[A83] Re: Apps: part II


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[A83] Re: Apps: part II




Isn't the ZDS hex format the same as the tasm obj format, they look the same...

Also, if anyone is interested in my reason to use tasm:
it works under dosemu in linux, zds under wine is not very convenient on my pc.

--Peter Martijn


> 
> 
> Well I must say that ZDS is the nicest IDE... for the same reasons that Dan
> listed before...
> in fact... to assemble the files I still used TASM, cause it was just a
> habit to.. but I still used ZDS to edit the files... like Dan said, instead
> of opening 20 instances of notepad... :)
> 
> I say.. give it a  try... it's worth it... and now that I saw that there is
> a converter for *.hex --> *.8xk ... well I guess I'm going to drop TASM...
> they again maybe not.. it's probably just quicker to use in some cases ...
> you never know ....
> 
> 
> -Nicolas Gilles
> -----Original Messge-----
> From: "Dan Englender" <dan@calc.org>
> To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
> 
> 
> >
> > Michael's gone offline at the moment, so you'll have to live with me and
> my
> > disagreeable opinions ;)  I used notepad+TASM since even 1997, and I still
> > preferred to switch over.  Of course, I understand your preference just as
> > well.
> >
> > Anyhow, put in that header that Michael sent before, and include
> > ti83plus.inc.  That should be all that you need.  All the tokens are
> > included in that file, so you don't need a separate one for that.  Also
> > remember that it's not just PutS and VPutS that you can't use directly
> from
> > your app, it's other Rom Calls that you pass pointers, like DisplayImage.
> > There are some exceptions, IE. you *can* use StrCopy even if the pointer
> is
> > to your app.  The exceptions are the ROM routines that are loaded on
> page0,
> > which is always loaded regardless of what ROM page you load into the
> banks.
> >
> > Also, though Michael's version of PutS should work just fine, I prefer an
> > abridged one, for those that want:
> > PutSApp:
> >  ld a,(hl)
> >  inc hl
> >  or a
> >  ret z
> >  B_CALL PutC
> >  jr PutSApp
> >
> >
> > The source for Calcsys is on ticalc.org, and at that time I was still
> using
> > TASM, so if you want to download that, it may help you out.
> >
> > Let me know if there are other questions,
> > -Dan Englender
> >
> >
> > > I have to appreciate someone who shares my line of thinking.  I've been
> > > using EMACS (for NT) to write my source code in, then compiling using
> > > Movax's old ZASM bat file since '98.  All that I want to do is change
> the
> > > batch file.
> > >
> > > do i need to include the headers, ti83plus.inc  tokens.inc  when
> compiling
> > > an app, or is the procedure different?  humor me, ive never made an app.
> > >
> > > -harper
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 




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