Manpage of CRASM

# CRASM

Cross assembler for 6800/6801/6803/6502/65C02/Z80.

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## SYNOPSIS

crasm [-o codefile] [-slx] asmfile

Assemble the microprocessor program asmfile and produce output file codefile in Intel HEX or Motorola S Code format. A program listing and a symbol table are also produced on the standard output. The current version of crasm can assemble programs for the 6800, 6801, 6803, 6502, 65C02, and Z80 processors. The full list is printed when you invoke crasm without arguments.

## OPTIONS

-o codefile
  Specify the name of the output file. No output file is produced without this option.
-s
  Disable warnings.
-l
  Disable program listing output.
-x
  Disable symbol table output.

## SYNTAX

Each line of the assembly program should follow one of the following templates, where the brackets delimit optional parts.

  [;comment]
  label = expression [;comment]
  [label] mnemonic operand [;comment]

Comments are introduced by a semicolon (;) and extend to the end of the line. Labels are identifiers containing up to 36 alphanumeric characters (including period and underscore). Labels cannot start with a digit. The format of the mnemonics and operands field depends on the selected micro-processor. A few mnemonics are valid for all processors and are used to give directives to the assembled. These are known as "pseudo-mnemonics".

### Labels

Labels are identifiers representing
- an absolute address,
- a relative address (position independent code),
- a register,
- a list of registers,
- a specific bit at a specific address,
- or a mnemonic.

Most labels are composed of at most 36 alphanumeric characters, periods (.) or underscores (_). Labels cannot start with a digit. They are case insensitive.

Labels starting with a period (.) are local labels whose scope is either limited to the macro in which they are defined, or to the code segment delimited by the pseudo-mnemonics CODE or DUMMY.

The predefined "star" label (*) represents the current program counter, that is to say, the address where the next assembly code instruction will be encoded. Other predefined labels include all pseudo-mnemonics, micro-processor specific mnemonics and register names.

### Constants

The assembled recognizes numerical constants expressed in decimal, hexadecimal, octal, binary, or ascii.

Type | Format | Examples
decimal | dddd | 1234, 675, 12, 1, but not 0.12.
hexadecimal | $dddd | $fd12, $2AC, $0.
| ddddH | 03H, 2da7H, 0FC84H, but not FC84H.
| 0Xdddd | 0x03, 0x2AC, 0Xfc84.
octal | ddddQ | 377Q, 012412Q.
binary | %dddd | %01110110, %1100.
| ddddB | 01110110B, 1100B.
| 0Bdddd | 0b1100
ascii | 'cccc' | 'a', 'AB', '"', '\n', '\''.
| "cccc" | "a", "AB", "'", "\n", "\"".

### Expressions

Like labels, expressions can represent an absolute address (abs), a relative address for position independent code (rel), a register (reg), or a list of registers (reglist), or a reference to a specific bit at a specific address (bspec).

The following operators are recognized on expressions.

Syntax | Result | Description
abs{abs} | bspec | bit reference, e.g. pia{3}
ADDR(abs) | abs | address from a bit reference
BIT(abs) | abs | bit number from a bit reference
- abs | abs | two's complement
~ abs | abs | one's complement
abs << abs | abs | left shift
abs >> abs | abs | right shift
abs | abs | abs | bitwise or
abs & abs | abs | bitwise and
abs ^ abs | abs | bitwise xor
abs * abs | abs | multiplication
abs * abs | abs | division
abs + abs | abs | addition
rel + abs | rel | addition
abs - abs | abs | subtraction
rel - abs | rel | subtraction
rel - rel | rel | subtraction
reg - reg | reglist | register range
reglist \ reg | reglist | register list construction

The table lists operators in order of decreasing precedence. Parenthesis can be used to avoid ambiguities. A warning is generated when an entire expression is surrounded with parenthesis and can be confused with a micro-processor addressing mode.

Examples:

  (base+$12) >> 8 & 0xff00
  'A'-80H
  (base+0x12)

The last example causes a warning because the parenthesis were not necessary and might suggest a micro-processor addressing mode.

All arithmetic expressions are evaluated on 32 bits. Arithmetic operations overflow silently. The arithmetic values are then truncated to the size implied by the micro-processor mnemonic. This truncation might cause a warning message.

Examples: all the following instructions

  (6502)`` lda #$1234
  (6800)`` ldaa $1234,x
  (Z80)`` ld (ix+0C2H),b

cause a warning

  >>> WARNING: Operand overflow

However expression

  $1123454 * 1298992

overflows silently.

### Pseudo-mnemonics

The following pseudo-mnemonics are always recognized.

