Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lazer's Interactive Symbolic Assembler

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The result was speedy keep. nom withdrawn (non-admin closure) Pcap ping 15:29, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lazer's Interactive Symbolic Assembler

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This is a 6502 assembler for Apple II. I can't find any independent coverage. There's a book [1] from the author, but it has no ISBN, and it appears a self-published technical manual (publisher is Lazerware). Pcap ping 10:11, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. -- Pcap ping 10:11, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Note that this assembler for the Apple 2 was more commonly known as the "LISA assembler" or just "LISA". This may make sorting through sources difficult, as there are assemblers for other platforms that are also known as LISA. And Apple had an early computer by that name, Apple Lisa. This site has some more background and information that could be used as a jumping off point for research. Note that this site itself does not qualify as a reliable source. There are mentions of it in other books suach as [2], [3], and [4]. But as these are snippets from Google Books, it is unclear the degree of coverage these represent. As somebody who owned and programmed on an Apple 2 computer, my personal recollection was that this was a significant product for the Apple 2, and I even own a copy the Randy Hyde book "How to Program the Apple II using 6502 Assembly Language". However, I do understand that personal recollections are not reliable sources. -- Whpq (talk) 15:00, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- One of those books has what looks like a review-type comparison table of Apple II assemblers. I'm leaning towards withdrawing this, but I'll leave it open for a little longer; perhaps better sources will be found that way. Pcap ping 15:19, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Nom withdrawn. This book is entirely independent from the author of the assembler. Pcap ping 15:28, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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This software has been the most widely-used assembler for Apple ][. -- Toytoy (talk)