Short:    PhxAss V4.10 Macro Assembler
Uploader: dhebisch@hrz.uni-bielefeld.de
Author:   Phoenix@Axxis.owl.de
Type:     dev/ass


PhxAss V4.10 is a highly optimizing macro assembler for Motorola's 680x0
CPUs, 6888x FPUs and 68851 MMU (of course, the 030, 040 and 060 MMUs are
also supported). It requires OS2.04 (V37) and 1 MB RAM as minimum.

Most important features:
o Fast: 15000-30000 lines per minute with standard Amigas, 50000-350000
  with an A4000/040.
o Resident.
o Symbolic and Source Level Debugging.
o Automatic generation of executables (if possible).
o Small Code and Small Data support (also support for __MERGED sections).
o Listing file, Cross Reference Listing, Equates file.
o Complete floating point support: You can use complex floating point
  expressions, including float functions (sine, logarithm, square root,
  power, etc.), everywhere in your source, e.g. defining float EQUates or
  SETs.
o Nine different optimizations possible.
o Locale symbols.
o Support for Motorola's old and new operand style (even in 68000 mode).
o locale.library usage (english, german, polish).
o Nearly all directives of the most popular assemblers like Seka, DevPac or
  AS (Aztec) are supported. Examples: INCBIN, INCDIR, CODE_C, REPT, RS,
  RSRESET, EQUR, REG, OFFSET, XDEF, XREF, PUBLIC, ...
o Finally: Although Shareware, PhxAss is completely functional!

You will find four different versions of PhxAss in this distribution:
1. PhxAss: The standard 680x0,FPU,MMU macro assembler.
2. SmallPhxAss: This is a 68000-only version without floating point support.
3. FreePhxAss: This program is FREEWARE! It is intended for developers of
    PD-Compilers, who want to include PhxAss in their compiler package.
4. GigaPhxAss: Identical to PhxAss, but source codes are not limited to
    65535 lines. Quite useful for assembling Reassembler outputs.



Also included in this archive:

   ------------------------------PhxLnk-----------------------

PhxLnk supports all features of a standard Amiga-DOS linker (like BLink),
except of overlay hunks and automatic link vectors (ALV).

Implemented functions:
o Links object files and libraries (SAS/C extended libraries too)
o Sections can be forced to Chip-memory
o Small Code, Small Data
o SAS/C-Blink Small Data compatibility available
o '_MERGED' sections are recognized automatically (and coalesced like
  Small Data sections)
o Symbolic and Source Level Debugging (PowerVisor compatibility included)
o Debug blocks are removed on request
o Deletes empty sections
o Zero bytes at the end of a section are deleted and appear in the
  HUNK_HEADER block only
o User may define absolute external symbols

PhxLnk is FREEWARE.