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Title: documentation for masm 6.14 - exists anywhere ?
Post by: Rainstorm on January 11, 2008, 10:47:27 AM
the masm documentation that i have is for 6.1
is the documentation/help files for 6.14.xx(the one with the masm32 package) downloadable from anywhere ?
would be nice if it was, since i suppose it would be more updated too & that's the ml version.. being used in the masm package.

Thanks!!
Title: Re: documentation for masm 6.14 - exists anywhere ?
Post by: asymptote on January 11, 2008, 01:13:00 PM
Quote from: Rainstorm on January 11, 2008, 10:47:27 AM
the masm documentation that i have is for 6.1
is the documentation/help files for 6.14.xx(the one with the masm32 package) downloadable from anywhere ?
would be nice if it was, since i suppose it would be more updated too & that's the ml version.. being used in the masm package.

Thanks!!

Hi, rainstorm.  I have this book by William B. Jones, ISBN 0962423068, and he used to have a site http://www.scottjonespub.com/assem.html (I think scott is another author).  You could download full documentation, assemblers 611_01 - 615, example files, and so forth.  Not two weeks ago, it all of a sudden became pearsonhighered.com and I've had little if any luck pulling the original site from the google cache or finding the files on the new site.

However, I do have the files so if you want I can zip and send them to you.  The documentation is kind of limited, so I advise you get a 6.14 book if you can find one.  PM me if you're interested.
Title: Re: documentation for masm 6.14 - exists anywhere ?
Post by: Rainstorm on January 11, 2008, 05:25:43 PM
asymptote,
         thanks a lot!!!

bummer about that site : /
Title: Re: documentation for masm 6.14 - exists anywhere ?
Post by: GregL on January 11, 2008, 07:12:17 PM
6.11 was the last version of MASM sold separately. It included printed documentation.

6.14 is a result of applying a downloaded patch to 6.11. The download comes with files describing the changes.

ML614.exe 6.14 patch available (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/228454)

Title: Re: documentation for masm 6.14 - exists anywhere ?
Post by: Rainstorm on January 11, 2008, 10:23:20 PM
Greg, many thanks for that link.

it says there that the patch can be applied to 6.13 too so i guess the documentation with 6.13 would be the closest.

it mentions something about MASM 6.11 being icluded with some levels of msdn
but nothing about masm 6.13

QuoteMASM 6.11 is no longer available as a retail product. MASM 6.11 is included with some levels of the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN).

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Title: Re: documentation for masm 6.14 - exists anywhere ?
Post by: hutch-- on January 11, 2008, 10:30:45 PM
Rainstorm,

The documentation from the 1990 version 6.00 to the current ML version 8.0 has barely changed so there is no great gain in chasing the latest documentation. Microsoft had a page somewhere that had the syntax for ML 8.0 but it was barely any different to the 1990 6.0 version.
Title: Re: documentation for masm 6.14 - exists anywhere ?
Post by: Rainstorm on January 11, 2008, 11:35:36 PM
hutch,.... appreciate the info..

Rainstorm.