Welcome to VARCem, the Virtual Archaeological Computer EMulator.
Vasm is a multi-target, table-driven cross assembler, part of the VARCem8 emulator project. It implements a general assembler block with the usual (and, some less usual) features, and then uses a back-end specific for a given microprocessor to generate code for that processor.
Vasm has its roots in the asm6502 project. From there on, the code was split up into modules, features have been added and existing features have been improved. All this did not fit within the design goals of the original project, resulting in a fork so both projects can benefit.
VARCem as a whole is released under the BSD 3-Clause Open Software License, which is compatible with the GPL (GNU Public License) version 2 or later that is used by many of the modules imported from other emulator projects. Parts project are released under the MIT license.
The author of the original project (see HISTORY above) has authorized the VARCem team to re-license its fork of their project to the BSD 3-Clause Open Source License.
Author credits and specific copyrights can be found in each of the source files.
Obviously, where license terms of individual modules deviate from the general project license terms, the terms of such an individual module prevail.
Information, downloads, additional modules and such can be found on our Website. Live support and general help can also be found on our Discord server. We no longer use the IRC network.
"This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE."
It's free, it comes with all the sources, but it does not come with any warranty whatsoever. You probably should not use this software to run a business-critical piece of (old) software at work, for example.
If there is a problem with the software, please open up a GIT issue so we can work on it, and/or talk to us on the IRC channel. We cannot promise a fix, but will try the best we can !
Last Updated: 2023/05/14