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The Book of Apple Software 1983

It's huge!  Nearly 500 pages of insightful reviews and comparison charts, covering business, education, utilities, and games.  The review of seven assemblers includes Merlin, Lisa 2.5, Tool Kit, LJK Edit 6502, MAE, S-C Assembler II (4.0) and S-C Macro Assembler.  S-C Macro tied for first place with Merlin in the overall ratings, but surged ahead in the detail.  Consider:  not copy protected, typeset programmer reference card, cassette support, monitor and DOS commands without leaving assembler, FANTASTIC upgrade policy, RAM card optional, compressed source code, 32 character labels, and more.

Anyway, back to The Book....you owe it to yourself to consult therein before buying software.  Even if the one you want to buy isn't in the book, you will get a broader perspective.  I recommend it.
