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!!!MAC/65 Macro Assembler ; Copyright Stephen D. Lawrow; OSS, Inc.; ICD, Inc. & FTe
!!Source Codes ; Yes, it has become true...
* [mac-xl-1.atr] ; MAC XE v3.4i ; please use with OSS MAC/65; Yotta-thanks to all who help us here
* [mac-xl-2.atr] ; MAC XE v3.4i ; please use with OSS MAC/65; Yotta-thanks to all who help us here
* [mac-xl-master-3.6-1988.atr] ; please use with OSS MAC/65; Yotta-thanks to all who help us here
* [mac-xl-slave-3.6-1988.atr] ; please use with OSS MAC/65; Yotta-thanks to all who help us here
* [mac-xl-master-icd.atr] ; please use with OSS MAC/65; Yotta-thanks to all who help us here
* [mac-xl-slave-icd.atr] ; please use with OSS MAC/65; Yotta-thanks to all who help us here
!!!MAC/65 Macro Assembler; Copyright Stephen D. Lawrow; OSS, Inc.; ICD, Inc. & FTe
MAC/65 is a 6502 macro assembler written by Stephen D. Lawrow and originally sold by [Optimized Systems Software|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimized_Systems_Software] for the Atari 8-bit computers. It was first released on disk in 1982, then later on a 16 KiB bank-switched 'SuperCartridge'.
MAC/65 along with other OSS products became part of ICD's catalogue of Atari products in January 1988. In 1994, Fine Tooned Engineering obtained limited rights to ICD's 8-bit products, including MAC/65.
[{TableOfContents}]
!!!Disk versions
%%(float:right)[{Image src='MAC65-Disk.jpg' width=200 caption='MAC/65 disk from OSS in 1982' link='attach/Mac65/MAC65-Disk.jpg'}]%%
MAC/65 was initially developed as a disk-based program. It replaced an earlier assembler, [EASMD], in OSS's product portfolio. The first version, 2.00, was released in 1982.
The MAC/65 disk also included a debugger, [BUG/65|BUG65], developed by McStuff Company. The disk also contained a DOS; initially it was [OS/A+|OSS OS-A+], later replaced with [DOS XL|OSS DOS XL].
!!MAC/65 2.00 (1982)
This is the first disk version, released in 1982.
[{Image src='MAC-65-2.0.jpg' width=372 caption='MAC/65 2.00 start screen'}]
!Disk images
* [MAC/65 disk - 3 versions with DOS XL 2.30|MAC65_2.00_and_4.20_with_Bug65_2.0_and_DOS_XL_2.30.atr] - contains MAC/65 2.00, 4.20 and FTe 4.20, and three versions of BUG/65
!!MAC/65 4.20 (1982)
This is the second disk version, released later in 1982.
[{Image src='MAC65_4.20.jpg' width=367 caption='MAC/65 4.20 start screen'}]
!Disk images
* MAC/65 4.20 disk with DOS 2.5 - contains BUG/65 2.00 and some sample source files:
** [Side A|Mac 65 4.2 A.atr]
** [Side B|Mac 65 4.2 B.atr]
* [MAC/65 4.20 disk with DOS XL 2.30|Mac_65_4.20_with_Bug-65_and_DOS_XL_2.30.atr] - contains BUG/65 2.00 and some sample source files
* MAC/65 4.20 disk with SpartaDOS 3.2g:
** [180K disk (SS/DD)|Mac-65_SpartaDOS_3.2g_180K.atr]
** [360K disk (DS/DD)|Mac-65_SpartaDOS_3.2g_360K.atr]
** [720K disk (DS/QD)|Mac-65_SpartaDOS_3.2g_720K.atr][1]
!!MAC/65 4.20 - FTe re-release (1994)
After Fine Tooned Engineering obtained rights to MAC/65 from ICD, they re-released version 4.20 in 1994, as shareware to be used exclusively with the [PC Xformer] emulator. The disk contained additional documentation files and the program had modified copyright text, but was otherwise identical.
