Gury Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 New version of MADS: http://mads.atari8.info/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 ehm.... an english doc or at least description of the changes/improvements would be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebe Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 english doc http://atariarea.krap.pl/x-asm/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezz Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 (edited) english doc http://atariarea.krap.pl/x-asm/ @Tebe, this is cool, I missed this post last month for english docs. I am looking into changing over to MADS assembler, I have been using X-ASM in most recent years.. EDIT> there doesn't seem to be any MADS specific info on there? Edited November 4, 2007 by Tezz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eru Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 MADS is a great assembler, with many more features than XASM, and I really recommend it for larger projects. For me, two things make a HUGE difference: .LOCAL and .MACRO. Unfortunately for non-polish people, the documentation for MADS-specific features (that made me change to it) is not available in english. Perhaps someone from Poland could do that? And don't look at me, I'm busy with other Atari stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezz Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 MADS is a great assembler, with many more features than XASM, and I really recommend it for larger projects. For me, two things make a HUGE difference: .LOCAL and .MACRO.Yes, it sounded like a more featured assembler with the inclusion of macro. I'd really like to get to use it. Unfortunately for non-polish people, the documentation for MADS-specific features (that made me change to it) is not available in english. Perhaps someone from Poland could do that?That would be great. Are there any Polish guys out there who would translate the docs? Where's Dracon at these days? Dracon & Miker did a good job translating G2f docs for Tebe's program. ....don't look at me, I'm busy with other Atari stuff That's always good to hear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gury Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 New version of MADS released, 1.8.4 more specifically. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 New version of MADS released, 1.8.4 more specifically. Enjoy! Bumping an old topic, but has anyone made progress with this documentation? The VBXE2 source code examples were done with MADS 1.8.4 so I will be learning to use it. Stephen Anderson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Bumping again: I'd like to use MADS too, especially now that the new version of WUDSN is going to work with it. The example code supplied with MADS is superb and extensive: unfortunately it's hard for us English speaking coders to follow the more advanced features of the assembler. So - any chance of an English version of the docs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Version 1.8.8 released What's inside: - uptated software-sprite routine for use with 8x24 sprites - default file extension for ICL command is .ASM (when parameter is not given) so MADS tries to include filename.asm in this case - comments /* */ in .MACRO and .REPT are working OK now - removed bug in assembling #IF and #WHILE for statements with .OR and .AND - command line switches are now preceded with - (dash) instead of slash (encountered some problems with adding slash character on MacOS X) - corrected .USING directive for the actual name-range and the following names in this range Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Coolio... as I have Freepascal installed on OSX I can compile my own version.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookt Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Coolio... as I have Freepascal installed on OSX I can compile my own version.... Yipee !!! (Only joking ) Is this the same version as I posted a couple of days ago or have further fixes been added? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebe Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 new 1.8.9 p.s. i add version number by another program 'build' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I think I might have to make the change... ATAsm is pissing me off. It seems to put the messages indicating the segments just anywhere in the output listing. You use ".INCBIN <file>" assuming it'll just add the binary segments in the file, but it just assembles the entire data inline. It just quits at the first error, so if you've got missing labels it takes forever to discover them all. It would probably actually be faster to just use Mac-65 in turbo mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 This looks great, but English docs would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRV Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 This looks great, but English docs would be nice. yes! inclusive a list with all commands grouped by type (macros, arrays, structs..) could be useful.. one question.. (I don't know if is the best place, but..) in previous versions (1.7.5) I was able to compile macros like this: .macro Test1 lda $FFFF beq EndMark EndMark1 .endm .macro Test2 jmp EndMark EndMark2 .endm but in the last versions I get an error "Missing .ENDM" .. is there a new way to do this or just a bug? thanks! NRV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebe Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 thx NRV, its bug change label EndMark -> En_dMark and it's OK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebe Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 (edited) mads 1.9.0 build 14, bug fixed mads_1.9.0_build14.zip Edited July 24, 2009 by tebe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRV Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Thanx! (I will try not to use that kind of names for my labels ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebe Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 now (1.9.0 build 14) labels with END works OK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAC! Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 I think I might have to make the change... ATAsm is pissing me off.It seems to put the messages indicating the segments just anywhere in the output listing. You use ".INCBIN <file>" assuming it'll just add the binary segments in the file, but it just assembles the entire data inline. Hi Rybags, Yes, "INCBIN" is a binary (inline) include by default. You can give it a new start address using "*". This will cause a new segment in case the result is not a single continous block of bytes. ATASM minimizes the number of segments be default. // Will be one segment * = $2000 start jmp start .incbin "example.bin" // Will be two segments * = $2000 start jmp start * = $2800 .incbin "example.bin" and you can also force a new segment by using the ".bank" directive. // Will be two segments * = $2000 start jmp start .bank * = $2003 .incbin "example.bin" regarding the error reporting you might want to check out WUDSN IDE. The lastest version includes automatic positioning to the error (also for MADS of course ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenames99 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 This looks great, but English docs would be nice. hi, I did a google translation that looks usable. hope everyone can use it. Ken MADS-English.txt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Thanks Ken! Couldn't have arrived at a better moment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAC! Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Hi Tebe, For my latest project I had to switch from ATASM to MADS because the only useable MPT replayer was in MADS format. I was really afraid that the switch will delay the whole project, especially because I had not useable English manual at first. Now, after three weeks I simply have to say: Thank you TeBe! MADS is the fucking best assembler one can think of. With the nested names features of .local and .proc, the whole project whould have died two weeks ago. Instead has has become the most complex and yet most readable source I ever created. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 (edited) That picture looks good Peter... It almost looks like a structure definition, but without using .STRUCT... EDIT: I just tried to expand a STRUCT using the outline viewer, and it doesn't work (the three structure entries are greyed out). Anyway: I concur. MADS is superb, and the source code can be very readable. Edited November 22, 2010 by flashjazzcat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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