CPU cpuname
  Indicates the selected micro-processor type. This must appear before anu micro-processor specific instruction. The possible values of cpuname are listed when you invoke crasm without arguments. The current list includes 6800, 6801, 6803, 6502, 65C02, and Z80

OUTPUT binformat
  Indicates the format of the output file. Argument binformat can take values SCODE for producing an output file using Motorola's S code, or HEX for Intel's Hex format. The default depends on the selected micro-processor.

CODE
  Delimit the scope of local labels and introduce a program section.

DUMMY
  Delimit the scope of local labels and introduce a fake program section whose sole effect is to define labels without generating code.

label EQU expression
label = expression
  Define the value of label label. Labels defined using these directives can be redefined later in the program.

[label] DB expression[,...,expression]
  Insert the specified data bytes (8 bits).

[label] DW expression[,...,expression]
  Insert the specified data words (16 bits). The byte ordering depends on the selected micro-processor.

[label] DL expression[,...,expression]
  Insert the specified data longs (32 bits). The byte ordering depends on the selected micro-processor.

[label] DDB expression[,...,expression]
  Insert the specified double bytes (16 bits). The byte ordering is the opposite of the usual byte ordering for the selected micro-processor.

[label] ASC stringconstant
  Insert the ascii representation of the string stringconstant . The string must be delimited by double quotes. The C escape sequences \r, \n, \t, \0, \', \", and \\ are recognized.

[label] DS countexpr,[valexpr]
  Insere countexpr bytes with value valexpr. The default value is zero.

[label] ALIGN EVEN
[label] ALIGN ODD
  Insert a null byte in order to make the program counter even or odd.

IF condexpr
...
ELSE
...
ENDC
  Conditional assembly: If expression condexpr is non zero, process the lines located between the IF and the ELSE pseudo-mnemonics. Otherwise process the lines located between the ELSE and the ENDC pseudo-mnemonics. Conditional assembly instructions can be nested. The ELSE part can be omitted.

label MACRO
...
ENDM
  Define a new mnemonic label equivalent to all the instructions located between the MACRO and ENDM pseudo-mnemonics. Invocations of the macro can specify a list of comma separated operands. The character sequences \1, \2, ... \N in the macro definition are replaced by the supplied operands. The character sequence \0 is replaced by the number of supplied operands.

EXITM
  This pseudo mnemonic can be used inside a macro definition to exit the macro. This is useful in conjunction with the conditional assembly pseudo-mnemonics.

INCLUDE filename
  Force the assembler to process file named filename at the current point.

LIST ON
LIST OFF
  Enable or disable the production of a listing (default is on.)

CLIST ON
CLIST OFF
  Enable or disable the production of a listing for the non active branches of a conditional assembly construct (default is on.)

ILIST ON
ILIST OFF
  Enable or disable the production of a listing for included files (default is off.)

MLIST ON
MLIST OFF
  Enable or disable the production of a listing for the macro expansions (default is off.)

NAM title
  Provide name title for the header of the listing pages.

PAGE
  Start a new listing page.

PAGE columns,rows
  Specify the size of a listing page.

SKIP number
  Skip number lines.

FAIL message
  Generate an error message message.

## EXAMPLE

Here is a small 6502 program:

                  cpu 6502
              cout = $fded ; display a character
                 * = $300  ; assemble at $300
                   code
              pstring  ldy #0
              .1       lda message,y
                       beq .2
                       jsr cout
                       iny
              .2       bne .1
                       rts
              message  asc "This is the message "
                   code

Assembling this program gives the following listing:

    Crasm LYB 1.3:                                                   page  1

                             1
                             2              cpu 6502
      FDED                   3            cout = $fded ; display a character
      0300                   4               * = $300  ; assemble at $300
                             5                 code
    0300 A000                6            pstring  ldy #0
    0302 B90E03              7            .1       lda message,y
    0305 E004                8                     beq .2
    0307 20EDFD              9                     jsr cout
    030A C8                 10                     iny
    030B D0F5               11            .2       bne .1
    030D 60                 12                     rts
    030E 54686973206973
    0315 20746865206D65
    031C 737361676500       13            message  asc "This is the message\0"
                            14                 code
                            15

    ERRORS:       0
    WARNINGS:     0

    Successful assembly...
     Last address      321 (801)
     Code length        44 (68)

    Crasm LYB 1.3:                                                   page  2

     FDED   Abs COUT
    ^030E   Abs MESSAGE
    ?0300   Abs PSTRING

and the following S Code file:

    S1130300A000B90E03E00420EDFDC8D0F5605468E8
    S1130310697320697320746865206D657373616700
    S1050320650072
    S9030000FC

## CREDITS

Leon Bottou, September 1987.

## Index

SYNOPSIS
OPTIONS
SYNTAX
  Labels
  Constants
  Expressions
  Pseudo-mnemonics
EXAMPLE
CREDITS