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MAXAM is a popular assembler for the CPC, made by the British company Arnor.

It was available in 4 versions: Tape, Disc, ROM, and Cartridge (the latter one being the ROM version bundled with a AD1 ROM Cartridge).

Assembly language programs could be entered either using the built-in editor, or 'inline' in a BASIC program (in a similar fashion to that permitted by the BBC Micro), and then assembled by Maxam.

The program also contained a disassembler plus a number of simple memory management and debugging tools, such as a hex editor and graphical memory overview.

These were available by typing |MAXAM or |M, and (unusually) could be run in either MODE 1 or MODE 2.

Pictures

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  Maxam Disc Cover

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  Maxam ROM Cover

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  Maxam Disc Side B

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  Maxam Disc Side A

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  Maxam ROM Chip

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  Maxam Advert

Manual

• Maxam Manual v1.0 (pdf) (scanned version)
• Maxam Manual v1.0 (pdf) (OCRed version from Kevin Thacker)

Other Versions

• Maxam 1.5
• Maxam II

Download

• Maxam (disc).zip (DSK for Emulators)
• Maxam (rom).zip (ROM for Emulators)