 
internet at the moment.  However, if you just plug "NASM" into Dogpile 
or another search engine, you should get some matches.  I'm not sure, 
but I believe the current version is 0.98.

.... Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers.

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