Please help with use for DASM

[leearco]

Obviously Im a n00b at this 2600 programming stuff. (Been reading through A Davies lessons ...again).

I just cant get Dasm to work properly. could some one please explain, maybe short guide on how to use this? including proper command prompt line? maybe a screen shot of your dos prompt? please?

 

basically what i understand is

1. you have a .txt file eg. test.txt (this is your source code)

2. you need dasm to assemble the code (so you can play on an emulater)

3. this is what happens to me - I type(in dos) "dasm test.txt"

4. it produces a.out file and test.? file but both are empty

 

I tried with the switches eg -l -f3 -v5 as well

 

so how do you get an *.asm file from a *.txt file?

 

Lee

[Thomas Jentzsch]

basically what i understand is

1. you have a .txt file eg. test.txt (this is your source code)

That should be your .asm file.

 

I tried with the switches eg -l  -f3  -v5 as well

Try this (assuming game.asm is your source code file):

dasm game.asm -f3 -v3 -ltest.lst -otest.bin

 

And you should get a binary called test.bin.

[leearco]

QUOTE(leearco @ Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:41 AM)

basically what i understand is

1. you have a .txt file eg. test.txt (this is your source code)

 

That should be your .asm file.

 

I used notepad for the text and it saves it as a *.txt file. Do I just rename it as *.asm or do I need a program that saves files as .asm?? if so which 'free' one do you recommend?

 

Lee

[vdub_bobby]

QUOTE(leearco @ Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:41 AM)

basically what i understand is

1. you have a .txt file eg. test.txt (this is your source code)

 

That should be your .asm file.

 

I used notepad for the text and it saves it as a *.txt file. Do I just rename it as *.asm or do I need a program that saves files as .asm?? if so which 'free' one do you recommend?

 

Lee

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When you use notepad to save there should be a drop-box below where you type the file name that is labelled: "Save as type:"

Select "All Files" (instead of "Text") and it won't automatically append a .txt extension onto your file.

 

See the attached pic.

 

And a .asm file is just a text file (like you create in Notepad) with a .asm extension. So, yes, you can just rename it from game.txt to game.asm and it will be fine.

[leearco]

thanks that helped and did the trick.