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- HEADER: CUG276;
- TITLE: Z-80 Cross-Assembler (Portable);
- FILENAME: AZ80.DOC;
- VERSION: 0.1;
- DATE: 08/27/1988;
- SEE-ALSO: AZ80.H;
- AUTHORS: William C. Colley III;
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- Z-80 Cross-Assembler (Portable)
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- Copyright (c) 1986-1988 William C. Colley, III
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- The manual such as it is.
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- Legal Note: This package may be used for any commercial or
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- Table of Contents
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- 1.0 How to Use the Cross-Assembler Package .................. 3
- 2.0 Format of Cross-Assembler Source Lines .................. 4
- 2.1 Labels ............................................. 5
- 2.2 Numeric Constants .................................. 5
- 2.3 String Constants ................................... 6
- 2.4 Expressions ........................................ 6
- 3.0 Machine Opcodes ......................................... 7
- 4.0 Pseudo Opcodes .......................................... 8
- 4.1 Pseudo-ops -- DB, DEFB, DEFM ....................... 8
- 4.2 Pseudo-ops -- DC ................................... 9
- 4.3 Pseudo-ops -- DEFS, DS ............................. 9
- 4.4 Pseudo-ops -- DEFW, DW ............................. 9
- 4.5 Pseudo-ops -- END .................................. 9
- 4.6 Pseudo-ops -- EQU .................................. 10
- 4.7 Pseudo-ops -- COND, ELSE, ENDC, ENDIF, IF .......... 10
- 4.8 Pseudo-ops -- INCL ................................. 11
- 4.9 Pseudo-ops -- ORG .................................. 11
- 4.10 Pseudo-ops -- PAGE ................................. 11
- 4.11 Pseudo-ops -- TITLE ................................ 12
- 4.12 Pseudo-ops -- DEFL, VAR ............................ 12
- 5.0 Assembly Errors ......................................... 12
- 5.1 Error * -- Missing Statement ....................... 12
- 5.2 Error ( -- Parenthesis Imbalance ................... 13
- 5.3 Error " -- Missing Quotation Mark .................. 13
- 5.4 Error B -- Branch Target Too Far Away .............. 13
- 5.5 Error D -- Illegal Digit ........................... 13
- 5.6 Error E -- Illegal Expression ...................... 13
- 5.7 Error I -- IF-ENDIF Imbalance ...................... 14
- 5.8 Error L -- Illegal Label ........................... 14
- 5.9 Error M -- Multiply Defined Label .................. 14
- 5.10 Error O -- Illegal Opcode .......................... 14
- 5.11 Error P -- Phasing Error ........................... 14
- 5.12 Error R -- Illegal Register Specification .......... 15
- 5.12 Error S -- Illegal Syntax .......................... 15
- 5.13 Error T -- Too Many Arguments ...................... 15
- 5.14 Error U -- Undefined Label ......................... 15
- 5.15 Error V -- Illegal Value ........................... 15
- 6.0 Warning Messages ........................................ 15
- 6.1 Warning -- Illegal Option Ignored .................. 16
- 6.2 Warning -- -l Option Ignored -- No File Name ....... 16
- 6.3 Warning -- -o Option Ignored -- No File Name ....... 16
- 6.4 Warning -- Extra Source File Ignored ............... 16
- 6.5 Warning -- Extra Listing File Ignored .............. 16
- 6.6 Warning -- Extra Object File Ignored ............... 16
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- 7.0 Fatal Error Messages .................................... 16
- 7.1 Fatal Error -- No Source File Specified ............ 16
- 7.2 Fatal Error -- Source File Did Not Open ............ 17
- 7.3 Fatal Error -- Listing File Did Not Open ........... 17
- 7.4 Fatal Error -- Object File Did Not Open ............ 17
- 7.5 Fatal Error -- Error Reading Source File ........... 17
- 7.6 Fatal Error -- Disk or Directory Full .............. 17
- 7.7 Fatal Error -- File Stack Overflow ................. 17
- 7.8 Fatal Error -- If Stack Overflow ................... 17
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- 1.0 How to Use the Cross-Assembler Package
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- First, the question, "What does a cross-assembler do?" needs
- to be addressed as there is considerable confusion on this point.
- A cross-assembler is just like any other assembler except that it
- runs on some CPU other than the one for which it assembles code.