[{Image src='MAC-65_Shareware.jpg' width=373 caption='MAC/65 4.20 - FTe re-release start screen'}]
[{Image src='MAC-65_Shareware-Info.jpg' width=406 caption='MAC/65 4.20 - FTe re-release info document' }]
!Disk images
* [MAC/65 4.20 FTe shareware disk|MAC-65_Shareware.atr] - with TURBO-DOS XE 2.1
!!Manual scans
* MAC/65 and BUG/65 manual Rev. 1.0
** [High quality|http://data.atariwiki.org/DOC/MAC-65_and_BUG-65_Rev._1.0-OSS-Print.pdf] - size: 61.1 MB; high quality, suitable for printing
** [Small size with OCR|http://data.atariwiki.org/DOC/MAC-65_and_BUG-65_Rev._1.0-OSS-OCR.pdf] - size: 9.3 MB; suitable for viewing on screen
* MAC/65 and BUG/65 manual Rev. 1.1
** [High quality|http://data.atariwiki.org/DOC/MAC-65_and_BUG-65_Rev._1.1-OSS-Print.pdf] - size: 63.3 MB ; suitable for printing
** [Small size with OCR|http://data.atariwiki.org/DOC/MAC-65_and_BUG-65_Rev._1.1-OSS-OCR.pdf] ; size: 4.1 MB ; suitable for viewing on screen
!!Patches from OSS Newsletter
MAC/65 4.20 was not without bugs. OSS published a few patches for it in their Summer 1983 newsletter:
%%(float:left)[{Image src='MAC-65-patches-Summer-1983-1.jpg' width=200 caption='Newsletter patches - page 1' link='attach/Mac65/MAC-65-patches-Summer-1983-1.jpg'}]%%
%%(float:left)[{Image src='MAC-65-patches-Summer-1983-2.jpg' width=200 caption='Newsletter patches - page 2' link='attach/Mac65/MAC-65-patches-Summer-1983-2.jpg'}]%%
!!!Cartridge versions
After version 4.20, Lawrow rewrote MAC/65 for cartridge medium. It utilized OSS's own "SuperCartridge" - a 16 KB bankswitched cartridge that occupied only 8 KB of Atari memory, and could be disabled or enabled at will. It provided much more comfortable experience than the disk version. MAC/65 cartridges were produced using both two-chip and one-chip variants of the SuperCartridge.
The cartridge version replaced BUG/65 with another debugger - [DDT] (Dunion's Debugging Tool) developed by James J. Dunion.
!!MAC/65 1.00 (1984)
%%(float:right)[{Image src='Cart.jpg' height=250 caption='MAC/65 cartridge from 1984 - orange case (earlier)' link='attach/Mac65/Cart.jpg'}]
[{Image src='Mac-65 orange 1.jpg' height=250 caption='MAC/65 cartridge from 1984 - orange case (earlier)' link='attach/Mac65/Mac-65 orange 1.jpg'}]
[{Image src='Mac-65_y-b.jpg' height=250 caption='MAC/65 cartridge from 1984 - black case (later)' link='attach/Mac65/Mac-65_y-b.jpg'}]%%
The first cartridge version, numbered 1.00, was released in 1984.
[{Image src='MAC-65-Version 1.00.gif' width=384 caption='MAC/65 1.00 start screen'}]
!Cartridge images
* MAC/65 1.00 with DDT - two-chip cartridge (043M bank order): [BIN image|MAC-65-Version 1.00.rom], [CAR image|MAC-65-Version 1.00.car]
!!MAC/65 1.01 (1984)
Soon after, OSS released version 1.01, with some bugfixes.
[{Image src='MAC-65-Version 1.01.gif' width=384 caption='MAC/65 1.01 start screen'}]
!Cartridge images
* MAC/65 1.01 with DDT - one-chip cartridge (M091 bank order): [BIN image|MAC 65 1.01.rom], [CAR image|MAC 65 1.01 with DDT.car]
!Source code
In 2017 AtariAge user Alfred published source code for MAC/65 1.01 that he had obtained from ICD back in the day.[2] Dated 1988, the sources are in the format of Mike Gustafson's cross-assembler that was used internally at ICD. When ICD bought the rights to OSS portfolio, they apparently converted the sources from their original MAC/65 syntax to ICD's cross-assembler.
* [MAC/65 1.01 sources from ICD 1988|Mac65.zip]
* [Helper package to assemble the ICD sources using ca65|mac65-ca65.zip]
!!MAC/65 1.02 (1984)
Version 1.02 followed still in the same year, with yet more bugfixes and a slightly-darkened background colour.
