ml.exe 6.15+ sse2/3

[oex]

Just spent hours finding and installing Service Pack 6 for VS6.0 on Microsoft's site and finding Processor Pack only to be told that only Service Pack 5 can use Processor Pack install. Service Pack 5 download links all seem to be duds and Service Pack 6 didnt create a ml.exe 6.15 or above file I have a link.exe file? I just want to test out sse3 any ideas on how to find what I'm looking for in the Microsoft Maze?

[oex]

heh ty http://website.masm32.com/microsft.htm

[qWord]

IIRC you need version 8+ for SSE3

[oex]

ah kk ty, turns out sse2 is all I needed for what I was testing but I guess v8 is VS greater than 6.0?

[qWord]

I guess v8 is VS greater than 6.0?

no - i meant MASM version 8 or higher. The latest version of masm is 10 - you can obtain it through Visual Studio 2010 Professional Beta (google for it)

[hutch--]

If you just want ML.EXE from the old VC processor pack, open it with WINRAR and just extract ML and its matching ERR file.

If you want to build the very late SSE3/4 instructions, get a later version from Microsoft.

[oex]

yeah ty sorry bad syntax, I meant, I guess ml8 license is with visual studio version greater than 6.0? or is ml8/ml10 license visual studio version irrelevant. (I have version 6.0)

[Vortex]

oex,

If you wish to get ml.exe V6.15, you can download the GeneSys project :

http://www.ghirai.com/PBrennick

[BlackVortex]

It's baffling how noone has mentioned Jwasm, which doesn't have any licensing restrictions (right ?) and supports up to SSE3 ...

[ecube]

It's baffling how noone has mentioned Jwasm, which doesn't have any licensing restrictions (right ?) and supports up to SSE3 ...

Jwasm imho isn't anywhere near as reliable as masm is though, atleast from myself trying to compile my old(none complicated) masm sources.

[Jimg]

It's been extremely reliable for me.  Only one old source won't compile, and I have Japeth's promise to fix it.

[dedndave]

this is the patched ML 6.15 that i use, including the ERR file
http://www.4shared.com/file/-QIUp-BF/ml615.html

EDIT - updated the files and the link, 6-17-2010

[BlackVortex]

this is the patched ML 6.15 that i use, including the ERR file
http://www.4shared.com/file/139758027/648a9665/ML_online.html

That doesn't support SSE3, does it ?

And I believe good sources+jwasm=reliable. Weird esoteric overmacroing etc could make it error out. Should be easy to fix, come on. At least use masm for older sources and jwasm for your new stuff.

[dedndave]

i don't think it does support SSE3 - i know it supports SSE2, which ver 6.14 does not
there are still a large number of CPU's in use that do not support SSE3 - i am not sure i would write much code for it, yet
in a few years, the older CPU's will be "phased out" and most everyone will probably have SSE3 or better

[GregL]

ML 6.15 does not support SSE3.