Jedd Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Hey guys I'm new here and started reading Andrew's tutorials yesterday. I have some experience with programming, but this is all still pretty hard for me, but I'm getting it. Great job with the tutorials man! Anyway, I'm having trouble getting DASM set up on my Mac. A few months ago I switched from a PC to a Mac and I'm having trouble figuring out how I can set up DASM to actually assemble. In fact, I'm not even sure where to start. Here's where I'm at: I've downloaded and unzipped both DASM and the header .h files. I have no idea where they should be, but right now both folders are on the desktop, seperate from eachother. When I try to run DASM under DASM->bin->Mac->OSX->DASM, it opens in a program called "Terminal" which I didnt even know I had. It promts me with this: Last login: (date) on ttyp1 Welcome to Darwin! [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:~] jeddgobl% [] (date) is today's date and the [] is actually a solid rectangle. Am I doing something wrong? Do I need to open the asm files outside of the program? I've copied and pasted the kernal code on Andrew's tutorial and saved it as kernal.asm. What do I do now? Please help, I'm really confused and I'm still trying to figure out this darn Mac.[/code] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nudicle Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 When you double click on DASM what it's running is called a shell. DASM is meant to be used via this shell. To interact with DASM through the shell you have to type various shell commands. For instance, try typing 'echo $SHELL' followed by a return. The output will probably be /bin/tcsh. /bin/tcsh is the name of the shell program with which you're interacting. In order to invoke DASM from the shell, you probably want to pop yourself into the directory in which DASM lives. You'll need to learn some basic shell commands in order to do this. man, pwd, cd are some of the first you might want to look into. ('man x' will give you the manual page for command x .. eg "man pwd" will tell you about pwd. man pages are unfortunately usually totally unhelpful ... you probably want to look to the web or a book to get started with shells). When you get to the directory in which the DASM MacosX binary as well as the .asm file you want to assemble, you'll invoke DASM from the command line like you invoked cd and the other commands, only this time with a './' in front, like this "./DASM" .. The reason for that gets into default paths and stuff which you might also want to look up. Additionally, if you copied and pasted the code and then saved it as x.asm, there's a likelihood it won't work when you get to the point where you invoke DASM for that file. This is because copy and paste is, by default, annoyingly "smart" and it remembers formatting. If you open your .asm file in SimpleText it might look just fine, but when you're on the command line if you look at it with programs called emacs, vi, or cat it'll look all messed up. I get around this default "feature" by pasting into TextWrangler or the free SubEthaEdit. You could also "paste unformatted" into MsWord and save as plain text. good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Posted April 3, 2004 Author Share Posted April 3, 2004 Thanks so much! You got me going on the right track. I guess "terminal" is like the Mac version of DOS prompt. It's taking some getting used to, there is no "cd" like in Dos. I'll tell you once I get this thing to work. Thanks again man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted April 3, 2004 Share Posted April 3, 2004 Thanks so much! You got me going on the right track. I guess "terminal" is like the Mac version of DOS prompt. It's taking some getting used to, there is no "cd" like in Dos. I'll tell you once I get this thing to work. Thanks again man! There is a "cd" command like in DOS, but because the file structure in OS X (and Unix-like operating systems in general) is setup differently, it takes some getting used to if you're not familiar with it. If you open a shell in OS X, you are deposited in your home directory. You can use "pwd" to "print working directory", which will show you what directory you are currently in. Your user directory will be under "/Users/name", where "name" is the short name you gave to OS X when setting up your account (if you are the only user on your machine, you were prompted for this when setting up the OS). Drives are not assigned letters like in Windows, but are connected under the "Volumes" directory, located at the root of your file system. You can type "cd /volumes" and then "ls" to see what drives are mounted on your system. This list will contain not just hard drives, but optical media (CDs / DVDs), USB-filesystems (like compact flash cards), connected network drives, and so forth. To get back to your home directory at any time, just type "cd" by itself. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Posted April 4, 2004 Author Share Posted April 4, 2004 Ok I figured out a lot about terminal. Al was right, you can use cd. But I still can't get it to assemble anything! I've tried just about everything. I even tried the test files included with Dasm. There is something in the Terminal Preferences that allows me to switch to another shell. I tried doing that but it doesn't seem to be any different. Also, I tried typing ./dasm and ./kernal and a whole bunch of other stuff, but everytime I do, it gives me but every time it gives me: tcsh: ./demo: Permission denied. Any clue why? Btw, isn't ther some sort of an application where I can open it, choose the file I want, and it will assemble for me? Makes a lot more sense if you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nudicle Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 With more specifics regarding exactly which directory you are in I could help you better, but here's one thing