Comparison of Dragon Assemblers?
Comparison of Dragon Assemblers?
Were any articles published that compared the various Dragon assembler packages? And if so, where were they published?
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Great question!
btw. must a assembler be "Dragon" specific or must it only 6809 specific?
btw. must a assembler be "Dragon" specific or must it only 6809 specific?
... too many ideas and too little time ... Related stuff written in Python:
Dragon 32 emulator / PyDC - Python Dragon 32 converter: https://github.com/jedie/DragonPy
DWLOAD server / Dragon-Lib and other stuff: https://github.com/6809
Dragon 32 emulator / PyDC - Python Dragon 32 converter: https://github.com/jedie/DragonPy
DWLOAD server / Dragon-Lib and other stuff: https://github.com/6809
Re: Comparison of Dragon Assemblers?
The assembler is in principle 6809 specific but in the context here we talk about assembler programs running on the Dragon itself, I suppose.jedie wrote:btw. must a assembler be "Dragon" specific or must it only 6809 specific?
Attached is the BASIC program "Editor & Assembler" by A.R.Billingham which I typed in from a magazine in 1984. Not that I used it that much. It used so much memory and I mostly hand-assembled and typed in hex in a selfmade BASIC monitor program instead. I was more productive with Forth. There was also a Forth compiler that I typed in from a magazine.
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Re: Comparison of Dragon Assemblers?
If it runs on a Dragon it better not be CoCo specific (though it is possible to have assemblers that run on both the Dragon and CoCo).jedie wrote:btw. must a assembler be "Dragon" specific or must it only 6809 specific?
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Can you explain how it works? Or is there anywhere some documentation?tormod wrote:Attached is the BASIC program "Editor & Assembler" by A.R.Billingham which I typed in from a magazine in 1984.
... too many ideas and too little time ... Related stuff written in Python:
Dragon 32 emulator / PyDC - Python Dragon 32 converter: https://github.com/jedie/DragonPy
DWLOAD server / Dragon-Lib and other stuff: https://github.com/6809
Dragon 32 emulator / PyDC - Python Dragon 32 converter: https://github.com/jedie/DragonPy
DWLOAD server / Dragon-Lib and other stuff: https://github.com/6809
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No, I haven't used it in more than 25 years Maybe I will find the magazine one day, and it might have some instructions. Until then, just reading through the listing should give you some hints.
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I tried Encoder 09 and is seems to be useable.
... too many ideas and too little time ... Related stuff written in Python:
Dragon 32 emulator / PyDC - Python Dragon 32 converter: https://github.com/jedie/DragonPy
DWLOAD server / Dragon-Lib and other stuff: https://github.com/6809
Dragon 32 emulator / PyDC - Python Dragon 32 converter: https://github.com/jedie/DragonPy
DWLOAD server / Dragon-Lib and other stuff: https://github.com/6809
Re: Comparison of Dragon Assemblers?
Found it! It was online, see viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4417tormod wrote:No, I haven't used it in more than 25 years Maybe I will find the magazine one day, and it might have some instructions. Until then, just reading through the listing should give you some hints.
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I always had the impression that the DREAM family was the most popular or best regarded assembler - not sure if any reviews or stats ever provided the basis for this belief. It was originally licensed by Dragon Data so probably inherited some status that way.
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This week I have been playing with Dragon Forth and Tele-Forth on xroar; I also got Dragon Forth, converted from .cas to a .wav to load onto my Tano Dragon. Similar conversion of Tele-Forth .cas from archive.worldofdragon.org using cas2wav does not load when played back from PC audio out. There seems to be a decent editor on Tele-Forth but no built-in Dragon graphics or sound "words". Whereas, Dragon Forth seems to have more Dragon-specific words but a poor editor. I cannot get the N.D.U.G. Forth .vdk version to load at all - presumably needs some sort of Dos loaded first. Best of all Forth implementations I have found has been Color Forth through Coco 2 emulation on xroar. It has an integrated editor, good documentation, and key press sounds .was more productive with Forth. There was also a Forth compiler that I typed in from a magazine.
I've looked in all the usual places for some documentation for Dragon Forth and Tele-Forth but to no avail. Most importantly, instructions / editor command summary and any Dragon-specific features, not the language itself. Does anyone have any suggestions for a well documented implementation of Forth for the Dragon which loads reliably from .wav, or perhaps Drivewire which I am still getting to grips with? Thanks.