[{Image src='MAC-65-Version 1.02.gif' width=384 caption='MAC/65 1.02 start screen'}]
!Cartridge images
* MAC/65 1.02 with DDT - two-chip cartridge (034M bank order): [BIN image|MAC-65-Version 1.02.rom], [CAR image|MAC-65-Version 1.02.car]
!!Manual scans
* [Mac/65 Manual Rev. 1.2 - original scan|Mac-65 Rev. 1.2 Manual.pdf] ; size: 2 MB
* [Mac/65 with DDT manual - good quality|Mac-65 with DDT manual (p. 108)-Rev 1.2.pdf] ; size: 25.4 MB
* [Optimized Systems Software, Inc. - SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT|Optimized_Systems_Software_Software_License_Agreement.pdf]
!!Images
* Photos of Fred Meijer's MAC/65 1.02 cartridge:
%%(float:left)[{Image src='mac65_102_1.jpg' height=250 caption='Front view' link='attach/Mac65/mac65_102_1.jpg'}]%%
%%(float:left)[{Image src='mac65_102_2.jpg' height=250 caption='Back view' link='attach/Mac65/mac65_102_2.jpg'}]%%
%%(float:left)[{Image src='mac65_102_3.jpg' width=200 caption='Top view' link='attach/Mac65/mac65_102_3.jpg'}]%%
%%(float:left)[{Image src='mac65_102_4.jpg' height=250 caption='Internal view' link='attach/Mac65/mac65_102_4.jpg'}]%%
%%(float:left)[{Image src='mac65_102_5.jpg' height=250 caption='Internal view, with removed labels' link='attach/Mac65/mac65_102_5.jpg'}]%%
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The disks "mac-xl-1.atr" and "mac-xl-2.atr" contain a version of MAC/65 that presents itself as "Assembler version 3.4" with date "12/21/87". To build it, one has to change RAM to 0 and EPROM to 1 in D:MASTER (lines 190-200) and then assemble from RAM to disk. To build a M091 version, additionally change BANK2 to $D509 and BANK3 to $D501 in D:EQUATE.INC (lines 180-190).\\
\\
The resulting binary of "Assembler 3.4" differs from the MAC XL 3.4i binary only in the copyright text. By changing it one is able to build the MAC XL 3.4i binary that is identical to the one found earlier. Specifically, one has to change the lines 40-70 of D:COPY:\\
\\
40 MES   .BYTE $7D,"MAC XE",TAB,TAB\\
50       .CBYTE "Version 3.4i"\\
60 MES1  .BYTE "(c) 1985 Stephen D. Lawrow"\\
70       .CBYTE "   2/11/86 ",TAB\\
\\
After these changes, it is possible to build the M091 version of MAC XE 3.4i that matches the existing 043M version.\\
\\
The disks "mac-xl-master-icd.atr" and "mac-xl-slave-icd.atr" contain a version that presents itself as MAC/65 1.01, but it is different than the commercially released v1.01. Apparently someone made improvements in this version. Comments in the source files indicate that it was last changed in 1986. To build this version, we start with the file D2:NEWMAIN (there is no D:MASTER on this disk set). Change RAM to 0 and EPROM to 1 in D2:NEWMAIN (lines 190-200) and then assemble from RAM to disk. To build an M091 version, additionally change BANK2 to $D509 and BANK3 to $D501 in D:EQUATE.INC (lines 180-190).\\
\\
Thank you so much Tomasz 'Kr0tki' Krasuski for the info in building the runtimes, we owe you so much, can't tell you enough. :-)))\\
Please go ahead and stay healthy, the Atari community needs you desperately.
