View source for CSC270 Assembling 6800 Assembly Programs on OSX/Windows

--[[User:Thiebaut|D. Thiebaut]] ([[User talk:Thiebaut|talk]]) 10:59, 19 March 2016 (EDT)
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These instructions will allow you to install TASM, the Turbo Assembler, on your OSX/Windows machine, and generate listings of 6800 assembly programs.
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=Installation on Windows=
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* To download TASM, go to [http://trimtab.ca/2010/tech/tasm-5-intel-8086-turbo-assembler-download/ this page], and go to the end of the page, to find the [http://trimtab.ca/assets/files/tasm.zip download link].
* Follow the directions to install TASM.  You won't need TLINK or any of the other executables for CSC270.
* Jump to the subsection below on testing your installation.
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=Installation on Mac OSX=
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* If you haven't already done so, you will need to install '''wine''', which is a Windows Emulator for the Mac, and will allow you to run a large number of Windows programs on your Mac.   This [http://www.davidbaumgold.com/tutorials/wine-mac/ page] has instructions on how to install '''wine'''.   There are other tutorials on the Web, if this one doesn't work for you.
* To download TASM, go to [http://trimtab.ca/2010/tech/tasm-5-intel-8086-turbo-assembler-download/ this page], and go to the end of the page, to find the [http://trimtab.ca/assets/files/tasm.zip download link].
* The downloaded file should end up in your ~/Downloads directory.
* Double click on the tgz file you have downloaded.  It should expand to a folder named TASM.
* Copy TASM32.EXE from the BIN folder into a folder where you keep all your executables.  On my Mac, I keep all executable in a folder called '''~/bin'''.  
* Make sure the ~/bin folder is '''in your path''', which is defined in your ~/.bash_profile file:
 
 PATH='''/Users/thiebaut/bin''':/Users/thiebaut/Qt5.2.0/5.2.0/clang_64/bin:$PATH:.
 
* With your favorite editor (mine is emacs) create a new bash script called '''tasm'''.  This is how I do it in a Terminal window:
 
 cd
 cd bin
 emacs -nw tasm
 
: and copy the following lines in it:
 
 #! /bin/bash
 
 wine ~/bin/TASM32.EXE $@

: (Note: there should be no space at the beginning of each line, and the #! line should be the first one in the script.)

* Make the script you just created executable:
 
 chmod +x ~/bin/tasm
 
* You are now ready to test your installation.
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==Testing the Installation==
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* Still in Terminal, change to a new directory where you will keep all your 6800 assembly programs.
* Create a new file in this directory.  It will contain a collection of macros that emulate all the 6800 instructions.  This file is called '''macros.asm''' and is available [[CSC270 Macros.asm| macros.asm]].
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