Msg: 985 *Conference*
11-24-91 11:43:05
From: RICHARD HANSON
To : FRANK MCJUNKINS
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #984 (M/L PGMING 8085)
Thanks for your order. Yes, I have plenty--too many in fact--Multiplan ROM packages left. Got to get rid of them faster some how. Henry Ford says "black only" for the covers. We're going through the covers okay. Got to have Jon Shurtleff make another batch. Jon press-forms the covers in his home using his oven and a handmade, wooden form. So, you want to convert BASIC programs into machine language and burn them into option ROMs. First: It "is" a big deal and "no" one is holding the information from you. There is only "one" known compiler for the 8085 processor. It's available from King Computer Services, Inc., 1016 North New Hampshire, Los Angeles, CA 90029 - 213 661 2063. You will need to start learning m/l programming. The best book is, "8080A-8085 Assembly Language Programming" by Lance A. Leventhal, Osborne/McGraw-Hill, Berkeley, California, (c) 1978. If you wish to start programming in m/l you will need a good m/l assembler, debugger. The very best for the 8085 is the ROM2/Cleuseau ROM. We manufacture that ROM, of course. It comes complete with a manual and quick reference card. The ROM2/Cleuseau ROM was created by Dr. Thomas Bennett, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California. Tom, and his wife Robbin, and kids, run Polar Engineering, Nikiski, Alaska. Machine language programming can be confusing at first. However, once the fundamentals are understood, the sky's the limit. I assure you that you will spend LOTS of time practicing, and crashing your computer, until you get the hang of it. And again, no one is keeping this information from you. Every m/l programmer I ever met was willing, if not enthusiastic, to assist. To the beginner, m/l programmers seem to be talking over their heads, attempting, so they argue, to hold back information, or make it overly complex. That's nonsense... rubbish! Programming is a complex skill and art form, regardless of the language. I've moved this thread into the conference for collective thoughts about machine language programming on the 8085 processor. We've got some very good m/l programmers here, online. Perhaps they will read this and comment. -Rick- PS: Thank for the insights about where to place online orders. I'm currently working on the whole area, along with the new catalog.