On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Thomas Jentzsch wrote:
> B. Watson wrote:
>
> > Hmmm. There's a simple reason for leaving out ALIGN: until just now, I didn't
> > know about it... I had been using:
>
> > org [>.]*256+256
>
> And I didn't know that :)
>
> I have a problem of understanding, does . stand for "current address"?
> Where did you get this information, is it somewhere hidden in dasm.doc?
>
Yes... however, looking at Bob's page, none of the downloads (ms-dos 16-bit,
ms-windows 32-bit, Amiga) have got the DASM.DOC for version 2.12. Only the
Windows 32-bit version is actually v1.12, and DASM.DOC is missing. So your
DASM.DOC might be the one from 2.02.
I got my DASM source from some web site that just lists a ton of cross-assembly
tools (not necessarily 6502 ones). Doing a diff between Bob's version and this
one, I think the one I'm using is what he started with, before modding it to
compile on DOS/Win (main difference is Bob's got a lot of (uword) casts)...
If you don't have the v2.12 dasm.doc, look at
http://www.urchlay.com/stelladoc/v2/dasm-doc.txt
> Your syntax might be to complex for simple aligning, but it's very
> useful when you have to align some data relative to the start of a page.
>
> This syntax offers a simple way for positioning graphics data at the
> correct offset (as described in the latest Death Derby thread).
>
> 1. my old solution, using ALIGN:
> ALIGN 256
> StartPage
> ...
> ORG StartPage+90
>
> 2: using the new syntax:
> ORG [>.]*256+90
>
> Cool!
Hmmm, what goes in the space you've marked with ... ? with the `new' syntax,
nothing.
Wait... those 2 don't quite do the same thing... suppose the PC is at $F9A0:
1.
ALIGN 256 ; PC is now $FA00
StartPage
ORG StartPage+90 ; PC is now $FA00 + 90 = $FA5A
2.
; PC starts at $F9A0 again
ORG [>.]*256+90 ; PC is now $F95A, *error*
...you still need the ALIGN 256 with the 2nd method:
3.
; PC at $F9A0 again
ALIGN 256 ; PC = $FA00
ORG [>.]*256+90 ; PC is now $FA5A, same as 1. above
Of course, you could leave out the ALIGN if you did:
4.
; PC at $F9A0
ORG [>.]*256+256+90 ; PC now $FA5A
or:
5.
; PC at $F9A0
ORG [>.+1]*256+90 ; PC now $FA5A
Hmm, and playing around with DASM just now, it seems the precedence of > is
higher than multiplication... so 4. could be re-written as:
6.
ORG >.*256+256+90 ; same as 4. without the []'s
And Yet Another Way To Do It:
7.
ORG [. & $FF00] + 256 + 90 ; []'s required, spaces added for readability
or even:
8.
ORG [[. >>8] <<8] + 256 + 90 ; []'s required again
9.
ORG [./256+1]*256+90
Hrmmm. Obfuscated 6502 assembly anyone? It's amazing what you find entertaining
when you're procrastinating...
B.
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