that might be going wrong: in the DASM directory structure on my machine there's a demo.asm file: peapod:~/ataridev/DASM/test amw$ pwd /Users/amw/ataridev/DASM/test peapod:~/ataridev/DASM/test amw$ ls demo.asm example.asm locals.asm suite6303.asm suite6502.asm suite68705.asm suite68HC11.asm The ~ is a short form to indicate my home directory. If I go to that directory (~/ataridev/DASM/test) and type ./demo.asm I see your error: peapod:~/ataridev/DASM/test amw$ ./demo.asm -bash: ./demo.asm: Permission denied I don't know if your permissions error is due to a scenario like the above, but in case it is I'll explain why it's not working -- First, demo.asm is a text file, not an executable program. typing its name or ./demo.asm tells the shell to try to execute that file, but since this is just a text file your shell has no idea what to do with it. What you need to do is invoke DASM using demo.asm as an input. DASM will produce a binary for you. In order to see the demo run you'll need to install a program called Stella, which thankfully works from the GUI .. all you'll need to to is go to Open and select the DASM output file and it'll run. When I assemble code I do it from the directory in which the executable dasm lives. You don't necessarily have to do it that way, but this method works fine for me and it keeps things simple. So, when I want to assemble a .asm file, I go here: peapod:~/ataridev/DASM/bin/Mac/OSX amw$ pwd /Users/amw/ataridev/DASM/bin/Mac/OSX peapod:~/ataridev/DASM/bin/Mac/OSX amw$ ls #kernel.asm# VCS.H ftohex kernel.bin macro.h README.txt dasm kernel.asm kernel.txt From here I can invoke the assembler by typing ./dasm peapod:~/ataridev/DASM/bin/Mac/OSX amw$ ./dasm redistributable for non-profit only DASM sourcefile [options] -f# output format -oname output file -lname list file -Lname list file, containing all passes -sname symbol dump -v# verboseness -t# Symbol Table sorting preference (#1 = by address. default #0 = alphabetic) -Dname=exp define label -Mname=exp define label as in EQM -Idir search directory for include and incbin -p# max number of passes -P# max number of passes, with less checks Fatal assembly error: Check command-line format. peapod:~/ataridev/DASM/bin/Mac/OSX amw$ Let's say I want to assemble kernel.asm. First, I make sure it's in the same directory as the dasm binary : peapod:~/ataridev/DASM/bin/Mac/OSX amw$ pwd /Users/amw/ataridev/DASM/bin/Mac/OSX peapod:~/ataridev/DASM/bin/Mac/OSX amw$ ls #kernel.asm# README.txt VCS.H dasm ftohex kernel.asm macro.h peapod:~/ataridev/DASM/bin/Mac/OSX amw$ Then I invoke dasm : peapod:~/ataridev/DASM/bin/Mac/OSX amw$ ./dasm kernel.asm -f3 -v5 -okernel.bin Here's what happens : peapod:~/ataridev/DASM/bin/Mac/OSX amw$ ./dasm kernel.asm -f3 -v5 -okernel.bin DASM V2.20.07, Macro Assembler (C)1988-2003 START OF PASS: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SEGMENT NAME INIT PC INIT RPC FINAL PC FINAL RPC 0000 ???? 0000 ???? RIOT [u] 0000 ???? 0000 ???? TIA_REGISTERS_READ [u] 0000 ???? 0000 ???? TIA_REGISTERS_WRITE [u] 0000 ???? 0000 ???? INITIAL CODE SEGMENT 0000 ???? 0000 ???? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 references to unknown symbols. 0 events requiring another assembler pass. --- Symbol List (sorted by symbol) AUDC0 0015 AUDC1 0016 AUDF0 0017 AUDF1 0018 AUDV0 0019 AUDV1 001a COLUBK 0009 (R ) COLUP0 0006 COLUP1 0007 COLUPF 0008 CTRLPF 000a CXBLPF 0006 CXCLR 002c CXM0FB 0004 CXM0P 0000 CXM1FB 0005 CXM1P 0001 CXP0FB 0002 CXP1FB 0003 CXPPMM 0007 ENABL 001f ENAM0 001d ENAM1 001e GRP0 001b GRP1 001c HMBL 0024 HMCLR 002b HMM0 0022 HMM1 0023 HMOVE 002a HMP0 0020 HMP1 0021 INPT0 0008 INPT1 0009 INPT2 000a INPT3 000b INPT4 000c INPT5 000d INTIM 0284 NUSIZ0 0004 NUSIZ1 0005 PF0 000d PF1 000e PF2 000f REFP0 000b REFP1 000c RESBL 0014 Reset f000 (R ) RESM0 0012 RESM1 0013 RESMP0 0028 RESMP1 0029 RESP0 0010 RESP1 0011 RSYNC 0003 StartOfFrame f000 (R ) SWACNT 0281 SWBCNT 0283 SWCHA 0280 SWCHB 0282 T1024T 0297 TIA_BASE_ADDRESS 0000 (R ) TIA_BASE_READ_ADDRESS 0000 (R ) TIA_BASE_WRITE_ADDRESS 0000 (R ) TIM1T 0294 TIM64T 0296 TIM8T 0295 TIMINT 0285 VBLANK 0001 (R ) VDELBL 0027 VDELP0 0025 VDELP1 0026 VERSION_MACRO 0069 VERSION_VCS 0069 VSYNC 0000 (R ) WSYNC 0002 (R ) --- End of Symbol List. Complete. peapod:~/ataridev/DASM/bin/Mac/OSX amw$ ls #kernel.asm# VCS.H demo.asm kernel.asm macro.h README.txt dasm ftohex kernel.bin peapod:~/ataridev/DASM/bin/Mac/OSX amw$ Note that now there's a kernel.bin file in my directory -- that's what the -o option in the command invoking dasm specified. Now I can run my Stella emulator and using the regular Mac GUI tell it to open the kernel.bin final --- and that's where you get to see the fruits of your programming labor. Incidentally, right after I assembled the kernel above I copied demo.asm into my dasm directory and tried to assemble it .... it didn't work and I haven't looked into why yet. Here's what dasm said as it barfed: peapod:~/ataridev/DASM/bin/Mac/OSX amw$ ./dasm demo.asm -f3 -v5 -odemo.bin DASM V2.20.07, Macro Assembler (C)1988-2003 START OF PASS: 1 segment: code 0000 ???? vs current org: 0005 demo.asm (46): error: Origin Reverse-indexed. Aborting assembly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Posted April 4, 2004 Author Share Posted April 4, 2004 Man thanks so much for all your help and the awesome description. But I'm still stuck. Here's the problem: Jedd-Gobles-Computer:/dasmfolder/bin/mac/osx jeddgoble$ ls README.txt dasm kernal.asm VCS.H ftohex macro.h Jedd-Gobles-Computer:/dasmfolder/bin/mac/osx jeddgoble$ ./dasm -bash: ./dasm: Permission denied Jedd-Gobles-Computer:/dasmfolder/bin/mac/osx jeddgoble$ You suck computer!!! I have no clue why. I did the same thing as you. Maybe the dasm I have isn't good? Oh and btw I have stella and it works fine on my computer, so once I generate some .bin's I can get them tested and running. Thanks again for all your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nudicle Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 