- For example, this package assembles Z-80 source code into Z-80
- object code, but it runs on an 8088, a 68000, or whatever other
- CPU you happen to have a C compiler for. The reason that cross-
- assemblers are useful is that you probably already have a CPU
- with memory, disk drives, a text editor, an operating system, and
- all sorts of hard-to-build or expensive facilities on hand. A
- cross-assembler allows you to use these facilites to develop code
- for a Z-80.
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- Note that if you compile this cross-assembler on a Z-80
- system, it becomes a normal assembler instead of a cross-
- assembler. That is, it compiles Z-80 source code to Z-80 object
- code while running on a Z-80.
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- This program requires one input file (your Z-80 source code)
- and zero to two output files (the listing and the object). The
- input file MUST be specified, or the assembler will bomb on a
- fatal error. The listing and object files are optional. If no
- listing file is specified, no listing is generated, and if no
- object file is specified, no object is generated. If the object
- file is specified, the object is written to this file in "Intel
- hexadecimal" format.
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- The command line for the cross-assembler looks like this:
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- AZ80 source_file { >list_file } { -o object_file }
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- where the { } indicates that the specified item is optional.
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- Some examples are in order:
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- az80 tests6.asm source: testz80.asm
- listing: none
- object: none
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- az80 testz80.asm -l testz80.prn source: testz80.asm
- listing: testz80.prn
- object: none
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- az80 testz80.asm -o testz80.hex source: testz80.asm
- listing: none
- object: testz80.hex
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- az80 testz80.asm -l testz80.prn -o testz80.hex
- source: testz80.asm
- listing: testz80.prn
- object: testz80.hex
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- The order in which the source, listing, and object files are
- specified does not matter. Note that no default file name exten-
- sions are supplied by the assembler as this gives rise to porta-
- bility problems.
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- 2.0 Format of Cross-Assembler Source Lines
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- The source file that the cross-assembler processes into a
- listing and an object is an ASCII text file that you can prepare
- with whatever editor you have at hand. The most-significant
- (parity) bit of each character is cleared as the character is
- read from disk by the cross-assembler, so editors that set this
- bit (such as WordStar's document mode) should not bother this
- program. All printing characters, the ASCII TAB character (09H),
- and newline character(s) are processed by the assembler. All
- other characters are passed through to the listing file, but are
- otherwise ignored.
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- The source file is divided into lines by newline char-
- acter(s). The internal buffers of the cross-assembler will
- accommodate lines of up to 255 characters which should be more
- than ample for almost any job. If you must use longer lines,
- change the constant MAXLINE in file AZ80.H and recompile the
- cross-assembler. Otherwise, you will overflow the buffers, and
- the program will mysteriously crash.
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- Each source line is made up of three fields: the label
- field, the opcode field, and the argument field. The label field
- is optional, but if it is present, it must begin in column 1.
- The opcode field is optional, but if it is present, it must not
- begin in column 1. If both a label and an opcode are present,
- one or more spaces and/or TAB characters must separate the two.
- If the opcode requires arguments, they are placed in the argument
- field which is separated from the opcode field by one or more
- spaces and/or TAB characters. Finally, an optional comment can
- be added to the end of the line. This comment must begin with a
- semicolon which signals the assembler to pass the rest of the
- line to the listing and otherwise ignore it. Thus, the source
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- {label}{ opcode{ arguments}}{;commentary}
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- where the { } indicates that the specified item is optional.
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- Some examples are in order:
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- column 1
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- GRONK LD A, (HL) ; This line has everything.
- INC IX ; This line has no label.
- BEEP ; This line has no opcode.
- ; This line has no label and no opcode.
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- END ; This line has no argument.
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- 2.1 Labels
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- A label is any sequence of alphabetic or numeric characters
- starting with an alphabetic. The legal alphabetics are:
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- ! # $ % & . : ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~ A-Z a-z
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- The numeric characters are the digits 0-9. Note that "A" is not
- the same as "a" in a label. This can explain mysterious U
- (undefined label) errors occurring when a label appears to be
- defined.
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- A label is permitted on any line except a line where the
- opcode is COND, ELSE, ENDC, ENDIF, or IF. The label is assigned
- the value of the assembly program counter before any of the rest
- of the line is processed except when the opcode is DEFL, EQU,
- ORG, or VAR.
