I use a small list of assemblers due to the abundance of assemblers in the
world and very few using a standard or even similar syntax.
So on Z80 CPM:
DRC ASM, MAC?
ASMZ (old version from 40years ago)
Avocet ASM80 (also for 6800, 6502, and a dozen more).
?And just about all of the ones on the Walnut creek CP/M CD.
For dos/dosemu a very similar set most picked to be compatible with the CP/M kit.
(dosemu is because I mostly run linux on intel or ARM).
Same for PDP-11 under rt11 and RSX11 and VAX (OpenVMS).? I used all of those
systems and more and have a lineup of CP/M systems, PDP-8f, several PDP11
and VAX based systems to run on.? Add to that 6502, and 1802 and many others
as well.
Most of the CPUs if it runs an OS (808/8085/z80, 6502, 1802, PDP-8, PDP11, VAX)
I usually have a ASM native to that on the platform as well as cross assemblers.
I did the same years ago with teco compatible visual editor (Vteco, Vedit,
KED, EDT, TPU, LSE and friends) so a file could go from platform to platform
and still look and edit in a similar way on a VT100 or VT220/320 terminal
or PC. I prefer to spend time of the code not dealing with new editors.
In the end is more about what you like or the code if someone elses
assembles on.? Likely the native platform is PC (predominent) so thats
a fairly easy one to fine assemblers of multiple different origins for.
Allison