What is the output if you run "ls -la" in the dasm directory? peapod:~/ataridev/DASM/bin/Mac/OSX amw$ ls -la total 496 -rw-r--r-- 1 amw staff 3704 1 Feb 19:09 #kernel.asm# drwxrwxrwx 14 amw staff 476 3 Apr 20:23 . drwxrwxrwx 7 amw staff 238 31 Jan 16:33 .. -rw-rw-rw- 1 amw staff 6148 30 Mar 00:06 .DS_Store -rw------- 1 amw staff 631 1 Feb 12:06 .gdb_history -rw-rw-rw- 1 amw staff 101 19 Jul 2003 README.txt -rw-rw-rw- 1 amw staff 9397 14 Nov 22:17 VCS.H -rwxrwxrwx 1 amw staff 173556 1 Feb 11:54 dasm -rw-r--r-- 1 amw staff 656 3 Apr 20:10 demo.asm -rw-r--r-- 1 amw staff 5 3 Apr 20:23 demo.bin -rwxrwxrwx 1 amw staff 16160 18 Jul 2003 ftohex -rw-r--r-- 1 amw staff 2906 3 Apr 20:11 kernel.asm -rw-r--r-- 1 amw staff 4096 3 Apr 20:12 kernel.bin -rw-rw-rw- 1 amw staff 5317 14 Nov 22:23 macro.h See how the dasm program says -rwxrwxrwx? Those x flags mark dasm as being an executable program. If the x flags are turned off you'll see the permissions error you're experiencing when you try to execute dasm. Again I don't know if this is your problem but it's another way to get the error message you're fighting with. If your dasm program doesn't have its execute bit set appropriately you can fix that by typing "chmod ugo+x dasm" Also you can "man chmod" to see exactly what that command does. hope this helps and best of luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Posted April 4, 2004 Author Share Posted April 4, 2004 Last login: Sun Apr 4 15:16:24 on ttyp1 Welcome to Darwin! [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:~] jeddgobl% cd /dasmfolder/bin/mac/osx [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% ls -la total 304 drwxrwxrwx 9 jeddgobl staff 306 4 Apr 15:01 . drwxrwxrwx 7 jeddgobl staff 238 31 Mar 16:17 .. -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 6148 4 Apr 15:32 .DS_Store -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 101 19 Jul 2003 README.txt -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 9397 14 Nov 22:17 VCS.H -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 98932 18 Jul 2003 dasm -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 16160 18 Jul 2003 ftohex -rw-r--r-- 1 jeddgobl staff 2939 31 Mar 15:25 kernal.asm -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 5317 14 Nov 22:23 macro.h [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% man chmod [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% chmod ugo+x dasm [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% ls -la total 304 drwxrwxrwx 9 jeddgobl staff 306 4 Apr 15:01 . drwxrwxrwx 7 jeddgobl staff 238 31 Mar 16:17 .. -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 6148 4 Apr 15:32 .DS_Store -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 101 19 Jul 2003 README.txt -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 9397 14 Nov 22:17 VCS.H -rwxrwxrwx 1 jeddgobl staff 98932 18 Jul 2003 dasm -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 16160 18 Jul 2003 ftohex -rw-r--r-- 1 jeddgobl staff 2939 31 Mar 15:25 kernal.asm -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 5317 14 Nov 22:23 macro.h [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% ./dasm redistributable for non-profit only DASM sourcefile [options] -f# output format -oname output file -lname list file -Lname list file, containing all passes -sname symbol dump -v# verboseness -t# Symbol Table sorting preference (#1 = by address. default #0 = alphabetic) -Dname=exp define label -Mname=exp define label as in EQM -Idir search directory for include and incbin -p# max number of passes -P# max number of passes, with less checks Fatal assembly error: Check command-line format. [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% I think I'm getting closer. What does that error at the end mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 Here's what happens when I try to assemble the code: Last login: Sun Apr 4 16:18:16 on ttyp1 Welcome to Darwin! [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:~] jeddgobl% cd /dasm [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:/dasm] jeddgobl% ls Machines Web doc test README.txt bin src [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:/dasm] jeddgobl% cd /dasm/bin/mac/osx [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% ls README.txt dasm kernal.asm VCS.H ftohex macro.h [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% ./dasm tcsh: ./dasm: Permission denied. [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% ls -la total 304 drwxrwxrwx 9 jeddgobl staff 306 4 Apr 16:33 . drwxrwxrwx 7 jeddgobl staff 238 4 Apr 16:33 .. -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 6148 4 Apr 16:34 .DS_Store -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 101 18 Jul 2003 README.txt -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 9397 14 Nov 21:17 VCS.H -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 98932 18 Jul 2003 dasm -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 16160 18 Jul 2003 ftohex -rw-r--r-- 1 jeddgobl staff 3046 4 Apr 16:33 kernal.asm -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 5317 14 Nov 21:23 macro.h [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% chmod ugo+x dasm [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% ls README.txt dasm kernal.asm VCS.H ftohex macro.h [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% ls -la total 304 drwxrwxrwx 9 jeddgobl staff 306 4 Apr 16:33 . drwxrwxrwx 7 jeddgobl staff 238 4 Apr 16:33 .. -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 6148 4 Apr 16:34 .DS_Store -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 101 18 Jul 2003 README.txt -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 9397 14 Nov 21:17 VCS.H -rwxrwxrwx 1 jeddgobl staff 98932 18 Jul 2003 dasm -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 16160 18 Jul 2003 ftohex -rw-r--r-- 1 jeddgobl staff 3046 4 Apr 16:33 kernal.asm -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 5317 14 Nov 21:23 macro.h [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% ./dasm redistributable for non-profit only DASM sourcefile [options] -f# output format -oname output file -lname list file -Lname list file, containing all passes -sname symbol dump -v# verboseness -t# Symbol Table sorting preference (#1 = by address. default #0 = alphabetic) -Dname=exp define label -Mname=exp define label as in EQM -Idir search directory for include and incbin -p# max number of passes -P# max number of passes, with less checks Fatal assembly error: Check command-line format. [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% ./dasm kernal.asm -f3 -v5 -okernal.bin DASM V2.20.07, Macro Assembler (C)1988-2003 START OF PASS: 1 kernal.asm (1): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (2): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (3): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (5): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (6): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (8): error: Unknown Mnemonic 'Reset'. kernal.asm (9): error: Unknown Mnemonic 'StartOfFrame'. kernal.asm (11): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (13): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (14): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (16): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (17): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (18): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (19): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (21): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (22): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (23): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (25): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (26): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (28): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (30): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (31): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (32): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (33): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (34): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (35): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (36): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (37): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (38): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (39): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (40): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (41): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (42): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (43): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (44): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (45): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (46): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (47): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (48): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (49): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (50): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (51): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (52): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (53): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (54): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (55): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (56): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (57): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (58): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (59): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (60): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (61): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (62): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (63): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (64): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (65): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (66): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (67): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (70): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (72): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (73): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (75): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (76): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (77): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (79): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (82): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (83): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (85): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (87): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (88): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (89): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (90): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (91): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (92): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (93): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (94): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (95): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (96): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (97): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (98): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (99): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (100): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (101): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (102): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (103): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (104): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (105): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (106): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (107): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (108): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (109): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (110): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (111): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (112): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (113): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (114): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (115): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (116): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (118): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (121): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (123): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (124): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (125): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (127): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SEGMENT