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- Labels can have the same name as opcodes, but they cannot
- have the same name as operators or built-in condition code or
- register tags. The reserved (operator and tag) names are:
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- $ A AF AND B BC
- C D DE E EQ GE
- GT H HIGH HL I IX
- IY L LE LT LOW M
- MOD NC NE NOT NZ OR
- P PE PO R SHL SHR
- SP XOR Z
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- If a label is used in an expression before it is assigned a
- value, the label is said to be "forward-referenced." For
- example:
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- L1 EQU L2 + 1 ; L2 is forward-referenced here.
- L2
- L3 EQU L2 + 1 ; L2 is not forward-referenced here.
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- 2.2 Numeric Constants
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- Numeric constants are formed according to the Intel
- convention. A numeric constant starts with a numeric character
- (0-9), continues with zero or more digits (0-9, A-F), and ends
- with an optional base designator. The base designators are H for
- hexadecimal, none or D for decimal, O or Q for octal, and B for
- binary. The hex digits a-f are converted to upper case by the
- assembler. Note that a numeric constant cannot begin with A-F as
- it would be indistinguishable from a label. Thus, all of the
- following evaluate to 255 (decimal):
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- 0ffH 255 255D 377O 377Q 11111111B
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- 2.3 String Constants
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- A string constant is zero or more characters enclosed in
- either single quotes (' ') or double quotes (" "). Single quotes
- only match single quotes, and double quotes only match double
- quotes, so if you want to put a single quote in a string, you can
- do it like this: "'". In all contexts except the DB, DEFB,
- DEFM, and DC statements, the first character or two of the string
- constant are all that are used. The rest is ignored. Noting
- that the ASCII codes for "A" and "B" are $41 and $42, respec-
- tively, will explain the following examples:
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- "" and '' evaluate to 0000H
- "A" and 'A' evaluate to 0041H
- "AB" evaluates to 4142H
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- Note that the null string "" is legal and evaluates to 0000H.
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- 2.4 Expressions
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- An expression is made up of labels, numeric constants, and
- string constants glued together with arithmetic operators,
- logical operators, and parentheses in the usual way that
- algebraic expressions are made. Operators have the following
- fairly natural order of precedence:
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- Highest anything in parentheses
- unary +, unary -
- *, /, MOD, SHL, SHR
- binary +, binary -
- LT, LE, EQ, GE, GT, NE
- NOT
- AND
- OR, XOR
- Lowest HIGH, LOW
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- A few notes about the various operators are in order:
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- 1) The remainder operator MOD yields the remainder from
- dividing its left operand by its right operand.
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- 2) The shifting operators SHL and SHR shift their left
- operand to the left or right the number of bits
- specified by their right operand.
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- 3) The relational operators LT, LE, EQ, GE, GT, and NE can
- also be written as <, <= or =<, =, >= or =>, and <> or
- ><, respectively. They evaluate to 0FFFFH if the
- statement is true, 0 otherwise.
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- 5) HIGH and LOW extract the high or low byte, of an
- expression.
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- 6) The special symbol $ can be used in place of a label or
- constant to represent the value of the program counter
- before any of the current line has been processed.
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- Some examples are in order at this point:
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- 2 + 3 * 4 evaluates to 14
- (2 + 3) * 4 evaluates to 20
- NOT 11110000B XOR 00001010B evaluates to 00000101B
- HIGH 1234H SHL 1 evaluates to 0024H
- 001Q EQ 0 evaluates to 0
- 001Q = 2 SHR 1 evaluates to 0FFFFH
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- All arithmetic is unsigned with overflow from the 16-bit
- word ignored. Thus:
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- 32768 * 2 evaluates to 0
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- 3.0 Machine Opcodes
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- The instruction set of the Z-80 processor is particularly
- complicated to describe. If I followed my usual practice of
- describing the allowable syntax of each machine opcode, this
- section of the manual would go on for many pages. To save a few
- trees when you print up this manual, I will dispense with the
- usual detail and make only general remarks about the machine
- opcode syntax.
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- This assembler accepts Zilog's mnemonics as opposed to the
- extended 8080 mnemonics used by descendents of the TDL
- assemblers. The argument field also follows Zilog's syntax.
- This means that the parentheses, (), are overloaded. They are
- used both to group subexpression in arithmetic expressions and to
- designate direct or register indirect addressing instead of
- immediate or register direct addressing. If an arithmetic
- expression in the argument field of a machine opcode is ENTIRELY
- enclosed in parentheses, direct addressing is selected. If a
- register tag is enclosed in parentheses, register indirect
- addressing is selected. Some examples are in order:
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- LD HL, 1234H ;Register pair HL gets set to 1234H.