!!CAR-Images
* [MAC/65 1.00 with DDT|MAC-65-Version 1.00.car] ; Version 1.00 cartridge\\
* [MAC/65 1.01 with DDT|MAC 65 1.01 with DDT.car] ; Version 1.01 cartridge\\
* [MAC/65 1.02 with DDT|MAC-65-Version 1.02.car] ; Version 1.02 cartridge\\
* [MAC XE v3.4i with DDT|MAC_XE_v3.4i_with_DDT-034M.car] ; '034M'-version created by a good soul from AtariAge ; thank you so much good soul! :-)))\\
* [MAC/65 3.6 with DDT|MAC-65_3.6_with_DDT-034M.car] ; '034M'-version created by a good soul from AtariAge ; thank you so much good soul! :-)))\\
* [MAC/65 3.6 with DDT B/W|MAC-65_3.6_with_DDT_S-W-034M.CAR] ; '034M'-version with black letters and white background\\
* [MAC-65_v3.6_(1988-01-07)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(M091).car] ; 'M091'-version created by a good soul from Germany ; thank you so much good soul! :-)))\\
!!ROM-Images
* [MAC/65 1.00 with DDT|MAC-65-Version 1.00.rom] ; Version 1.00 rom
* [MAC/65 1.01 with DDT|MAC 65 1.01.rom] ; Version 1.01 rom
* [MAC/65 1.02 with DDT|MAC-65-Version 1.02.rom] ; Version 1.02 rom
!!BIN-Images
* [MAC-65_v1.01_(1984)(OSS)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(034M).bin] ; '034M'-version created by Tomasz 'Kr0tki' Krasuski; thank you so much Tomasz 'Kr0tki' Krasuski for building the runtime, we owe you so much. :-)))\\
* [MAC-65_v1.01_(1984)(OSS)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(043M).bin] ; '043M'-version created by Tomasz 'Kr0tki' Krasuski; thank you so much Tomasz 'Kr0tki' Krasuski for building the runtime, we owe you so much. :-)))\\
* [MAC-65_v1.01_(1984)(OSS)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(M091).bin] ; 'M091'-version created by Tomasz 'Kr0tki' Krasuski; thank you so much Tomasz 'Kr0tki' Krasuski for building the runtime, we owe you so much. :-)))\\
* [MAC_XE_v3.4i_(1986-02-11)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(034M).bin] ; '034M'-version created by a good soul from AtariAge ; thank you so much good soul! :-)))\\
* [MAC_XE_v3.4i_(1986-02-11)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(043M).bin] ; just runs in Altirra with OSS '043M' ; thank you so much Tomasz 'Kr0tki' Krasuski for building the 1st runtime, we owe you so much. :-)))\\
* [MAC_XE_v3.4i_(1986-02-11)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(M091).bin] ; 'M091'-version created by Tomasz 'Kr0tki' Krasuski; thank you so much Tomasz 'Kr0tki' Krasuski for building the runtime, we owe you so much. :-)))\\
* [Assembler_v3.4_(1987-12-21)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(034M).bin] ; '034M'-version created by Tomasz 'Kr0tki' Krasuski; thank you so much Tomasz 'Kr0tki' Krasuski for building the runtime, we owe you so much. :-)))\\
* [Assembler_v3.4_(1987-12-21)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(043M).bin] ; '043M'-version created by Tomasz 'Kr0tki' Krasuski; thank you so much Tomasz 'Kr0tki' Krasuski for building the runtime, we owe you so much. :-)))\\
* [Assembler_v3.4_(1987-12-21)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(M091).bin] ; 'M091'-version created by Tomasz 'Kr0tki' Krasuski; thank you so much Tomasz 'Kr0tki' Krasuski for building the runtime, we owe you so much. :-)))\\
* [MAC-65_v3.6_(1988-01-07)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(034M).bin] ; '034M'-version created by a good soul from AtariAge ; thank you so much good soul! :-)))\\
* [MAC-65_v3.6_(1988-01-07)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(043M).bin] ; just runs in Altirra with OSS '043M' ; thank you so much Tomasz 'Kr0tki' Krasuski for building the 1st runtime, we owe you so much. :-)))\\
* [MAC-65_v3.6_(1988-01-07)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(M091).bin] ; 'M091'-version created by a good soul from Germany ; thank you so much good soul! :-)))\\
!!!MAC/65 ToolKit
OSS offered a companion disk to MAC/65. MAC/65 ToolKit was sold either separately or in bundle with MAC/65, and contained a collection of helpful macros and routines implementing various common operations. The ToolKit supported both disk and cartridge versions of MAC/65.
!!Disk images
* [MAC/65 ToolKit|Mac_65_Toolkit.atr]
!!Manual scans
* [Mac/65 ToolKit manual|MAC-65_ToolKit_Manual.pdf]; size: 7 MB
!!!Later work-in-progress versions
Although version 1.02 was the last one published commercially, Stephen Lawrow continued development of MAC/65 - he kept fixing bugs and adding new features, all ultimately unpublished.
In 2016, the AtariWiki team received a set of microfilms from an anonymous source,[3][4] that contained hex printouts of source listings of 3 different versions of MAC/65. Through the painstaking process of digitizing the microfilms, the team managed to recover the original files, and combined them into ATR images provided below.
