[Coco] Assembler Program - Working!

[Charles Shrader]

Just wanted to thank this group for their help with this little project.

Here's my working code.  I apoligize ahead of the time for the formatting;
I'm
not sure how to get this to line up other than using the Courier font, and
I'd
Imagine the output from the List Server would change the font to something
else.

00100                     ORG    $3F00          ;Start location of code
00110 START       JSR     43304           ;Clear Screen
00120                      LDB    #0                ;Initialize register B
00130                      LDA    #0               ;Initialize Accumulator
00135                      STA    DEVNUM  ;Output to screen
00140                      LDX    #STMP      ;Load start address STMP
00150 LOOP          JSR      $A1C1       ;Poll for keypress
00160                      CMPA  #0              ;Compare vs 0. If 0, no key
prs
00170                      BEQ     LOOP         ;No keypress so keep polling
00180                      STA     ,X+            ;Store keypress in STMP,
inc X
00190                      JSR      [40962]      ;Output keypress to screen
00192                      INCB                      ;Increment counter
00194                      CMPB   #8             ;See if 8 keys have been
pressed
00200                      BNE      LOOP       ;Keep polling until 8
keystrokes
00210                      LDX     #STMP    ;Point to STMP for echo of
output
00220                      LDA     #32           ;Load A with ASCII code for
spc
00230                      JSR      [40962]      ;Output character to screen
00231                      CLRB                     ;Clear B Register
00240 LOOP2        LDA     ,X              ;Load A with 1st char of stored
str
00250                      JSR       [40962]    ;Output to screen
00260                      CMPB   #8            ;Have we displayed all 8
chars?
00270                      BNE      LOOP2    ;If not, get next char in str
00280                      RTS                       ;Return to caller
00290 STMP          RMB      $09        ;Define storage area STMP
00300 DEVNUM   EQU       $6F        ;Location of output
00310                      END       START

What helped were adding a # sign in front of my memory location STMP.
How does the compiler treat a CMP function of a memory location if it
has a # designation rather than just the memory location without?

Also, using register B as a counter works better than trying to use
X even though it is incremented with the instruction LDA  ,X+.  I'll
 probably use B as my counter in the future, and keep X as just an
index of sorts.

I may need some more help in the future so don't be surprised if I
surface again...  Assembler can be quite tricky.  Critique is also welcome!

Thanks again all!
Chuck Shrader

p.s. Just wanted to say for the record (outside of the context of the
recent 'heated' discussions) that Mark at Cloud9Tech and Boisy Pitre
are in my opinion businessmen of integrity.  I have purchased some items
and software from them and had some initial problems, both individuals
went way beyond the call of duty to get my system working very well.
It's my opinion that they are a huge asset to this community.  Thanks guys!