NAME INIT PC INIT RPC FINAL PC FINAL RPC INITIAL CODE SEGMENT 0000 ???? 0000 ???? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 references to unknown symbols. 0 events requiring another assembler pass. --- Symbol List (sorted by symbol) --- End of Symbol List. Complete. [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% Edit: Sorry about the double post...and the really long code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Here's what happens when I try to assemble the code: Last login: Sun Apr 4 16:18:16 on ttyp1 Welcome to Darwin! [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:~] jeddgobl% cd /dasm [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:/dasm] jeddgobl% ls Machines Web doc test README.txt bin src [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:/dasm] jeddgobl% cd /dasm/bin/mac/osx [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% ls README.txt dasm kernal.asm VCS.H ftohex macro.h [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% ./dasm tcsh: ./dasm: Permission denied. [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% ls -la total 304 drwxrwxrwx 9 jeddgobl staff 306 4 Apr 16:33 . drwxrwxrwx 7 jeddgobl staff 238 4 Apr 16:33 .. -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 6148 4 Apr 16:34 .DS_Store -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 101 18 Jul 2003 README.txt -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 9397 14 Nov 21:17 VCS.H -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 98932 18 Jul 2003 dasm -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 16160 18 Jul 2003 ftohex -rw-r--r-- 1 jeddgobl staff 3046 4 Apr 16:33 kernal.asm -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 5317 14 Nov 21:23 macro.h [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% chmod ugo+x dasm [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% ls README.txt dasm kernal.asm VCS.H ftohex macro.h [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% ls -la total 304 drwxrwxrwx 9 jeddgobl staff 306 4 Apr 16:33 . drwxrwxrwx 7 jeddgobl staff 238 4 Apr 16:33 .. -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 6148 4 Apr 16:34 .DS_Store -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 101 18 Jul 2003 README.txt -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 9397 14 Nov 21:17 VCS.H -rwxrwxrwx 1 jeddgobl staff 98932 18 Jul 2003 dasm -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 16160 18 Jul 2003 ftohex -rw-r--r-- 1 jeddgobl staff 3046 4 Apr 16:33 kernal.asm -rw-rw-rw- 1 jeddgobl staff 5317 14 Nov 21:23 macro.h [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% ./dasm redistributable for non-profit only DASM sourcefile [options] -f# output format -oname output file -lname list file -Lname list file, containing all passes -sname symbol dump -v# verboseness -t# Symbol Table sorting preference (#1 = by address. default #0 = alphabetic) -Dname=exp define label -Mname=exp define label as in EQM -Idir search directory for include and incbin -p# max number of passes -P# max number of passes, with less checks Fatal assembly error: Check command-line format. [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% ./dasm kernal.asm -f3 -v5 -okernal.bin DASM V2.20.07, Macro Assembler (C)1988-2003 START OF PASS: 1 kernal.asm (1): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (2): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (3): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (5): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (6): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (8): error: Unknown Mnemonic 'Reset'. kernal.asm (9): error: Unknown Mnemonic 'StartOfFrame'. kernal.asm (11): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (13): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (14): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (16): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (17): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (18): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (19): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (21): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (22): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (23): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (25): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (26): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (28): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (30): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (31): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (32): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (33): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (34): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (35): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (36): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (37): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (38): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (39): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (40): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (41): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (42): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (43): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (44): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (45): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (46): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (47): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (48): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (49): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (50): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (51): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (52): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (53): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (54): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (55): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (56): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (57): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (58): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (59): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (60): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (61): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (62): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (63): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (64): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (65): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (66): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (67): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (70): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (72): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (73): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (75): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (76): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (77): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (79): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (82): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (83): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (85): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (87): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (88): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (89): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (90): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (91): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (92): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (93): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (94): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (95): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (96): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (97): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (98): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (99): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (100): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (101): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (102): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (103): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (104): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (105): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (106): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (107): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (108): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (109): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (110): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (111): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (112): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (113): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (114): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (115): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (116): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (118): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (121): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (123): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (124): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (125): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. kernal.asm (127): error: Unknown Mnemonic '?'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SEGMENT NAME INIT PC INIT RPC FINAL PC FINAL RPC INITIAL CODE SEGMENT 0000 ???? 0000 ???? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 references to unknown symbols. 0 events requiring another assembler pass. --- Symbol List (sorted by symbol) --- End of Symbol List. Complete. [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% Edit: Sorry about the double post...and the really long code. You're getting there. This looks like errors in the actual source code. Is ' processor 6502' at the top of the file? How about you post it here (and whitespace/spaces are VERY important, so get the formatting exactly right in your post) and we can have a quick look at it. Cheers A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 That's exactly how it is on my computer, and "processor 6502" is nowhere to be found in the code. I'll try to assemble the examples and stuff. Like most programming languages, I'm sure fooling around with this is one of the best ways to learn. YAY!!!! Ok I got example.asm to assemble! [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% ./dasm example.asm -f3 -v5 -oexample.bin DASM V2.20.07, Macro Assembler (C)1988-2003 START OF PASS: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SEGMENT NAME INIT PC INIT RPC FINAL PC FINAL RPC vector 0000 ???? 0000 ???? code 0000 ???? 0000 ???? data [u] 0000 ???? 0000 ???? bss [u] 0000 ???? 0000 ???? INITIAL CODE SEGMENT 0000 ???? 0000 ???? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 references to unknown symbols. 8 events requiring another assembler pass. - Expression in mnemonic not resolved. - Label defined after it has been referenced (forward reference). START OF PASS: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SEGMENT NAME INIT PC INIT RPC FINAL PC FINAL RPC vector 0000 ???? 