[Coco] Assembly .BIN -> .CCC/.ROM = SOLVED!

Arthur Flexser flexser at fiu.edu
Fri Sep 5 03:29:04 EDT 2014


Why not just BINLOD EQU * at the end?

Art


On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Chad H <chadbh74 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I have no intention of ever relocating the assembly code.  The FCB 255
> just marks for me in the compiled .CCC file where I need to start merging
> in the .BIN file.  The FF is overwritten by the first byte of the .BIN.
>
> This is a 'bootloader' for .BIN files. The code and .BIN are merged then
> flashed to rompak.  It performs a kind of LOADM:EXEC on boot.
>
> On Sep 4, 2014 3:22 PM, Tormod Volden <lists.tormod at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Johann Klasek wrote:
> > Putting altogether:
> >
> >         org     49152           CoCo and compatibles map in ROM Paks here
> >
> >         * LOADER
> > BININ   LDX     #BINLOD         INIT XFER DATA ADDRESS OFFSET
> > CHKBLK  LDA     ,X+             GET BLOCK TYPE BYTE (00 = PREAMBLE,
> 255=POSTAMBLE)
> >         BNE     ENDBIN          IF <>0 THEN MUST BE END OF .BIN DATA
> (POSTAMBLE)
> >         LDY     ,X++            GET BLOCK LENGTH(Y)
> >         LDU     ,X++            GET BLOCK START ADDRESS(U)
> > XFER    LDA     ,X+             GET SOURCE BYTE(A) FROM X
> >         STA     ,U+             PUT BYTE(A) AT U
> >         LEAY    -1,Y            MOVED BLOCK?
> >         BNE     XFER            NO
> >         BRA     CHKBLK          CHECK NEXT BLOCK
> > ENDBIN  JMP     [2,X]           SKIP BLOCK LENGTH (0000)
> >                                 AND JUMP TO EXECUTION ADDRESS
> > BINLOD  FCB     255
> >
> >
> > Anything wrong with this?
>
> Why the FCB at the end, anyway?
>
> If you want to keep it relocatable you should use LEAX BINLOAD,PCR
>
> Tormod
>
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