NAME¶
pasmo — Z80 assembler
SYNOPSIS¶
pasmo [
options]
file.asm file.bin [
file.sys]
DESCRIPTION¶
This manual page documents briefly the
pasmo command.
This manual page was written for the
Debian distribution because the
original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation in
the
html format; see below.
pasmois a multiplatform Z80 cross-assembler, easy to compile and easy to
use. It can generate object code in several formats suitable for many Z80
machines and emulators. pasmo generates fixed position code, can not be used
to create relocatable object files for use with linkers.
pasmo is compatible with the syntax used in several old assemblers, by
supporting several styles of numeric and string literals and by providing
several names of the most used directives. However, in Pasmo the Z80
mnemonics, register and flags names and directives are reserved words, this
may require changes of symbol names conflicting in some programs.
pasmo can also generate the 8086 equivalent to the z80 assembly code. It can
create COM files for ms-dos, by using the binary generation mode, or CMD files
for CP/M 86, by using the --cmd option. This feature is experimental, use with
care.
OPTIONS¶
If no options specify another, the object code format is binary without headers.
- -d
- Show debug info during assembly.
- -1
- Show debug info during assembly, also in first pass.
- -v
- Verbose. Show progress information during assembly.
- -I
- Add directory to the list for searching files in INCLUDE
and INCBIN.
- --hex
- Generate the object file in Intel HEX format.
- --bin
- Generate the object file in pure binary format without
headers.
- --prl
- Generate the object file in the PRL format. Useful for CP/M
Plus RSX.
- --cmd
- Generate the object file in CP/M 86 CMD format.
- --plus3dos
- Generate the object file with PLUS3DOS header (Spectrum
disk).
- --tap
- Generate a .tap file for Spectrum emulators (tape
image).
- --tzx
- Generate a .tzx file for Spectrum emulators (tape
image).
- --cdt
- Generate a .cdt file for Spectrum emulators (tape
image).
- --tapbas
- Same as --tap option but adding a Basic loader.
- --tzxbas
- Same as --tzx option but adding a Basic loader.
- --cdtbas
- Same as --cdt option but adding a Basic loader.
- --amsdos
- Generate the object file with Amsdos header (Amstrad CPC
disk).
- --msx
- Generate the object file with header for use with BLOAD in
MSX Basic.
- --public
- The symbol table listing will include only symbols declared
as PUBLIC.
- --name
- Name for the header in the formats that use it. If
unspecified the object file name will be used.
- --err
- Direct error messages to standard ouptut instead of error
output (except for errors in options).
- --nocase
- Make identifiers case insensitive.
- --alocal
- Autolocal mode: the labels than begins with a '_' are
locals, and his ambit finishes in the next no local label or in the next
PROC, LOCAL or MACRO directive.
- -B --bracket
- Bracket only mode: parenthesis are reserved for
expressions.
- -E --equ
- Predefine a label.
- -8 --w8080
- Show warnings when using Z80 instructions that does not
exist in 8080.
- --86
- Generate 8086 code.
AUTHOR¶
This manual page was written by Joost Yervante Damad joost@lumatec.be for the
Debian system (but may be used by others). It is just a rerendering of
the original documentation as a manual page. Permission is granted to copy,
distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General
Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software
Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be
found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