Note: while source files and binary images in the provided ATR images were restored from microfilms, the other contents of the disk images - e.g. DOS files - were added by the AtariWiki team for convenience.[5]
!! MAC/65 1.01 (1986)
! Source code
* MAC/65 1.01 (1986) source code (See [A call for help|Mac65#ACallForHelp] below):
** [Disk 1 (master)|mac-xl-master-icd.atr]
** [Disk 2 (slave)|mac-xl-slave-icd.atr]
This version, despite identifying itself as MAC/65 1.01 on the title screen, is actually a later development; comments in the master source file (NEWMAIN) identify this version interchangeably as "MAC XE" and "MAC XL", with the copyright year of 1986. This version is different than the commercially-released v. 1.01 (or any released version, actually), although the actual functional differences are yet to be investigated.
The sources are in MAC/65 format; they may be built using MAC/65 1.02. Two disk drives are needed. The master diskette should be placed in the D1: disk drive, and the slave diskette in D2:. The master source file is D2:NEWMAIN. Change RAM to 0 and EPROM to 1 in D2:NEWMAIN (lines 190-200) and then assemble from RAM to disk, by entering:
{{LOAD #D2:NEWMAIN\\
ASM ,,#D2:NEWMAIN.OBJ}}
The resulting file NEWMAIN.OBJ is a binary DOS file that loads itself into the $3000-$6fff area; these are the 16 KB ROM data for the two-chip variant of the OSS SuperCartridge. To build a ROM image for the one-chip variant, additionally change BANK2 to $D509 and BANK3 to $D501 in D1:EQUATE.INC (lines 180-190).
!Cartridge images
Here are cartridge images created by building the sources.
* MAC/65 1.01 (1986) - two-chip cartridge:
** 043M bank order: [BIN image|MAC-65_v1.01_(1984)(OSS)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(043M).bin], [CAR image|MAC-65_v1.01_(1984)(OSS)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(043M).car]
** 034M bank order: [BIN image|MAC-65_v1.01_(1984)(OSS)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(034M).bin], [CAR image|MAC-65_v1.01_(1984)(OSS)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(034M).car]
* MAC/65 1.01 (1986) - one-chip cartridge: [BIN image|MAC-65_v1.01_(1984)(OSS)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(M091).bin], [CAR image|MAC-65_v1.01_(1984)(OSS)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(M091).car]
!! MAC XE 3.4i (1986-02-11)
The "slave" source disk of MAC/65 v. 3.6 (described in a [later section|Mac65#MAC653.619880107]) contains a file named MACXE.EPR, which is an assembled binary of a version of MAC/65 that identifies itself as "MAC XE version 3.4i" with the date 2/11/86.
[{Image src='MAC_XE_3.4i.jpg' width=440 caption='MAC XE v.3.4i start screen'}]
This version is identical to the "Assembler v. 3.4" version (described in the [next section|Mac65#Assembler3.419871221]), the only difference being the text on the start screen. To build a version that is identical to MACXE.EPR, take the sources of Assembler 3.4 and change the lines 40-70 of D1:COPY:
{{40 MES .BYTE $7D,"MAC XE",TAB,TAB\\
50 .CBYTE "Version 3.4i"\\
60 MES1 .BYTE "(c) 1985 Stephen D. Lawrow"\\
70 .CBYTE " 2/11/86 ",TAB\\}}
!Cartridge images
The following cartridge images were created by building the Assembler 3.4 sources after modifying them as described above.
* MAC XE 3.4i with DDT - two-chip cartridge
** 043M bank order: [BIN image|MAC_XE_v3.4i_(1986-02-11)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(043M).bin], [CAR image|MAC_XE_v3.4i_(1986-02-11)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(043M).car]
** 034M bank order: [BIN image|MAC_XE_v3.4i_(1986-02-11)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(034M).bin], [CAR image|MAC_XE_v3.4i_with_DDT-034M.car]
* MAC XE v3.4i with DDT - one-chip cartridge: [BIN image|MAC_XE_v3.4i_(1986-02-11)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(M091).bin], [CAR image|MAC_XE_v3.4i_(1986-02-11)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(M091).car]
!! Assembler 3.4 (1987-12-21)
!Source code
* Assembler 3.4 source code (See [A call for help|Mac65#ACallForHelp] below):
** [Disk 1 (master)|mac-xl-1.atr]
** [Disk 2(slave)|mac-xl-2.atr]
This version of MAC/65 presents itself on the title screen as "Assembler version 3.4" with date "12/21/87". It is currently unknown what are the functional differences between this version and the other ones.
