From: robert@prino.org   
      
   On 2025-08-30 20:41, Noon wrote:   
   > Hello Robert,   
   >   
   >  > I've had these for probably two or more decades. Also never tried to   
   > If you happen to have the sources of BP7 as well, please upload them to   
   > archive.org!   
   > (and the named Virtual Pascal... well, it's better to have backups as well!   
   )   
   >   
   >  > program to actually modify the builtin BASM hash table to include some   
   >> 386(+) instructions, but using 386(+) code is also possible using const's to   
   >> define opcodes and use them via db/dw/dd. Extending the assembler to   
   actually   
   >> handle the new addressing modes of 386(+) instructions will probably be   
   pretty   
   >> hard.   
   > That is already known of course, I use it a lot. But it's a hassle,   
   > unfortunately. You can prefix many 16 bit commands with db66h to make the   
   work   
   > with 32 bits registers.   
   >   
   > It would be ideal to be able to mod the integrated assembler to properly   
   handle   
   > most 32 bits commands. The named opcode generator would be where this   
   probably   
   > can be done.   
      
   Of course it can be done, but how useful is it?   
      
   > I only need it for BP7, as most of my most important code is Protected Mode   
   only.   
      
   In that case, why don't you use Virtual Pascal? (Or FreePuscal)   
      
   >> generating the byte-code via   
   >> Another nice one I'm using is   
   >> shell-storm:   
   > https://shell-storm.org/online/Online-Assembler-and-Disassembler/   
      
   Bookmarked. Interesting that is can handle z/OS binaries, might try downloading   
   the backend to see what it can do on some old PL/I compiler RTL that falls   
   over.   
      
   > There were only a few commands that weren't properly translated. Can't   
   remember   
   > right now which ones that were. But there were not too usual.   
      
   That's irrelevant. If it cannot translate all code, it's not useable!   
      
   Robert   
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