Presentation - Shadow Debugger "Alasm 128/512 v2.8" & "STS v4.2".

PRESENTATION

Shadow Macroassembler debugger ALASM 128/512 v 2.8
(C) ALEM 1996

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Harkivskih programmers embraced the mania for giants.
Whatever program there - is declared as the "best" ... So,
let's see what is this the "best" assembler - ALASM.

Immediately warn that a cool name of "The Shadow
Macroassembler debugger "has no relation to the version
described as the" macro "and" Debugger "- only more promises,
and "Tenevitost" should mean at least independent of the
operating system.

Editor released in three versions: 6x8, 6x7, 4x8, implying
different font sizes. Accordingly, the printing will be in the
mode of 42h22, 42h26 and 64h22 (I think you will understand,
where is the line, and where the number of characters per
line). Unfortunately, the modes of 42h22 and 42h26 the brakes
so that before user gets a choice - either to spoil the sight
itself, whether from time to time to observe a smooth and
unhurried restructuring screen, which, in fact, and a calming
effect ...

Assembler can use more memory PENTAGON
512, moreover, be used completely, ie compile or load in any
page of memory available, as well as store and use several
texts in different pages. That's cool! Especially if you will,
as promised, support for extended memory, not only the
Pentagon.

Built-in SETUP, of course, useful gadgets. Disc
operation with a mask - someone may also like. QUIT and RUN to
any page at any address - not hinder ... Changing the notation
display - in fact I hold the view that the novice programmer
should be forced to work with hexadecimal system, because the
longer it will "hang" for a decimal, so ... worse, but as they
say "the taste and color ...". Built-in calculator - well, that
this feature is already becoming familiar. Support for the
Russian alphabet - it is convenient.

Besides the assembler supports compiling a given
piece of text as many times advanced and DEFS, arithmetic
operations include automatic calculation of the older and low
byte. Everything else is practically no different from TASM (by
the way, and similar management, which also pleases).

Well, that's all the charm of the new assembly. Not enough
for a "better", is not it? Oh yeah, almost forgot, implemented
downloading a file, "cursor"! But this feature is not included
for some reason, when entering command MERGE ... There is also
the editor team LINE - go to appropriate line in the text. But
no, somehow indicate the row number. In addition, the compiler
incorrectly indicates the line number where the error occurred,
if you use the DUP, EDUP.

This is how smoothly we went to the shortcomings of the
program. Continue ... Teams find and replace is rather
difficult to use - you need to string is then not (buggy,
shorter). While still impossible to work with parts of labels -
horror! Supports only one drive. Just lose heart when you know
that the assembler does not understand the binary system
notation - this is no good ... Erase all the text can only try
to load the EDIT command does not exist file.

Gaps less than the virtues, but their significance outweighs
...

By ALASM'u supplied converter program texts of other editors
assembler - UNICON, which does not translate macros MASM'a.

In general, the findings do for yourself ...

STS v4.2
(C) STALKER
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Done! STS 4.2 is available! Unlike version 4.1 here
implemented the output folder of your drive for file
operations. All bunch of glitches, which had a presence in
v4.1, carefully preserved + added new ones. We are waiting for
version 4.3 ...

Dmitry (OLDMAN)
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