x86 Assembler Recommendations

[Bjørn]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 04:13:29 +0100, Michael B. Brutman  
<mbbrutman at magnaspeed.net> wrote:

> I'm trying to learn device driver programming, the target being a PCjr.  
>   (If you know the PCjr, you know it needs a lot of help from device  
> drivers.)  Eventually I want to start patching the BIOs, but for now  
> I'll live with device drivers.
>
> Microsoft MASM 5.x looks to be a reasonable choice, except it is hard to  
> find.  Borland TASM would also work, but I'm not sure what version I'm  
> looking for.  A 'good' version would be compatible with MASM 5.x and  
> still run on my 386 based PC, which is the development box.  (MASM 6.xx  
> is out of the running because it doesn't run in pure DOS.)
>
> Any recommendations?  Any leads on where to find one of these reasonably  
> priced?
>
There is a GNU assembler for free:
  http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/

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-bv