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THE TI-8X+ ON-CALC ASSEMBLER

CURRENT VERSION : 1.00

Asmdream is an on-calc assembler for the TI-8X+ calculator series.
It reads symbolic content (sources & includes) written directly using the OS built-in program editor.
It writes machine code into protected programs in ram.
You can think of it as a hybrid between mimas & axe.

DOWNLOAD

http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/444/44479.html
Don't forget to read asmdream.txt.

NEWS

http://ourl.ca/14654/276283
http://ourl.ca/14654/278334
http://ourl.ca/14654/342852

FEATURES

all z80 instructions (undocumented ones included)
constant byte strings
variable byte strings (ascii strings handled)
variable word strings (ascii strings handled)
token strings
comments
immediate arguments
  decimal
  hexadecimal
  binary
  ascii
operators
  positive
  negative
  addition
  substraction
program counter symbol (changeable initial value)
address labels (usable in main and macro code)
equate labels (nesting handled)
macros (nesting handled)
macro parameters
error handling (goto handled)
automatic include detection
ultra complete collection of equates
running asmdream from external code supported

TOPIC PURPOSES

troubleshooting
feedback

SCREENSHOT

The assembler in action :

Hey Xed =]

Waiting for ticalc.org validation...

Ah,cool! So you are one of those "pending files" I uploaded ASMComp last night, too, and I am waiting for validation.

Meh, ASMComp is nothing compared to ASMDREAM. I am not even going to attempt things like macros

EDIT: Just downloaded!

I made my first ASMDREAM program! It was a simply "HOWDY WORLD" program, but I got it to work! I haven't even tried making my own macros, but I like that idea with LD A,?,B,?,C,?... Cool!

So what I have learned so far:
-Instructions use a space first then the instruction
-Labels do not start with a space
-.db statements start with a . instead of a space

I like it!

Here is an example code:
→SRC
prgmƟROM1
prgmƟROM2
prgmƟMACROS
AsmPrgmHELLO
 NOSTUB
 LD HL,HELLO
 BCALL(/PUTS)
 RET
HELLO
."HOWDY WORLD!
End


So it's like Mimas, but use OS program editor?
Sounds great!

The bug i'm currently facing :

The macros that add the extra instructions are interpreted as real instructions !
For example, LD BC,DE is interpreted as LD BC,label_de.
I'm on it =]

EDIT

I know how to fix that, but i also know it will slow down the address labels calculation a lot.
I think i'm gonna go for the "Do not choose a macro name too close to a z80 instruction name." solution.
I also have to rename the extra instructions macros.
I'm hesitating between 2 syntaxs : XLD BC,DE and LD16 BC,DE

Already thought of that solution.
The problem is that i don't want the user to misunderstand the meaning of the parentheses, since those are used to refer to indirect access in regular instructions.

The chosen syntax will be XLD (X for extra loading instructions).
Let's update that...