- LD HL, (1234H) ;Register pair HL gets set to the
- ; value contained in memory locations
- ; 1234H and 1235H.
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- INC HL ;Register pair HL gets incremented.
- INC (HL) ;The memory location pointed to by
- ; register pair HL gets incremented.
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- (syntax) error if direct addressing is not allowed by the parti-
- cular machine opcode. For example:
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- ADD A, 3 + 4 ;Legal -- 7 gets added to the accumu-
- ; lator.
- ADD A, (3) + 4 ;Legal -- Same as above. Note that the
- ; expression is not entirely enclosed
- ; by the parentheses.
- ADD A, (3) + (4) ;Legal -- Same as above. The expression
- ; still is not completely enclosed by
- ; the parentheses.
- ADD A, (3 + 4) ;Illegal -- The Z-80 cannot be told to
- ; add the number contained in memory
- ; location 7 to the accumulator, so
- ; this is a syntax error.
- LD A, (3 + 4) ;Legal -- The Z-80 can be told to load
- ; the number contained in memory loca-
- ; tion 7 into the accumulator.
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- For further information on the machine opcode syntax
- supported by this assembler, consult Zilog's "Z-80 Assembly
- Language Programming Manual."
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- 4.0 Pseudo Opcodes
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- Unlike Z-80 opcodes, pseudo opcodes (pseudo-ops) do not
- represent machine instructions. They are, rather, directives to
- the assembler. These directives require various numbers and
- types of arguments. They will be listed individually below.
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- 4.1 Pseudo-ops -- DB, DEFB, DEFM
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- The DB pseudo-op and its Zilog synonyms DEFB and DEFM allow
- arbitrary bytes to be spliced into the object code. Its argument
- is a chain of one or more expressions that evaluate to -128
- through 255 separated by commas. If a comma occurs with no
- preceding expression, a 00H byte is spliced into the object code.
- The sequence of bytes 0FEH, 0FFH, 00H, 01H, 02H could be spliced
- into the code with the following statement:
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- A special case exists here. If a string constant is entered with
- no arithmetic done on it, then the entire string is spliced into
- the code stream. Thus, the sequence of bytes 002H, 043H, 041H,
- 054H, 044H could be spliced into the code with the following
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- The DC pseudo-op is the same as the DB pseudo-op except that
- the most-significant bit of the last byte defined is set. This
- is handy for placing terminating most-significant bits on
- character strings. Thus, the sequence of bytes 43H, 41H, 0D4H
- could be spliced into the code with the following statement:
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- DC "CAT"
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- 4.3 Pseudo-ops -- DEFS, DS
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- The DS pseudo-op and its Zilog synonym DEFS are used to
- reserve a block of storage for program variables, or whatever.
- This storage is not initialized in any way, so its value at run
- time will usually be random. The argument expression (which may
- contain no forward references) is added to the assembly program
- counter. The following statement would reserve 10 bytes of
- storage called "STORAGE":
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- STORAGE DS 10
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- 4.4 Pseudo-ops -- DEFW, DW
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- The DW pseudo-op and its Zilog synonym DEFW allow 16-bit
- words to be spliced into the object code. Its argument is a
- chain of zero or more expressions separated by commas. If a
- comma occurs with no preceding expression, a word of 0000H is
- spliced into the code. The word is placed into memory low byte
- in low address, high byte in high address. The sequence of bytes
- 0FEH, 0FFH, 00H, 00H, 01H, 02H could be spliced into the code
- with the following statement:
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- DW 0FFFEH, , 0201H
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- 4.5 Pseudo-ops -- END
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- The END pseudo-op tells the assembler that the source
- program is over. Any further lines of the source file are
- ignored and not passed on to the listing. If an argument is
- added to the END statement, the value of the argument will be
- placed in the execution address slot in the Intel hex object
- file. The execution address defaults to the program counter
- value at the point where the END was encountered. Thus, to
- specify that the program starts at label START, the END statement
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- END START
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- If end-of-file is encountered on the source file before an
- END statement is reached, the assembler will add an END statement
- to the listing and flag it with a * (missing statement) error.
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- The EQU pseudo-op is used to assign a specific value to a
- label, thus the label on this line is REQUIRED. Once the value
- is assigned, it cannot be reassigned by writing the label in
- column 1, by another EQU statement, or by a DEFL or VAR
- statement. Thus, for example, the following statement assigns
- the value 2 to the label TWO:
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- The expression in the argument field must contain no forward
- references.
