kamakazi Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Hi All, I am attempting to learn the Intellivision for development purposes. However, when trying to use a printed code of Merrick's Hello World code and compiling it with AS1600, I keep getting all kinds of errors. Would someone be kind enough to tell me what is going wrong? Is it my code or something else? ;;------------------------------------------ ;;HELLO.ASM ;;------------------------------------------ ;;by MICHAEL ALLARD ;;based on source code by Merrick J. Stemen ;;21 OCTOBER 2011 ;;Program makes calls to EXEC ;;Not a REAL GAME! ;; ;;Complier: AS1600 ;; ;;------------------------------------------ ;;Portions of ROMHDR adapted from Joe Zbiciak's PONG ROMW 10 ORG $5000 ;;------------------------------------------ ROMHDR: WORD $0001 ;Moveable Object Data Pointer WORD $0000 ;RTAB WORD START ;START of program WORD $0000 ;Background graphics pointer WORD ROMHDR ;CARDTAB WORD TITLE ;Pointer to ASCIIZ Title String BYTE $80 ;Bit 7 SET - Run code after title BYTE $02 ;H/V offset BYTE $00 ;color stack mode (0=CS; 1=F/B) BYTE 1,1,1,1 ;color stack data (All blue) BYTE $02 ;Red Border ;;------------------------------------------ TITLE: BYTE 100, "MIKE'S GAME",0 ;;------------------------------------------ ;;Print "2000" where the copyright data goes ;;(I realize that I only need two zeros POST_TITLE: MVII #$2D0,R4 ;WHERE THE COPYRIGHT DATE GOES MVII #$97,R1 ;CHARACTER "2" - WHITE MVO@ R1,R4 ;PUT THE "2" ON THE SCREEN MVII #$87,R1 ;CHARACTER "0" - WHITE MVO@ R1,R4 ;"0" MVO@ R1,R4 ;"0" MVO@ R1,R4 ;"0" MVO@ R5,R6 ;PUSH R5 INCR R4 JSR R5,$187B BYTE "Mike",0 ;PUT MY NAME OVER LAST MATTEL MVI@ R6,R7 ;RETURN FROM TITLE SCREEN ;;------------------------------------------ START: MVO@ R5,R6 ;PUSH R5 MVII #$0200,R4 ;START OF SCREENMEM MVII $240,R0 ;TO CLEAR ENTIRE SCREEN JSR R5,$1738 ;CLEARMEM MVII #$027C,R4 ;WHERE TO PRINT THE MESSAGE MVII #$0004,R3 ;COLOR TO PRINT THE MESSAGE JSR R5,$187B ;PRINT DATA THAT FOLLOWS BYTE "HELLO WORLD!",0 MVII #$02DE,R4 ;WHERE TO PRINT THE MESSAGE MVII #$0000,R3 ;COLOR TO PRINT THE MESSAGE JSR R5,$187B ;PRINT THE DATA THAT FOLLOWS BYTE "PRESS F10 OR ESC",0 MVI@ R6,R7 ;IS THIS THE END? ;;---------------------------------------------- And the error messages I keep getting: 00000000 ROMW 00000000 ORG 00000000 ROMHDR 00000000 WORD 00000000 BYTE 00000000 TITLE 0000000d POST_TITLE 0000000f MVII 0000000f MVO@ 0000000f INCR 0000000f JSR 0000000f MVI@ 0000000f START ;;------------------------------------------ ;;HELLO.ASM ;;------------------------------------------ ;;by MICHAEL ALLARD ;;based on source code by Merrick J. Stemen ;;21 OCTOBER 2011 ;;Program makes calls to EXEC ;;Not a REAL GAME! ;; ;;Complier: AS1600 ;; ;;------------------------------------------ ;;Portions of ROMHDR adapted from Joe Zbiciak's PONG 0x0 ROMW 10 ERROR - parse error at/before token "10" 0x0 ORG $5000 ERROR - parse error at/before token "$5000" ;;------------------------------------------ 0x0 ROMHDR: 0x0 WORD $0001 ;Moveable Object Data Pointer ERROR - parse error at/before token "$0001" WORD $0000 ;RTAB ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before token "$0000" WORD START ;START of program ERROR - invalid opcode ERROR - multiple definition of label WORD $0000 ;Background graphics pointer ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before token "$0000" WORD ROMHDR ;CARDTAB ERROR - invalid opcode ERROR - multiple definition of label WORD TITLE ;Pointer to ASCIIZ Title String ERROR - invalid opcode ERROR - multiple definition of label 0x0 BYTE $80 ;Bit 7 SET - Run code after title ERROR - parse error at/before token "$80" BYTE $02 ;H/V offset ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before token "$02" BYTE $00 ;color stack mode (0=CS; 1=F/B) ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before token "$00" BYTE 1,1,1,1 ;color stack data (All blue) ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before token "1" BYTE $02 ;Red Border ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before token "$02" ;;------------------------------------------ 0000 0064 004d 0049 TITLE: BYTE 100, "MIKE'S GAME",0 0003 004b 0045 0027 0053 0020 0047 0041 004d 000b 0045 0000 ;;------------------------------------------ ;;Print "2000" where the copyright data goes ;;(I realize that I only need two zeros 000d 02bc 02d0 POST_TITLE: MVII #$2D0,R4 ;WHERE THE COPYRIGHT DATE GOES 0xf MVII #$97,R1 ;CHARACTER "2" - WHITE ERROR - parse error at/before character "#" MVO@ R1,R4 ;PUT THE "2" ON THE SCREEN ERROR - invalid opcode ERROR - parse error at/before character "," MVII #$87,R1 ;CHARACTER "0" - WHITE ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before character "#" MVO@ R1,R4 ;"0" ERROR - invalid opcode ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before character "," MVO@ R1,R4 ;"0" ERROR - invalid opcode ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before character "," MVO@ R1,R4 ;"0" ERROR - invalid opcode ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before character "," MVO@ R5,R6 ;PUSH R5 ERROR - invalid opcode ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before character "," INCR R4 ERROR - invalid opcode JSR R5,$187B ERROR - invalid opcode ERROR - parse error at/before character "," BYTE "Mike",0 ;PUT MY NAME OVER LAST MATTEL ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before string "Mike" MVI@ R6,R7 ;RETURN FROM TITLE SCREEN ERROR - invalid opcode ERROR - parse error at/before character "," ;;------------------------------------------ 000f 0275 START: MVO@ R5,R6 ;PUSH R5 MVII #$0200,R4 ;START OF SCREENMEM ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before character "#" MVII $240,R0 ;TO CLEAR ENTIRE SCREEN ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before token "$240" JSR R5,$1738 ;CLEARMEM ERROR - invalid opcode ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before character "," MVII #$027C,R4 ;WHERE TO PRINT THE MESSAGE ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before character "#" MVII #$0004,R3 ;COLOR TO PRINT THE MESSAGE ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before character "#" JSR R5,$187B ;PRINT DATA THAT FOLLOWS ERROR - invalid opcode ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before character "," BYTE "HELLO WORLD!",0 ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before string "HELLO WORLD!" MVII #$02DE,R4 ;WHERE TO PRINT THE MESSAGE ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before character "#" MVII #$0000,R3 ;COLOR TO PRINT THE MESSAGE ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before character "#" JSR R5,$187B ;PRINT THE DATA THAT FOLLOWS ERROR - invalid opcode ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before character "," BYTE "PRESS F10 OR ESC",0 ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before string "PRESS F10 OR ESC" MVI@ R6,R7 ;IS THIS THE END? ERROR - invalid opcode ERROR - multiple definition of label ERROR - parse error at/before character "," ;;---------------------------------------------- ERROR SUMMARY - ERRORS DETECTED 74 - WARNINGS 0 Any help in the right direction would be appreciated. For software, I am using the SDK1600 package with all included development apps. The "Hello World" code is from an Electonite document titled "Programming the Intellivision II. After reading the title, which I just noticed, is there a difference between the two or is this code for something else? Thanks in advanced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 You probably want a space before your instructions mnemonics so that the assembler knows its not a label. You also had a # missing from a MVII instruction. Fixed code is here :- ;;------------------------------------------ ;;HELLO.ASM ;;------------------------------------------ ;;by MICHAEL ALLARD ;;based on source code by Merrick J. Stemen ;;21 OCTOBER 2011 ;;Program makes calls to EXEC ;;Not a REAL GAME! ;; ;;Complier: AS1600 ;; ;;------------------------------------------ ;;Portions of ROMHDR adapted from Joe Zbiciak's PONG ROMW 10 ORG $5000 ;;------------------------------------------ ROMHDR: WORD $0001 ;Moveable Object Data Pointer WORD $0000 ;RTAB WORD START ;START of program WORD $0000 ;Background graphics pointer WORD ROMHDR ;CARDTAB WORD TITLE ;Pointer to ASCIIZ Title String BYTE $80 ;Bit 7 SET - Run code after title BYTE $02 ;H/V offset BYTE $00 ;color stack mode (0=CS; 1=F/B) BYTE 1,1,1,1 ;color stack data (All blue) BYTE $02 ;Red Border ;;------------------------------------------ TITLE: BYTE 100, "MIKE'S GAME",0 ;;------------------------------------------ ;;Print "2000" where the copyright data goes ;;(I realize that I only need two zeros POST_TITLE: MVII #$2D0,R4 ;WHERE THE COPYRIGHT DATE GOES MVII #$97,R1 ;CHARACTER "2" - WHITE MVO@ R1,R4 ;PUT THE "2" ON THE SCREEN MVII #$87,R1 ;CHARACTER "0" - WHITE MVO@ R1,R4 ;"0" MVO@ R1,R4 ;"0" MVO@ R1,R4 ;"0" MVO@ R5,R6 ;PUSH R5 INCR R4 JSR R5,$187B BYTE "Mike",0 ;PUT MY NAME OVER LAST MATTEL MVI@ R6,R7 ;RETURN FROM TITLE SCREEN ;;------------------------------------------ START: MVO@ R5,R6 ;PUSH R5 MVII #$0200,R4 ;START OF SCREENMEM MVII #$240,R0 ;TO CLEAR ENTIRE SCREEN JSR R5,$1738 ;CLEARMEM MVII #$027C,R4 ;WHERE TO PRINT THE MESSAGE MVII #$0004,R3 ;COLOR TO PRINT THE MESSAGE JSR R5,$187B ;PRINT DATA THAT