The sources are in MAC/65 format; they may be built using MAC/65 1.02. Two disk drives are needed. The master diskette should be placed in the D1: disk drive, and the slave diskette in D2:. The master source file is D1:MASTER. Change RAM to 0 and EPROM to 1 in D1:MASTER (lines 190-200) and then assemble from RAM to disk, by entering:
{{LOAD #D1:MASTER\\
ASM ,,#D1:MASTER.OBJ}}
The resulting file MASTER.OBJ is a binary DOS file that loads itself into the $3000-$6fff area; these are the 16 KB ROM data for the two-chip variant of the OSS SuperCartridge. To build a ROM image for the one-chip variant, additionally change BANK2 to $D509 and BANK3 to $D501 in D1:EQUATE.INC (lines 180-190).
As noted in the [previous section|Mac65#MACXE3.4i19860211], the resulting file MASTER.OBJ differs from the MAC XL 3.4i binary (found on the MAC/65 v. 3.6 source disks) only in the copyright text.
!Cartridge images
Here are cartridge images created by building the sources.
* Assembler 3.4 with DDT - two-chip cartridge
** 043M bank order: [BIN image|Assembler_v3.4_(1987-12-21)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(043M).bin], [CAR image|Assembler_v3.4_(1987-12-21)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(043M).car]
** 034M bank order: [BIN image|Assembler_v3.4_(1987-12-21)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(034M).bin], [CAR image|Assembler_v3.4_(1987-12-21)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(034M).car]
* Assembler 3.4 with DDT - one-chip cartridge: [BIN image|Assembler_v3.4_(1987-12-21)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(M091).bin], [CAR image|Assembler_v3.4_(1987-12-21)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(M091).car]
!! MAC/65 3.6 (1988-01-07)
!Source code
* MAC/65 3.6. source code (See [A call for help|Mac65#ACallForHelp] below):
** [Disk 1 (master)|mac-xl-master-3.6-1988.atr]
** [Disk 2 (slave)|mac-xl-slave-3.6-1988.atr]
This version of MAC/65 presents itself on the title screen as "MAC/65 version 3.6" with date "01/07/88". Judging from the dates in the source code, this is chronologically the last known version of MAC/65. It is currently unknown what are the functional differences between this version and the other ones.
[{Image src='MAC-65_3.6.jpg' width=442 caption='MAC/65 v. 3.6 start screen'}]
The "slave" source disk also contains a file named MACXE.EPR, which is an assembled binary of MAC XE 3.4i (described in an [earlier section|Mac65#MACXE3.4i19860211]).
The sources are in MAC/65 format; they may be built using MAC/65 1.02. Two disk drives are needed. The master diskette should be placed in the D1: disk drive, and the slave diskette in D2:. The master source file is D1:MASTER. Change RAM to 0 and EPROM to 1 in D1:MASTER (lines 190-200) and then assemble from RAM to disk, by entering:
{{LOAD #D1:MASTER\\
ASM ,,#D1:MASTER.OBJ}}
The resulting file MASTER.OBJ is a binary DOS file that loads itself into the $3000-$6fff area; these are the 16 KB ROM data for the two-chip variant of the OSS SuperCartridge. To build a ROM image for the one-chip variant, additionally change BANK2 to $D509 and BANK3 to $D501 in D1:EQUATE.INC (lines 180-190).
* [MAC/65 3.6 assembly printout|MAC_XL_CARTRIDGE_©_1985_Stephen_D._Lawrow.txt] ; size: 660 KB ; generated while assembling the sources. Please check to build a new manual with the new function, thank you
!Cartridge images
Here are cartridge images created by building the sources.