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- 4.7 Pseudo-ops -- COND, ELSE, ENDC, ENDIF, IF
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- These pseudo-ops allow the assembler to choose whether
- or not to assemble certain blocks of code based on the result of
- an expression. Code that is not assembled is passed through to
- the listing but otherwise ignored by the assembler. The IF
- pseudo-op or its Zilog synonym COND signals the beginning of a
- conditionally assembled block. It requires one argument that may
- contain no forward references. If the value of the argument is
- non-zero, the block is assembled. Otherwise, the block is
- ignored. The ENDIF pseudo-op or its Zilog synonym ENDC signals
- the end of the conditionally assembled block. For example:
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- IF EXPRESSION ;This whole thing generates
- DB 01H, 02H, 03H ; no code whatsoever if
- ENDIF ; EXPRESSION is zero.
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- The ELSE pseudo-op allows the assembly of either one of two
- blocks, but not both. The following two sequences are
- equivalent:
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- IF EXPRESSION
- ... some stuff ...
- ELSE
- ... some more stuff ...
- ENDIF
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- TEMP_LAB VAR EXPRESSION
- IF TEMP_LAB NE 0
- ... some stuff ...
- ENDIF
- IF TEMP_LAB EQ 0
- ... some more stuff ...
- ENDIF
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- The pseudo-ops in this group do NOT permit labels to exist
- on the same line as the status of the label (ignored or not)
- would be ambiguous.
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- ally assembled blocks) must have corresponding ENDC or ENDIF
- statements and all ELSE, ENDC, and ENDIF statements must have a
- corresponding COND or IF statement.
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- IF blocks can be nested up to 16 levels deep before the
- assembler dies of a fatal error. This should be adequate for any
- conceivable job, but if you need more, change the constant
- IFDEPTH in file AZ80.H and recompile the assembler.
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- 4.8 Pseudo-ops -- INCL
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- The INCL pseudo-op is used to splice the contents of another
- file into the current file at assembly time. The name of the
- file to be INCLuded is specified as a normal string constant, so
- the following line would splice the contents of file "const.def"
- into the source code stream:
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- INCL "const.def"
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- INCLuded files may, in turn, INCLude other files until four
- files are open simultaneously. This limit should be enough for
- any conceivable job, but if you need more, change the constant
- FILES in file AZ80.H and recompile the assembler.
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- 4.9 Pseudo-ops -- ORG
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- The ORG pseudo-op is used to set the assembly program
- counter to a particular value. The expression that defines this
- value may contain no forward references. The default initial
- value of the assembly program counter is 0000H. The following
- statement would change the assembly program counter to 0FFCH:
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- ORG 0FFCH
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- If a label is present on the same line as an ORG statement,
- it is assigned the new value of the assembly program counter.
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- 4.10 Pseudo-ops -- PAGE
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- The PAGE pseudo-op always causes an immediate page ejection
- in the listing by inserting a form feed ('\f') character before
- the next line. If an argument is specified, the argument
- expression specifies the number of lines per page in the listing.
- Legal values for the expression are any number except 1 and 2. A
- value of 0 turns the listing pagination off. Thus, the following
- statement cause a page ejection and would divide the listing into
- 60-line pages:
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- PAGE 60
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- 4.11 Pseudo-ops -- TITLE
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- The TITL pseudo-op sets the running title for the listing.
- The argument field is required and must be a string constant,
- though the null string ("") is legal. This title is printed
- after every page ejection in the listing, therefore, if page
- ejections have not been forced by the PAGE pseudo-op, the title
- will never be printed. The following statement would print the
- title "Random Bug Generator -- Ver 3.14159" at the top of every
- page of the listing:
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- TITLE "Random Bug Generator -- Ver 3.14159"
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- 4.12 Pseudo-ops -- DEFL, VAR
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- The VAR pseudo-op and its Zilog synonym DEFL function like
- the EQU pseudo-op except that the VAR statement can reassign the
- value of a label that has already been assigned by another VAR
- statement. Like the EQU statement, the argument expression may
- contain no forward references. A label defined by a VAR
- statement cannot be redefined by writing it in column 1 or with
- an EQU statement. The following series of statements would set
- the value of label "COUNT" to 1, 2, then 3:
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- COUNT VAR 1
- COUNT VAR 2
- COUNT VAR 3
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- 5.0 Assembly Errors
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- When a source line contains an illegal construct, the line
- is flagged in the listing with a single-letter code describing
- the error. The meaning of each code is listed below. In
- addition, a count of the number of lines with errors is kept and
- printed on the C "stderr" device (by default, the console) after
- the END statement is processed. If more than one error occurs in
- a given line, only the first is reported. For example, the
- illegal label "=$#*'(" would generate the following listing line:
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- L 0000 0D 80 00 =$#*'( INC IX
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- 5.1 Error * -- Illegal or Missing Statement
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- This error occurs when either:
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- 1) the assembler reaches the end of the source file
- without seeing an END statement, or
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- assembler thinks that it is missing, it probably is in the
- ignored section of an IF block. If the END statement is missing,
- supply it. If the END statement is in an INCLude file, delete
- it.
