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 ====== METACOMCO ASSEMBLER ======
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MetaComco's Assembler is a high specification macro assembler, supporting the full 68008 motorola instruction set.


Advertised features included:


  *Standard Motorola 68000 mnemonics
  *English error messages
  *Produces code which can be EXECed and run as a concurrent job
  *External references allow linkages to high level languages
  *Integral linker allows assembler programs to be linked together
  *Macro expansions
  *Position independent, absolute or relocatable code can be produced
  *Conditional assembly
  *Large range of directives
  *Fully formatted listings
  *30 character variable names and 32-bit values


It was part of a modular set of languages, all written in BCPL which enabled the output to be linked with BCPL and/or Assembler modules (written using the MetaComco versions of course) to create the final file.


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Title: **MetaComco Assembler**\\ 
Language: BCPL\\ 
Author: Unknown\\ 
Publisher: [[qlwiki:MetaComco]]\\ 
Year of Publication: 1984\\ 
Platforms Suitable for: All Sinclair QLs and emulators\\ 
Commercial Status: Commercial\\ 
Price as at October 1984: £59.95\\ 
Reviews: QL User (October 1984, QL User (Jan/Feb 1986))\\ 
Sources Available from: n/a\\ 
Latest Version available from:  Unknown\\