From: nikki AT gameboutique DOT co (nikki)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: nasm or ta2as
Date: 25 Jan 1997 18:43:24 GMT
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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i have a large amount of code dating back from the pre-djgpp days :) which is written
in tasm. unfortunately i don't really know much assembler, and certainly not enough
to convert it to at&t syntax. but i need to use some of the code now. the faq lists
nasm and ta2as as example programs that can handle this. unfortunately, nasm appears
to no longer be maintained (looks like the project just died of death :( and ta2as works in part but throws up all number of errors. the biggest problem is that parts of
the code are 486 and 586 specific and it complains 'not a 386 instruction' or something similar. it also throws up a whole buttload of errors at various points eg. LOCAL, .286, .MODEL LARGE and such. nasm would have been my ideal choice as it would handle 586 code and produce the coff files i need but the syntax is again slightly different, is there a tasm->nasm converter maybe around? i know the changes are fairly minor but i'm a graphics programmer not an assembly guru :)

regards,
nik



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