0000 ???? code 0000 ???? 0000 ???? data [u] 0000 ???? 0000 ???? bss [u] 0000 ???? 0000 ???? INITIAL CODE SEGMENT 0000 ???? 0000 ???? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 references to unknown symbols. 0 events requiring another assembler pass. --- Symbol List (sorted by symbol) 1.1 f036 (R ) 2.1 f041 (R ) 3.2 f04b (R ) 4.1 f066 (R ) 4.2 f075 (R ) B100 0002 B1200 0009 B12800 000f B150 0003 B1600 000a B200 0004 B2400 000b B300 0005 B3200 000c B400 0006 B4800 000d B600 0007 B6400 000e B75 0001 B76800 0000 B800 0008 C1CMD 6002 (R ) C1CTL 6003 (R ) C1DATA 6000 (R ) C1STAT 6001 (R ) C2CMD 8002 (R ) C2CTL 8003 (R ) C2DATA 8000 (R ) C2STAT 8001 (R ) CA1_THI 0001 CA1_TLO 0000 CA2_I_NEG 0000 CA2_I_NEGI 0020 CA2_I_POS 0040 CA2_I_POSI 0060 CA2_O_HSHAK 0080 CA2_O_MANHI 00e0 CA2_O_MANLO 00c0 CA2_O_PULSE 00a0 CB1_THI 0010 CB1_TLO 0000 CB2_I_NEG 0000 CB2_I_NEGI 0020 CB2_I_POS 0040 CB2_I_POSI 0060 CB2_O_HSHAK 0080 CB2_O_MANHI 00e0 CB2_O_MANLO 00c0 CB2_O_PULSE 00a0 DTRRDY 0001 H_ACR a00b H_DDRA a003 (R ) H_DDRB a002 H_IER a00e (R ) H_IFR a00d H_ORA a00f (R ) H_ORAHS a001 H_ORB a000 H_PCR a00c H_SR a00a H_T1CH a005 H_T1CHL a007 H_T1CL a004 H_T1CLL a006 H_T2CH a009 H_T2CL a008 I_ACR c00b I_DDRA c003 I_DDRB c002 I_IER c00e (R ) I_IFR c00d I_ORA c00f I_ORAHS c001 I_ORB c000 I_PCR c00c I_SR c00a I_T1CH c005 I_T1CHL c007 I_T1CL c004 I_T1CLL c006 I_T2CH c009 I_T2CL c008 IRCA1 0002 IRCA2 0001 IRCB1 0010 IRCB2 0008 IRDISABLE 0000 IRENABLE 0080 IRQ f056 (R ) IRSR 0004 IRT1 0040 IRT2 0020 LOAD f03f (R ) NMI f055 (R ) PALE 0001 PAREVEN 0060 PARMARK 00a0 PARODD 0020 PAROFF 0000 PARSPACE 00e0 PBLE 0002 PROMBEG f000 PROMEND 10000 RAMEND 2000 RCS 0010 RECECHO 0010 RESET f000 (R ) SAVE f049 (R ) SR_DCD 0020 SR_DSR 0040 SR_FE 0002 SR_INTPEND 0080 SR_OVRUN 0004 SR_PE 0001 SR_RDRFULL 0008 SR_TDREMPTY 0010 SRC_INEXT 000c SRC_INPH2 0008 SRC_INT2 0004 SRC_OFF 0000 SRC_OUTEXT 001c SRC_OUTFR 0010 SRC_OUTPH2 0018 SRC_OUTT2 0014 STOP1 0000 STOP2 0080 T1_FREERUN 0040 T1_OEPB7 0080 T1_ONESHOT 0000 T2_ICPB6 0020 T2_ONESHOT 0000 TBREAK 000c TDISABLE 0000 TDISABLER 0008 TENABLE 0004 TMASK 000c UA_IRQDSBL 0002 VIRPEND 0080 WL5 0060 WL6 0040 WL7 0020 WL8 0000 --- End of Symbol List. Complete. [Jedd-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% The .bin doesn't work on stella, but I'm getting really close! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nudicle Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 From the looks of it you may be encountering the copy/paste formatting problem. if you run "cat -vet kernal.asm" are there lots of question marks that don't seem like they should be there? I've attached one of Andrew's kernels that I cleaned up after copy/paste resulted in a hosed file that looked fine in Simpletext. Can you assemble the file I've attached? The file is compressed because i needed to make it an AtariAge recognized MIME type in order to attach it. If it doesn't unzip automagically for you, you can run "gunzip" from the command line to extract it. testkern.asm.gz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 Ok I restarted my computer and signed in as my dad. I dunno why but maybe it will help. [Roy-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% cat -vet kernal.asm M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J processor 6502 $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J include "vcs.h" $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J include "macro.h" $ $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J SEG $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J ORG $F000 $ $ Reset $ StartOfFrame $ $ M-J M-J; Start of vertical blank processing $ $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J lda #0 $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta VBLANK $ $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J lda #2 $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta VSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J; 3 scanlines of VSYNCH signal... $ $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J lda #0 $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta VSYNCM-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J $ $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J; 37 scanlines of vertical blank... $ $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J $ $ $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J; 192 scanlines of picture... $ $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J ldx #0 $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J REPEAT 192; scanlines $ $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J inx $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J stx COLUBK $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J REPEND $ $ $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J lda #%01000010 $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta VBLANKM-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J; end of screen - enter blanking $ $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J; 30 scanlines of overscan... $ $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J sta WSYNC $ $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J jmp StartOfFrame $ $ $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J ORG $FFFA $ $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J .word ResetM-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J; NMI $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J .word ResetM-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J; RESET $ M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J .word ResetM-J M-J M-J M-J M-J M-J; IRQ $ $ M-J M-J M-J M-JEND $ $ What does all that mean? Edit: My computer is being weird now...brb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 Hey guess what! It works! [Roy-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% ls README.txt VCS.H dasm ftohex macro.h testkern.asm [Roy-Gobles-Computer:bin/mac/osx] jeddgobl% ./dasm testkern.asm -f3 -v5 -otestkern.bin DASM V2.20.07, Macro Assembler (C)1988-2003 START OF PASS: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SEGMENT NAME INIT PC INIT RPC FINAL PC FINAL RPC 0000 ???? 