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From: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@Informatik.BA-Stuttgart.DE>
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Subject: Re: assembler for freebsd
In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.96.971102204435.31507B-100000@austin.onu.edu> from Neil Ludban at "Nov 2, 97 08:59:30 pm"
To: n-ludban@onu.edu (Neil Ludban)
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 09:31:37 +0100 (MET)
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> Do a web search for NASM.  It gives you Dos syntax, a variety of object
> formats, does both 16 and 32 bit assembly, and has a help file.  FreeBSD
> is a different operating system, so there will be differences in the code
> you write (native 32 bit, different system calls).  Be sure to get the
> source and not the Dos executables; it should compile without any problem.

On Oct 26 a port of nasm_0_95 was committed. You'll find the port/package
in the devel subdirectory.

Wolfgang