Native Macro Assembler option for CX16

[AMenard]

Hi,

I'm presently trying to find out if there's already a native macro assembler package in the works, or already available for the Commander X16. I know about cross assembly/compiling on a modern PC but the fun of the CX16 is to go old school. I want to program on the real hardware directly.

[JimmyDansbo]

As far as I am aware, there is currently no native assembler in the works, but it is something that we would very much like

[desertfish]

Well there is this viewtopic.php?t=6294
It works for simple cases, but still needs a lot of work to be actually generally useful

[TomXP411]

There is no macro assembler, yet.

As far as I know, there were only a few good, native 6502 macro assemblers ever made. One is Turbo Assembler, which is not open source (but has been reverse engineered and modified multiple times), and the other is Merlin - which has been released to the public domain by the creator's widow.

The Linux/Windows version, called Merlin32 is available on GitHub, and there is source code for the Apple II version floating around.

I believe these are the Apple II executables:
https://gswv.apple2.org.za/USA2WUG/Glen ... .ARCHIVES/

And the source code:
https://gswv.apple2.org.za/USA2WUG/Glen ... .ARCHIVES/

Merlin was also released for the Commodore 64 and the 128, but I'm not sure the CBM source code was ever released to the public.

[SolarSurfer]

That reminded me of this video from a while ago ...

"Using the Commander X16 Integrated Assembly Environment"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3E0MUsqzQo