snasm68k manual? or what's the origin mnemonic?

sigflup · Post by **sigflup** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:16 am

Can't find the snasm68k manual

anyone know the origin mnemonic?

e.g.

org $30

blah blah

Chilly Willy · Post by **Chilly Willy** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:07 am

The origin is the definition: a mnemonic is something used to aid in memory; assembly language mnemonics are just labels meant to be easier to remember than the binary operation codes.

Of course, many of us got so good at 6502/68000/Z80/whatever assembly that we could read the code from a hex dump.

EDIT: Oh, you me the mnemonic FOR the origin command, not the origin OF.

Silly me.

I've never seen anything used but ORG or *= for origin. I'm sure there are other mnemonics, but those are by far the most popular.

TmEE co.(TM) · Post by **TmEE co.(TM)** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:33 am

SNASM68K has no digital manual but a big physical book, which form what I've seen has not been scanned yet.

Nemesis · Post by **Nemesis** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:49 am

The commands for snasm68k are basically the same as that for asm68k. You can find documentation for the asm68k commands in this document:
http://koti.kapsi.fi/~antime/sega/files/SATMAN.pdf

SNASM68K has no digital manual but a big physical book, which form what I've seen has not been scanned yet.

That'd be nice to see. There isn't nearly enough info about snasm68k around.

sigflup · Post by **sigflup** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:55 pm

it's org... or rather ORG. the case mattered- that's why I couldn't find it.

tomaitheous · Post by **tomaitheous** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:49 pm

Open up the exe in a hex editor and look for ascii characters. You'll find directive keywords in there.