Re: Assemblers for z80 (ti-83)

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Re: Assemblers for z80 (ti-83)

>   Delmoi <delmoi@ames.net> writes:
>  [snip]
>  I also tryed TASM (table assembler, not Turbo Assembler)
>  and it wasn't compatable with the .INC files from TI's s
>  site. I you have compatable .INC files let me know!!
>  [snip]
>
>>>>
TASM and Z80 Assembly Language for the TI-83


TASM works very well as a TI-83 assembler, provided a
few basic steps are taken.


1. Eliminate all non-printable characters from all
source documents. TI's INC files include form feed
characters (ASCII 12 or x0C) that should be removed.


2. TASM expects all assembler directives (.equ, .org,
.ds, .end) to begin with a period. It is best to
follow this convention in your own code. However,
TI's INC files contain many .equ directives without
the period, in both upper and lower case. Rather
than change them all, use #define to accept them. In
order to avoid any errors arising from the INC
files, your assembly language source code files
should begin as follows:


    .NOLIST


    #define equ .equ
    #define EQU .equ
    #define end .end


    #include "ti83asm.inc"
    #include "tokens.inc"


    .LIST


;Insert your own .equ directives here


    .org    9327h




3. Remove leading periods (..) from all label names.
Labels may appear on the line above the statement to
which they refer if they are followed by a colon,
which is the standard line continuation character.


4. Labels must begin in column 1. Operands must not
begin in column 1.


5. Make sure all label names are unique.


6. End the source file with the .end directive.


7. Assemble using the -i option (ignore case) to accept
both upper and lower case statements in the INC
files. It is convenient to assemble using a one line
batch file like the following:


   tasm -t80 -i -o20 -p60 %1


   If this file is named asm.bat, it can be called with
a command like:


   asm myfile.asm


   This will produce a listing file, myfile.lst,
containing 60 lines per page, and, if there are no
errors, and object file, myfile.obj, containing 64
bytes of object code, equal to 32 (x020) bytes of
machine code, per line.


8. Manually delete the colon (:) and the next eight
characters from the beginning of each line, as well
as the last two characters of each line, leaving
only the actual object code. If you compiled with
the -o20 option, each line except the last should
now contain 64 alphanumeric characters of hex code.


9. Copy the edited object file into the TI-GRAPH LINK
program editor. Add the following three lines:


   End
   0000
   End


10. Save the file, send it to the TI-83, and run it.


                        Harry
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