0000 ???? RIOT [u] 0000 ???? 0000 ???? TIA_REGISTERS_READ [u] 0000 ???? 0000 ???? TIA_REGISTERS_WRITE [u] 0000 ???? 0000 ???? INITIAL CODE SEGMENT 0000 ???? 0000 ???? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 references to unknown symbols. 0 events requiring another assembler pass. --- Symbol List (sorted by symbol) AUDC0 0015 AUDC1 0016 AUDF0 0017 AUDF1 0018 AUDV0 0019 AUDV1 001a COLUBK 0009 (R ) COLUP0 0006 COLUP1 0007 COLUPF 0008 CTRLPF 000a CXBLPF 0006 CXCLR 002c CXM0FB 0004 CXM0P 0000 CXM1FB 0005 CXM1P 0001 CXP0FB 0002 CXP1FB 0003 CXPPMM 0007 ENABL 001f ENAM0 001d ENAM1 001e GRP0 001b GRP1 001c HMBL 0024 HMCLR 002b HMM0 0022 HMM1 0023 HMOVE 002a HMP0 0020 HMP1 0021 INPT0 0008 INPT1 0009 INPT2 000a INPT3 000b INPT4 000c INPT5 000d INTIM 0284 NUSIZ0 0004 NUSIZ1 0005 PF0 000d PF1 000e PF2 000f REFP0 000b REFP1 000c RESBL 0014 Reset f000 (R ) RESM0 0012 RESM1 0013 RESMP0 0028 RESMP1 0029 RESP0 0010 RESP1 0011 RSYNC 0003 StartOfFrame f000 (R ) SWACNT 0281 SWBCNT 0283 SWCHA 0280 SWCHB 0282 T1024T 0297 TIA_BASE_ADDRESS 0000 (R ) TIA_BASE_READ_ADDRESS 0000 (R ) TIA_BASE_WRITE_ADDRESS 0000 (R ) TIM1T 0294 TIM64T 0296 TIM8T 0295 TIMINT 0285 VBLANK 0001 (R ) VDELBL 0027 VDELP0 0025 VDELP1 0026 VERSION_MACRO 0069 VERSION_VCS 0069 VSYNC 0000 (R ) WSYNC 0002 (R ) --- End of Symbol List. Complete. The .bin works great! Thanks for giving me that file. I know some programs don't work in Stella. Could that be why the other programs won't run? And is it safe to go on learning 2600 Asm, or should I make sure I got all the bugs out of Dasm first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nudicle Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 All the weird text in your source file is formatting information which you don't want to be in there. GUI text editors will understand what it means and they won't display it -- your text file will look fine in TextEdit because TextEdit, for instance, knows how to deal with that embedded information in the text file. On the other hand, unix command line tools like cat will give you the straight dope as to what's in that file. Because that raw file is what dasm is trying to assemble and that file actually has a bunch of text formatting stuff that dasm doesn't and shouldn't have any idea how to deal with, it throws all kinds of errors. The subtle bit is the fact that your text editor is lying about the contents of the file. If you look at it in your gui text editor you probably won't see a '?' anywhere and you'll wonder why dasm claims the file is full of them. Try pasting code into text editor documents you've already told to save as plaintext. I don't know what's the text editor of your choice, but this technique works for several of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Hey guess what! It works! The .bin works great! Thanks for giving me that file. I know some programs don't work in Stella. Could that be why the other programs won't run? And is it safe to go on learning 2600 Asm, or should I make sure I got all the bugs out of Dasm first? No, it's not why the other programs won't run; and clearly you need a better understanding of the fundamentals before you venture into wilder territory. I hope you've read and understood some of the tutorials, and that you are actually following them step-by-step. The 'processor 6502' one is a fundamental one mentioned very early on in the tutorials. The fact that you missed this suggests you're trying to do things too rapidly. Go back to square 1, and do things slowly. Just to be super-clear about this; it wasn't DASM causing the errors, it was things you did incorrectly. Cheers A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Hey guess what! It works! The .bin works great! Thanks for giving me that file. I know some programs don't work in Stella. Could that be why the other programs won't run? And is it safe to go on learning 2600 Asm, or should I make sure I got all the bugs out of Dasm first? No, it's not why the other programs won't run; and clearly you need a better understanding of the fundamentals before you venture into wilder territory. I hope you've read and understood some of the tutorials, and that you are actually following them step-by-step. The 'processor 6502' one is a fundamental one mentioned very early on in the tutorials. The fact that you missed this suggests you're trying to do things too rapidly. Go back to square 1, and do things slowly. Just to be super-clear about this; it wasn't DASM causing the errors, it was things you did incorrectly. Cheers A I'm such a grump, sometimes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 Grump, yes. But you have a good point. I knew what "processor 6502" was. And the reason it wasn't working was because of my computer and Terminal, which I just discovered a few days ago. But you're right, I should go back to square 1 and review all the basics. Although I have a little experience with computer programming, this is my first serious attempt to learn Asm. I tried once with calculator Asm, but it turns out you can only assemble on PC's. Andrew, thanks for all your help. I'm going to continue reading your tutorials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Posted April 7, 2004 Author Share Posted April 7, 2004 Ok Andrew, I went back and re-read the tutorials 1-8, then continued to session 13. I'm happy to say that I can now write my own code. Theyre all just variations on the original kernel, but they work! Thanks soooo much for writing these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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