Subject: Re: Old MS-DOS & WIN Software From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:08:32 -0800 To: cctalk at classiccmp.org On 12/2/2005 at 2:42 PM woodelf wrote: Was it ever standard with Windows or DOS? If memory serves, it was always an add-on package. IIRC, MASM 1.0 was abouit $100, which didn't make it much of a bargain. LIB and LINK were packaged with DOS, but not MASM. ASM was standard with CP/M, but it was kind of brain-dead (no macro facility, linking or relocation). Most folks who wanted to program assembler seriously on 8 bit stuff picked up either M80/L80 or RMAC. Didn't the Polymorphic or Processor Tech systems box ship with a resident editor (BASC-style with line numbers) and a simple assembler? I seem to remember hacking the I/O in it to work with my MITS box. Even added a few of my own commands. Cheers, Chuck