MAME also has a special debug mode that let’s you step through your program and see how it is running step by step, which is a fantastic testing and learning tool. MAME is cross platform and is still being heavily developed. But for a few years now MESS is joined together with the main MAME code and now MAME includes both the Arcade emulation and the computer Emulation. There was a branch of MAME called MESS that took the same code and used it only for computer emulation. My favourite emulator is MAME it’s been around for a long time emulating arcade machines and the CPU emulation has been tested in many different scenarios.
![mame emulator mac 2017 mame emulator mac 2017](https://simesoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/best_mac_emulators_guide_intro_800home_thumb800-678x381.jpg)
It’s written by William Astle, who is on the CoCo mailing list LWTOOLS can be compiled for MAC/Linux and Windows. LWTOOLs which includes lwasm is an amazing 6809/6309 assembler that is completely free.
![mame emulator mac 2017 mame emulator mac 2017](http://fbsupport501.weebly.com/uploads/1/2/4/7/124788129/580853392.jpg)
Which is vital when you want to optimize your code for the most speed or the smallest size. Using MAME and lwasm you can assemble your program in a second and view the assembled code with the extra information about how many cycles each process is taking. It used to be a long slow process of assembling your program with EDTASM+ and saving it running it and debugging it back in the 1980’s. I’ve gotten back into assembly programming on the CoCo about nine months ago and I found the modern tools that are available today make it easier and faster to learn assembly language programming.
MAME EMULATOR MAC 2017 HOW TO
It’s not an assembly tutorial, it’s an explanation of how to use some of the modern tools to help write and debug assembly language programs for the CoCo. This article is a guide for anyone who is thinking about learning 6809 assembly language programming or wants to use newer tools for doing 6809 assembly for the Tandy Color Computer.