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| From: indi (all posts)
Date: 1999-09-06
Subject: Re: R: R: Plus4 Mega Assembler
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On Mon, 6 Sep 1999 09:32:57 -0000, you wrote:
>>
>>>I think there is no problem to emulate program execution of SVS MEGA
>>>ASSEMBLER, but the multi loading can be problematic by the Minus4.
>>>By the way I'd already advised Mike Dailly of this. (Hey Mike, any news
>>>about?)
>
>>I would say if your going to use an emulator, you shouldn't use a +4
>>assembler anyway! You should use a cross assembler. TASM is brill, and
>>will compile about 10 times the about at least 10 times quicker! And
>>you can also use minus/4's source level debugging if you do this.
>>
>>Mike
>
>Ok, but with SVS MEGA ASSEMBLER it is possible to do 'simulate assembly'
>then there would be no problem with emulators.
>What is interesting for me is the load capability of emulator. Boot of MEGA
>ASSEMBLER is done by a multiple loading. Is Minus4 able to perform LOAD
>command inside a BASIC program? (After loading it must do an automatic RUN
>0, not erasing the variables).
The disc and tape loading in Minus/4 are done by simulating the hardware directly, not by patching or detecting ROM calls. So it should all work as per a plus/4. Not that its perfect of course, it has limited I/O functions. Normal Load should work, no turbo loaders as I don't simulate the $01 address line, only the DMA byte port address. (this should be enough).
Mike
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