10 Jan
2017
10 Jan
'17
7:24 a.m.
Noel Chiappa wrote:
So I wonder if this holds true in general, PAL are simpler assemblers
without macros?
http://www.saildart.org/PRUNE.DAT[1,3] says:
PALX ... MIT'S PDP-11 ASSEMBLER
What's the
difference between PAL-11 and MACRO-11?
Without going through the manuals at
length, basically MACRO-11 supports
macros, and PAL-11 doesn't. The syntax is otherwise very similar. PALX is also
the name for a cross assembler targeting PDP-11.
I know it was used on ITS
(although the PALX source had assembly
options for all the main PDP-10 OS's, except TOPS-10), was that where
it was written, do you happen to know? It's in MIDAS, so probably...