* MAC/65 3.6 with DDT - two-chip cartridge
** 043M bank order: [BIN image|MAC-65_v3.6_(1988-01-07)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(043M).bin], [CAR image|MAC-65_v3.6_(1988-01-07)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(043M).car]
** 034M bank order: [BIN image|MAC-65_v3.6_(1988-01-07)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(034M).bin], [CAR image|MAC-65_3.6_with_DDT-034M.car]
*** a hack with black-on-white letters: [CAR image|MAC-65_3.6_with_DDT_S-W-034M.CAR]
* MAC/65 3.6 with DDT - one-chip cartridge: [BIN image|MAC-65_v3.6_(1988-01-07)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(M091).bin], [CAR image|MAC-65_v3.6_(1988-01-07)(Lawrow,_Stephen_D.)(US)(M091).car]
!!!Other resources
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* [MAC/65 4.20 with BUG/65 and DOS XL 2.30|Mac_65_4.20_with_Bug-65_and_DOS_XL_2.30.atr]
* [MAC/65 2.00 and 4.20 with BUG/65 2.0 and DOS XL 2.30|MAC65_2.00_and_4.20_with_Bug65_2.0_and_DOS_XL_2.30.atr]
* [MAC/65 shareware version with PC Xformer 3.0|MAC-65_Shareware.atr] ; please see the conditions in the picture below
* [MAC/65 Toolkit|Mac_65_Toolkit.atr]
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* [MAC/65 Dissassembler|Mac 65 Dissassembler.atr]
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* [Mac/65 Manual Rev. 1.2 - original scan|Mac-65 Rev. 1.2 Manual.pdf] ; size: 2 MB
* [Mac/65 with DDT manual - good quality|Mac-65 with DDT manual (p. 108)-Rev 1.2.pdf] ; size: 25.4 MB
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* [Mac/65 ToolKit Manual|MAC-65_ToolKit_Manual.pdf] ; size: 7 MB
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* [MAC_XL_CARTRIDGE_©_1985_Stephen_D._Lawrow.txt] ; size: 660 KB ; text file from a printout of the assembling of the MAC XL CARTRIDGE (C) 1985 Stephen D. Lawrow ; please check to build a new manual with the new function, thank you
* [MAC-65_BUG_SHEET_1.txt]
* [mac_65_bug_sheet.pdf] ; Bug sheet of 03/07/94 version 1.02
* MAC/65 Bug Sheet [TXT|MAC-65_BUG_SHEET_1.txt][PDF|MAC65 BUG SHEET 1.pdf]
* Bug sheet of 01/07/94 version 1.02 [Scan|mac_65_bug_sheet.pdf] [PDF|MAC65 BUG SHEET 01-07-1997.pdf]
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!!MAC/65 patches from OSS Newsletter Summer 1983
[{Image src='MAC-65-patches-Summer-1983-1.jpg' width=779 height=181 }]
MAC/65 patches from OSS Newsletter Summer 1983 - part 1\\
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[{Image src='MAC-65-patches-Summer-1983-2.jpg' width=782 height=882 }]
MAC/65 patches from OSS Newsletter Summer 1983 - part 2\\
!!Images
[{Image src='Cart.jpg' width=379 height=464 }]
MAC/65 with DDT\\
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[{Image src='Mac-65 orange 1.jpg' width=400 height=498 }]
MAC/65 with DDT; orange cart from 1984\\
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[{Image src='Mac-65_y-b.jpg' width=400 height=516 }]
MAC/65 ; black cart from 1984\\
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[{Image src='mac65_102_1.jpg' width=387 height=481 }]
MAC/65 version 1.02 ; cart from 1984 - front view ; ultra rare! ; thank you so much Fred Meijer from the [Atarimuseum in the Netherlands|http://www.atarimuseum.nl] \\
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[{Image src='mac65_102_2.jpg' width=367 height=465 }]
MAC/65 version 1.02 ; cart from 1984 - back view ; ultra rare! ; thank you so much Fred Meijer from the [Atarimuseum in the Netherlands|http://www.atarimuseum.nl] \\
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[{Image src='mac65_102_3.jpg' width=375 height=181 }]
MAC/65 version 1.02 ; kingblue cart from 1984 - top view ; ultra rare! ; thank you so much Fred Meijer from the [Atarimuseum in the Netherlands|http://www.atarimuseum.nl] \\
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[{Image src='mac65_102_4.jpg' width=367 height=431 }]
MAC/65 version 1.02 ; cart from 1984 - internal view 1 ; ultra rare! ; thank you so much Fred Meijer from the [Atarimuseum in the Netherlands|http://www.atarimuseum.nl] \\
