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An ASMDREAM Come True
Posted by Ryan on 4 January 2012, 20:08 GMT
There are an awfully large number of us who spend such a great amount of time using
our calcs that it becomes more natural to program on-calc than anywhere else. For those
of us with this affliction, this bit of news is all the more exciting. This week,
Benjamin "the_mad_joob" Mahdjouba has realized an early but functional
version of my childhood dream, an on-calc assembler for the TI-8X+ series, appropriately
named ASMDREAM. Furthermore, it appears to be Benjamin's first ticalc.org release!
ASMDREAM is incredibly feature-rich, especially for an early build of the software,
and will leave programmers swooning at the mere whisper of the name "mad joob". The
assembler is capable of reading source in both RAM and archive, handle macros, errors,
and nesting, and, well, just take a look for yourself! The author has also included very
nice documentation on the
usage and syntax adoptions, as well as the limitations, that programmers should keep in
mind, making this a very strong release indeed. A big tip of the hat goes to everyone
involved in this project.
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Re: An ASMDREAM Come True
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ThunderBolt 
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Great job on this! I didn't realise it was your first ticalc.org release, too! As Ryan said, this is an impressive first release
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5 January 2012, 02:08 GMT
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Re: An ASMDREAM Come True
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James Rubingh
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Clem did this 12 years ago on the ti-86. Look for "Z80 Assembly Compiler."
/fileinfo/92/9266.html
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6 January 2012, 04:44 GMT
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Re: Re: Re: An ASMDREAM Come True
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ThunderBolt
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Simply because it is not the first time something similar has been made does not make it any less neat. It shows that he has the ability to do this. I mean, think of your first programming experience-- I am sure it was not original, but it was the start of a new skill and it was original to your life and story. When you think about it, it is rather neat :) He has approached a point that many people who have programmed do not get to, so it is a neat achievement in his life as a programmer and it is something he can say and be proud of. He can now say that he has made a assembler on his own and that it was considered newsworthy by at least one site.
Sorry if I was coming off as a bit harsh :/ On the other hand, thank you so much for posting that link to the 89 compiler! I have been looking around for one that I could easily install and start using because I am horrible with computers. I finally found a Z80 assembler package that had everything I needed and was easy to use (thanks, Kerm!). Before that, I had been coding in all hex and gotten rather good at it (I made an 11000 byte app in all hex that is one of the most feature packed libraries available for its size). However, I could not do the same with my TI-89, so this will be lovely! Thanks!
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8 January 2012, 02:14 GMT
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