text editor in A86

[LouisStDubois]

We have downloaded and copied a streamlined text editor for use with A86, but we're new to A86 and don't know how to get the two to work together.  Can anyone advise us?  (Thanks to MichaelW for his help).

[MichaelW]

Why A86, instead of a more recent assembler?

[Roger]

Hi LouisStDubois,


I use A86 regularly and I simply use a DOS command to run A86 as follows:-

     \A86\a86 myprog.a to myprog.com

I usually put this in a batch file make.bat to save typing and I run doskey which saves even more. Note that I keep A86 in a directory called A86 .
Having two windows open, one for the editor and one for a DOS Promt to run A86 and run your progam means you can switch between editor and A86 with a simple mouse click and I have never found a need for anything more elaborate.


Michael,

Why A86, instead of a more recent assembler?

Why not? Which more recent assembler would you recomend and what does it do that A86 doesn't do.

Regards Roger

[MichaelW]

Why not? Which more recent assembler would you recomend and what does it do that A86 doesn't do.

When I posted I had no idea that it needed to run on an 8086 under DOS 3.3. In my case I have several legally licensed versions of MASM that will work for this, but for those who do not I think A86 is a reasonable choice.