FOLLOWS BYTE "HELLO WORLD!",0 MVII #$02DE,R4 ;WHERE TO PRINT THE MESSAGE MVII #$0000,R3 ;COLOR TO PRINT THE MESSAGE JSR R5,$187B ;PRINT THE DATA THAT FOLLOWS BYTE "PRESS F10 OR ESC",0 MVI@ R6,R7 ;IS THIS THE END? ;;---------------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 (edited) GroovyBee is right. For reference, the Assembler treats all symbols flushed to the left margin as labels, whether they are followed a colon or not. So, your code MVII #$97,R1 is interpreted as if "MVII" were a label followed by the invalid instruction "#$97, R1". -dZ. Edited October 21, 2011 by DZ-Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvnut Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Came here to say the same thing as GroovyBee and DZ-Jay... Strings that start in the first column usually get interpreted as labels. Most modern programming languages (except possibly Python) largely ignore white space. AS1600 (and most assemblers, for that matter) treat the first column of a new line as special, though, to distinguish labels from mnemonics / macros / etc. (The major exception in AS1600 are the MACRO/ENDM directives, which want to start in the first column. That's really rather unique to AS1600, and comes from how Joe Fisher implemented macros in his IMASM tool that I integrated into AS1600. But, let's not get ahead of ourselves... just know that MACRO and ENDM are the two exceptions to "first column means a label".) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 (edited) Came here to say the same thing as GroovyBee and DZ-Jay... Strings that start in the first column usually get interpreted as labels. Most modern programming languages (except possibly Python) largely ignore white space. AS1600 (and most assemblers, for that matter) treat the first column of a new line as special, though, to distinguish labels from mnemonics / macros / etc. (The major exception in AS1600 are the MACRO/ENDM directives, which want to start in the first column. That's really rather unique to AS1600, and comes from how Joe Fisher implemented macros in his IMASM tool that I integrated into AS1600. But, let's not get ahead of ourselves... just know that MACRO and ENDM are the two exceptions to "first column means a label".) Er, Joe, if I recall correctly, you can also use a macro in the first column and it'll be expanded properly. -dZ. Edited October 23, 2011 by DZ-Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Would you guys speak english..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Would you guys speak english..... Hey Rev, Interested in making your own INTV games? -dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Would you guys speak english..... When you join the club you'll get a manual . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vprette Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 (edited) I did try miself modifying the Pong code.... not easy honestly to code for INTV Edited October 25, 2011 by vprette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I wish i did know how to program! i would love to program a game. I dont think i am programming material though. it is way over my head. Groovy, what manual? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Groovy, what manual? The first rule of the club is don't talk about the club. The second rule of the club is don't talk about the manual . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Third rule, send those both my way... with getting the feet wet with the AQ, it has sparked my programming bug again, send that manual over (and any patch we get for being part of the "unspoken" club) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Groovy, what manual? The first rule of the club is don't talk about the club. The second rule of the club is don't talk about the manual . Shouldnt you be programming your 7800 games so you can hurry up and start the Intv ones, and stop harrassing the tourists!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Groovy, what manual? The first rule of the club is don't talk about the club. The second rule of the club is don't talk about the manual . Shouldnt you be programming your 7800 games so you can hurry up and start the Intv ones, and stop harrassing the tourists!!!! Ouch! Harassing the tourists, LOL! -dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Shouldnt you be programming your 7800 games so you can hurry up and start the Intv ones, and stop harrassing the tourists!!!! Yep! 7800 games are coming along nicely. I always harass the tourists on my breaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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