I've been using the ROM2/Cleuseau assembler with a REX. It works well enough and being offline on the M102 means no distractions. :)
On Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 14:31 Douglas Quagliana <dquagli...@gmail.com> wrote: > By coincidence, I'm also looking for a good assembler for the M100/200. > Got a suggestion? > > I found the book *8080 8085 Software Design* (Sams, 1978) by Christopher > Titus, Peter Rony, David Larsen and Jonathan Titus > is available at > > https://archive.org/details/80808085SoftwareDesign > > and the TEA book that I found is actually in Spanish(?) at > > > https://archive.org/details/teauneditorassemblerresidenteper80808085/mode/1up > > I suppose the latter book has the same assembler listing for the TEA > software even though > the text is not in English. I didn't find the actual TEA software > binaries anywhere. > > Douglas > > > On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 9:38 AM Charles Hudson <clh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Currently reading about 8080 / 8085 assembly language, a subject of >> interest as the M100 uses an 8085. I am familiar with the concepts of >> assembly language and with the syntax of some other assemblers and >> processors' instruction sets, but this is terra incognita to me. >> >> Even stranger is the fact that one book, *8080 8085 Software Design* >> (Sams, 1978) by Christopher Titus, Peter Rony, David Larsen and Jonathan >> Titus, has examples written in a syntax and format which differs from any >> other assembler I have seen. The assembler is of the authors' own design >> and is known by the acronym "TEA". >> >> Instead of four-delimited-fields-across format the assembler uses a >> one-byte-per-line format, i.e. a three-byte instruction, such as JMP, is >> written on three separate lines. Also notable is the fact that labels are >> delimited with a comma, rather than colon, and comments with a forward >> slash rather than a semicolon. And to top it off, the radix for numerical >> values is octal, which the authors claim is easier for beginners to learn. >> (Until now I had thought that octal went the way of high-button shoes and >> buggy whips.) >> >> So my questions are: Is anyone familiar with this assembler? There was a >> book about its use, now out of print, but is a copy of the assembler itself >> available anywhere? >> >> Thanks for your assistance, >> -CH- >> >> >> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> >> Virus-free. >> www.avast.com >> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> >> <#m_-4379992554907943628_m_7536372778458213478_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >> >