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- 5.2 Error ( -- Parenthesis Imbalance
-
- For every left parenthesis, there must be a right paren-
- thesis. Count them. Also, certain register tags allow
- expressions to reside in parentheses with them, while others do
- not. The legal forms of parenthesized register tags are:
-
- (IX + <expression>) (IY + <expression>)
- (IX - <expression>) (IY - <expression>)
-
- (BC) (DE) (HL) (SP) (IX) (IY) (C)
-
- An expression like (HL + 3) will cause a ( error.
-
-
- 5.3 Error " -- Missing Quotation Mark
-
- Strings have to begin and end with either " or '. Remember
- that " only matches " while ' only matches '.
-
-
- 5.4 Error B -- Branch Target Too Far Away
-
- The Z-80 relative branch instructions (DJNZ and JR) will
- only reach bytes that are within -126 to +129 bytes of the first
- byte of the instruction. If this error occurs, the source code
- will have to be rearranged to bring the branch target into range
- or a JP instruction that will reach anywhere will have to be
- used.
-
-
- 5.5 Error D -- Illegal Digit
-
- This error occurs if a digit greater than or equal to the
- base of a numeric constant is found. For example, a 2 in a
- binary number would cause a D error. Especially, watch for 8 or
- 9 in an octal number.
-
-
- 5.6 Error E -- Illegal Expression
-
- This error occurs because of:
-
- 1) a missing expression where one is required
-
- 2) a unary operator used as a binary operator or vice-
- versa
-
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- 3) a missing binary operator
-
- 4) a SHL or SHR count that is not 0 thru 15
-
-
- 5.7 Error I -- IF-ENDIF Imbalance
-
- For every COND or IF there must be a corresponding ENDC or
- ENDIF. If this error occurs on an ELSE, ENDC, or ENDIF
- statement, the corresponding COND or IF is missing. If this
- error occurs on an END statement, one or more ENDC or ENDIF
- statements are missing.
-
-
- 5.8 Error L -- Illegal Label
-
- This error occurs because of:
-
- 1) a non-alphabetic in column 1
-
- 2) a reserved word used as a label
-
- 3) a missing label on an DEFL, EQU, or VAR statement
-
- 4) a label on a COND, ELSE, ENDC, ENDIF, or IF statement
-
-
- 5.9 Error M -- Multiply Defined Label
-
- This error occurs because of:
-
- 1) a label defined in column 1 or with the EQU statement
- being redefined
-
- 2) a label defined by a DEFL or VAR statement being
- redefined either in column 1 or with the EQU statement
-
- 3) the value of the label changing between assembly passes
-
-
- 5.10 Error O -- Illegal Opcode
-
- The opcode field of a source line may contain only a valid
- machine opcode, a valid pseudo-op, or nothing at all. Anything
- else causes this error.
-
-
- 5.11 Error P -- Phasing Error
-
- This error occurs because of:
-
- 1) a forward reference in a DEFL, DEFS, DS, EQU, ORG, or
- VAR statement
-
- 2) a label disappearing between assembly passes
-
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-
-
-
- 5.12 Error R -- Illegal Register Specification
-
- This error means that you did one of the following:
-
- 1) Specified a register or condition code tag where no tag
- is allowed, such as RST HL, or
-
- 2) Specified an inappropriate register or condition code
- tag, such as JP (DE).
-
-
- 5.13 Error S -- Illegal Syntax
-
- This error means that an argument field is scrambled. Sort
- the mess out and reassemble. Look for missing commas, missing
- arguments, and the like.
