Re: Disassembler preference?

From: Spiro Trikaliotis <ml-cbmhackers_at_trikaliotis.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 20:42:37 +0200
Message-ID: <20170629184237.GA1893@hermes.local.trikaliotis.net>
Hello,

* On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 07:58:54PM +0200 silverdr@wfmh.org.pl wrote:
> 
> > On 2017-06-29, at 19:44, groepaz@gmx.net wrote:
> > 
> > On Thursday 29 June 2017, 19:35:16 silverdr@wfmh.org.pl wrote:
> >> It's been probably over a decade since I last time used a 6502 disassembler
> >> for something bigger so would like to ask you for your favourites in this
> >> area. No, it's not a flamebait ;-) Just would like to know what the options
> >> are and if something more intelligent (similarly to e. g. KickAssembler for
> >> assembling) has popped-up in the recent years.
> > 
> > i have been using IDA for 20 years now - and i dont think there is any other 
> > that even comes remotely close. YMMV :)
> 
> This one?
> 
> https://www.hex-rays.com/products/ida/order.shtml

Note that there is a Freeware (FW) version for DOS available which
includes the 6502 disassembler. I believe the last one is IDA FW 4.x, as
I do not believe the 5.x series (and later) contained the 6502 module in
the FW version anymore.

You can find IDA FW 4.1 by searching for the file idafre41.zip on the
web. I also used idafw37.zip (v3.7) some times.

The latest FW version is available here:
https://www.hex-rays.com/products/ida/support/download_freeware.shtml


Having said all this: While IDA is a very powerfull tool, sometimes it
is better to use the disassembler which is given with the assembler you
are using yourself. That is, if do not want to look into the code, but
also to create an assembleable version (for your own modifications), you
might be better off using the disassembler which comes with your
assembler.

That's why I often use da65 from the cc65 package.

Regards,
Spiro.

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Spiro R. Trikaliotis
http://www.trikaliotis.net/

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