A82: Re: On Making A Compiler-Help Needed From ASM Community
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A82: Re: On Making A Compiler-Help Needed From ASM Community
If I think I know what your talking about,
http://cgi.ticalc.org/pub/text/z80/z80time.txt
Contains mnemonic, clocks, byte size, AND op-codes
i.e.:
ADC HL,DE 15 2 ED 5A
ect....
-- Badman
-----Original Message-----
From: Asmti82 <Asmti82@aol.com>
To: assembly-82@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-82@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Saturday, December 20, 1997 5:23 PM
Subject: A82: On Making A Compiler-Help Needed From ASM Community
>
>I am attempting to find all of the machine code substitutions for the
commonly
> used asm codes (such as ld, add, etc.) I am doing this by finding existing
> TI82 asm programs in Graph-82 format, and matching them up with the source
> code the authors have provided. So far, I have come to the following
results:
>
> 3Exx ; loads the value of xx into register a ; ld a, xx
> D3xx ; out (xx), a
>
> I'll admit immediately that this is not a large accomplishment, even
though it
> consumed the greater part of last Friday to discover. If I can find the
rest
> of these codes, as I have here, I will be able to make a primitive
compiler.
> Though I don't expect an immediate grand slam, I know that all of you will
> admit that using DOS to compile your programs is extremely inconvenient,
> especially to Mac users. As technology advances, this community needs a
simple
> compiler that can be ported to all platforms.
>
> That's what I'm trying to do, but I can't do it without your help...
>
> With all of you on this list, we'll get a lot done faster. This is what I
> need: any links to valuable Z80 machine code information, any existing
source
> code for Z80 compilers (such as TASM), any source to helping programs
(such as
> ASM82), and, finally I need lots of small programs (see below).
>
> To elaborate on that last need, I need a small, fully compiled Graph-82
> programs, and the action that it does when executed by ASH, OSHELL, CraSH,
> JASS, etc. As of this time, I am working specifically with ASH programs,
but
> I don't think intershell porting will be a problem.
>
> If I am to get this done, I need the following:
> 1) A program demonstrating every possible use of the 'ld' function. This
> includes loading direct memory into registers, and visa versa.
> 2) A program that makes a series of simple jumps, such as jumping to a
label
> that is one, two, and three lines away. (including JP, JR, and CALL)
> 3) A program that demonstrates ADD, SUB, INC, DEC
> 4) A program demonstrating the uses of CP, and simple flag checking.
> 5) A program with a NOP command in it (I don't know whether T
>ther functions that are important
> to TI asm programming.
>
> •Keep in mind that the sooner I get these programs, the sooner I can get
> working. In addition, if anyone is interested in keeping up with my work
as I
> go along, or in aiding me in anyway, let me know. I will be working
non-stop
> over the Christmas Vacation.
>
> Thankyou for your cooperation. I know that this will succeed.
>
> Matt Stack
>
>