-
-
- 5.14 Error T -- Too Many Arguments
-
- This error occurs if there are more items (expressions,
- register designators, etc.) in the argument field than the opcode
- or pseudo-op requires. The assembler ignores the extra items but
- issues this error in case something is really mangled.
-
-
- 5.15 Error U -- Undefined Label
-
- This error occurs if a label is referenced in an expression
- but not defined anywhere in the source program. If you are
- "sure" you have defined the label, note that upper and lower case
- letters in labels are different. Defining "LABEL" does not
- define "Label."
-
-
- 5.16 Error V -- Illegal Value
-
- This error occurs because:
-
- 1) an immediate value is not -128 thru 255, or
-
- 2) a DB argument is not -128 thru 255, or
-
- 3) an INCL argument refers to a file that does not exist,
-
- 4) an indexing offset (the <number> in (IX + <number>) is
- not in the range -128 through 127, or
-
- 5) a bit number in a BIT, RES, or SET instruction is
- greater than 7.
-
-
-
-
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-
- 6.0 Warning Messages
-
- Some errors that occur during the parsing of the cross-
- assembler command line are non-fatal. The cross-assembler flags
- these with a message on the C "stdout" device (by default, the
- console) beginning with the word "Warning." The messages are
- listed below:
-
-
- 6.1 Warning -- Illegal Option Ignored
-
- The only options that the cross-assembler knows are -l and
- -o. Any other command line argument beginning with - will draw
- this error.
-
-
- 6.2 Warning -- -l Option Ignored -- No File Name
- 6.3 Warning -- -o Option Ignored -- No File Name
-
- The -l and -o options require a file name to tell the
- assembler where to put the listing file or object file. If this
- file name is missing, the option is ignored.
-
-
- 6.4 Warning -- Extra Source File Ignored
-
- The cross-assembler will only assemble one file at a time,
- so source file names after the first are ignored. To assemble a
- second file, invoke the assembler again. Note that under CP/M-
- 80, the old trick of reexecuting a core image will NOT work as
- the initialized data areas are not reinitialized prior to the
- second run.
-
-
- 6.5 Warning -- Extra Listing File Ignored
- 6.6 Warning -- Extra Object File Ignored
-
- The cross-assembler will only generate one listing and
- object file per assembly run, so -l and -o options after the
- first are ignored.
-
-
- 7.0 Fatal Error Messages
-
- Several errors that occur during the parsing of the cross-
- assembler command line or during the assembly run are fatal. The
- cross-assembler flags these with a message on the C "stdout"
- device (by default, the console) beginning with the words "Fatal
- Error." The messages are explained below:
-
-
- 7.1 Fatal Error -- No Source File Specified
-
- This one is self-explanatory. The assembler does not know
- what to assemble.
-
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-
-
- 7.2 Fatal Error -- Source File Did Not Open
-
- The assembler could not open the source file. The most
- likely cause is that the source file as specified on the command
- line does not exist. On larger systems, there could also be
- priviledge violations. Rarely, a read error in the disk
- directory could cause this error.
-
-
- 7.3 Fatal Error -- Listing File Did Not Open
- 7.4 Fatal Error -- Object File Did Not Open
-
- This error indicates either a defective listing or object
- file name or a full disk directory. Correct the file name or
- make more room on the disk.
-
-
- 7.5 Fatal Error -- Error Reading Source File
-
- This error generally indicates a read error in the disk data
- space. Use your backup copy of the source file (You do have one,
- don't you?) to recreate the mangled file and reassemble.
-
-
- 7.6 Fatal Error -- Disk or Directory Full
-
- This one is self-explanatory. Some more space must be found
- either by deleting files or by using a disk with more room on it.
-
-
- 7.7 Fatal Error -- File Stack Overflow
-
- This error occurs if you exceed the INCLude file limit of
- four files open simultaneously. This limit can be increased by
- increasing the constant FILES in file AZ80.H and recompiling the
- cross-assembler.
-
-
- 7.8 Fatal Error -- If Stack Overflow
-
- This error occurs if you exceed the nesting limit of 16 IF
- blocks. This limit can be increased by increasing the constant
- IFDEPTH in file AZ80.H and recompiling the cross-assembler.
-
-
- 7.9 Fatal Error -- Too Many Symbols
-
- Congratulations! You have run out of memory. The space for
- the cross-assembler's symbol table is allocated at run-time using
- the C library function malloc(), so the cross-assembler will use
- all available memory. The only solutions to this problem are to
- lessen the number of labels in the source program or to add more
- memory.
-
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