[TI ASM] Use an other assembler?

blitzmaster · Post by **blitzmaster** » Wed 20 Dec, 2006 2:24 pm

Hi!
I have a question about assemblers. All the programs are written in TASM, aren't they. Can I use an other assembler? In my case this would be nasm. I read in the Wikipedia, that the z80 OPCodes are the same as Intel's.
So can I use NASM? Do I need some extra Information to use NASM?
Thanks!

Blitzmaster

Post by **benryves** » Wed 20 Dec, 2006 2:28 pm

From what I can see, NASM is an x86 assembler, so unless you can get it to generate Z80 object code, it's useless.

The Z80 can run 8080 code, so if you have an 8080 assembler then that should work, but you'd miss out a lot of the groovy extensions ZiLOG made to the Z80 that weren't in the 8080.

TASM is pretty horrible, so I wrote my own horrible-but-in-different-ways assembler called Brass, and Spencer also wrote an assembler called SPASM. If you hunt around, there are many other Z80 assemblers to try.

blitzmaster · Post by **blitzmaster** » Wed 20 Dec, 2006 3:28 pm

OK. The syntax is more than horrible. Is there any way to find out the serial number of the calculater?

Post by **benryves** » Wed 20 Dec, 2006 3:41 pm

What do you find horrible - the assembler syntax (directives et al) or the Z80 syntax? You could confuse people by "#define mov ld" and so on if it's the latter.

If you switch on the calculator and press Mode then Alpha+S, it should display the serial number (IIRC, I could be wrong). Don't press Enter as it'll clear your memory.

blitzmaster · Post by **blitzmaster** » Wed 20 Dec, 2006 3:47 pm

ok, I searched for a way in TI - ASM

King Harold · Post by **King Harold** » Wed 20 Dec, 2006 3:50 pm

2ND [MEM] 1 isnt it?
Alpha S displays BaseVer etc, but I dont remember seeing serial numbers.

I program some x86 asm aswell, I never found mov and ld confusing or annoying, it means about the same anyway.
and TI has something "Mov9toOp1" and "MovN" where N is a number, so you'll still see mov

I never saw LD in x86 asm though.

Post by **benryves** » Wed 20 Dec, 2006 3:55 pm

King Harold wrote:2ND [MEM] 1 isnt it?
Alpha S displays BaseVer etc, but I dont remember seeing serial numbers.

You're probably right.

blitzmaster · Post by **blitzmaster** » Wed 20 Dec, 2006 3:57 pm

he is right. But how can I find it with TI-ASM?

King Harold · Post by **King Harold** » Wed 20 Dec, 2006 4:48 pm

look here at WikiTI

Flash must be write enabled first for just about anything that has something to do with the ID, so you'd have to use some sort of trick...

blitzmaster · Post by **blitzmaster** » Wed 20 Dec, 2006 6:53 pm

thanks @ all!