Sjasm, how does it work

Paragon (1136)

19-06-2005, 21:48

SJASM !!!

I have looked a bit at SJASM,
since I was forced by WB-ASS2 to use a cross-assembler,
because my game was getting too big....

Question:

Is this the way to use Sjasm:

I type my assembly file in a wordpad, e.g.

ORG $C000

BEGIN:
LD A,50
CALL $A2
RET

i save this file as: "printa.asm"

then I open DOSPROMPT
I go to the SJASM directory (where "PRINTA.ASM" is also saved)

I type: SJASM -l printa.asm
then the files which are made are:
PRINTA.LST and
PRINTA.OUT
and sjasm tells me Errors: 0

but now what??
how and with what do I play these files ??

By sjoerd

Hero (609)

19-06-2005, 22:07

  db 0feh
  dw start
  dw end
  dw start

  org 0c000h

start
  ld a,50
  call 0a2h
  ret
end

Assemble with: sjasm -l printa.asm printa.bin
and you'll get a printa.bin file instead of printa.out

By BiFi

Enlighted (4348)

20-06-2005, 07:20

use tniASM instead ;)

By ARTRAG

Enlighted (6932)

20-06-2005, 10:31

tniASM does not support macros!!

sjasm, in this moment, is the most evolved

By sjoerd

Hero (609)

20-06-2005, 10:31

Or try them both

By BiFi

Enlighted (4348)

20-06-2005, 12:23

sjASM has had always many issues when it comes to... bugs... something tniASM hasn't...

By sjoerd

Hero (609)

20-06-2005, 13:12

Let's not go there again, OK?

By marison

Expert (104)

20-06-2005, 13:21

asMSX seems to be a good alternative too:
http://www.robsy.net/asmsx.htm

It's very adapted to MSX enviroment. Statement to format ROMs, for example.

I use M80 from Microsoft. Macros, long sources (I guess my code is 4000+ lines long now), and various other easy to use characteristics.

By ARTRAG

Enlighted (6932)

20-06-2005, 13:24

asMSX does not support MACROS
sorry, for me sjASM is still winning

Actually two o three things need sjASM

1) the use of REPT in macros : it would be very useful for automatic loop unrolling
2) A better documentation of the fake instructions (that I find very useful)
3) The output of the timings in Z80 cycles in the .lst files (it would be very useful for deep optimization)

By msd

Paragon (1510)

20-06-2005, 13:34

sjASM has had always many issues when it comes to... bugs... something tniASM hasn't...
Yes ofcourse once a bug always a bug?

By BiFi

Enlighted (4348)

20-06-2005, 13:35

I hardly use macros... and I've released many things already coded without macros... just with an non-buggy asm