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[{Image src='mac65_102_5.jpg' width=254 height=310 }]
MAC/65 version 1.02 ; cart from 1984 - internal view 2 ; ultra rare! ; thank you so much Fred Meijer from the [Atarimuseum in the Netherlands|http://www.atarimuseum.nl] \\
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[{Image src='MAC-65-Version 1.01.gif' width=384 height=240 }]
MAC/65-Version 1.01 startscreen\\
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[{Image src='MAC-65-Version 1.02.gif' width=384 height=240 }]
MAC/65-Version 1.02 startscreen\\
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[{Image src='MAC-65_Shareware.jpg' width=373 height=73 }]
MAC/65 - shareware version with PC Xformer\\
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[{Image src='MAC-65_Shareware-Info.jpg' width=406 height=137 }]
MAC/65 - shareware info from FTe\\
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[{Image src='MAC_XE_3.4i.jpg' width=440 height=66 }]
MAC XE-Version 3.4i startscreen\\
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[{Image src='MAC-65_3.6.jpg' width=442 height=64 }]
MAC/65-Version 3.6 startscreen
[{Image src='Mac 65 Dissassembler.jpg' width=497 caption='MAC/65-Dissassembler start menu'}]
!!!A call for help
The source files of the work-in-progress versions of MAC/65 have not yet been analysed. It is unknown what are the new features introduced in each of the following versions:
* [MAC/65 1.01 (1986)|Mac65#MAC651.011986]
* [Assembler 3.4|Mac65#Assembler3.41987-12-21]
* [MAC/65 3.6|Mac65#MAC653.61988-01-07]
Comparing source codes of these versions to each other, and to the [source code of the released version 1.01|Mac65#SourceCode], would allow to discover the new features and document them. Yotta-thanks to all who help us here.
!!!Special thanks
The AtariWiki team would like to thank the following individuals for their invaluable contributions to preservation of the history of MAC/65:
* Alfred from AtariAge - Giga-thanks for releasing the ICD sources of MAC/65 1.01[2]; we miss you!
* An anonymous contributor - thank you for providing microfilms with the source codes of WIP version of MAC/65 1.01 (1986), Assembler 3.4, and MAC/65 3.6.
* Atarimania - thanks for providing the scans of the Optimized Systems Software Software License Agreement.
* Allan Bushman - Thank you so much for scanning and saving the Rev. 1.0 and 1.1 manuals for MAC/65 disk versions. Greatly appreciated! :-)
* A good soul from AtariAge - for creating ROM images of MAC XE 3.4i and MAC/65 3.6 two-chip cartridge (034M bank order); thank you so much good soul! :-)))
* A good soul from Germany - for creating the MAC/65 3.6 one-chip cartridge images; thank you so much good soul! :-)))
* Tomasz 'Kr0tki' Krasuski - for assembling source codes and creating cartridge images of MAC/65 1.01 (1986), MAC XE 3.4i, Assembler 3.4, and MAC/65 3.6, we owe you so much. :-)))
* Fred Meijer from the [Atarimuseum in the Netherlands|http://www.atarimuseum.nl] - Thank you so much for providing photos of an ultra rare MAC/65 1.02 cartridge.
* Wade Ripkowski - thank you for presenting the instructions to prepare a 720K SpartaDOS disk with MAC/65[1]; great work Wade, thank you very much! :-)
!!!References
* [#1] Wade Ripkowski, ["MAC/65 with SpartaDOS|https://unfinishedbitness.info/2014/04/19/mac65-with-spartados/]
* [#2] ["MAC/65 Source Code" post #1, AtariAge forums|https://atariage.com/forums/topic/270944-mac65-source-code/]
* [#3] ["OSS-D-Day part 2-MAC/65 >1.02-cart&source now in PD" post #1, AtariAge forums|https://atariage.com/forums/topic/257025-oss-d-day-part-2-mac65-102-cartsource-now-in-pd/]
* [#4] ["OSS-D-Day part 2-MAC/65 >1.02-cart&source now in PD" post #33, AtariAge forums|https://atariage.com/forums/topic/257025-oss-d-day-part-2-mac65-102-cartsource-now-in-pd/?do=findComment&comment=3595454]
* [#5] ["OSS-D-Day part 2-MAC/65 >1.02-cart&source now in PD" post #22, AtariAge forums|https://atariage.com/forums/topic/257025-oss-d-day-part-2-mac65-102-cartsource-now-in-pd/?do=findComment&comment=3594656]