Re: LZ: compiling z-shell
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> > > I'm trying to write my first ZShell program. I got my program to
> > > compile, ran string85, and sent it to my 85. I then went into ZShell,
> > > but my program was not there. Is there something I missed?
> >
> > Your program has to have a
> >
> > .org 0
> >
> > at the beginning. I'm pretty sure that this is the way ZShell determines that
> > it is a program.
>
>
> Org 0 tells the assembler the address to assemble to. It doesn't
> generate any code. It effects jumps and calls, etc.
>
> In this code:
>
> start: some instruction
> some more instructions
> jp start
>
> if .org 0 is used at the begining the address in the jp will be 0.
> if .org 100 is used the jp will be to 100.
>
You shoudl always use org 0 for zshell code though..
(although teh assebler does default to org 0, anyway.. just remember
not to do any other org)
Rob Taylor MAIL - mailto:rtaylor@ticalc.org
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