Atari Assembler Editor ; Copyright (C) 1980 Atari, Inc. & Kathleen Ann O'Brien#
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CAR images#
BIN images#
Manuals#
- ATARI Assembler Editor User's Manual
- ATARI Assembler Editor User's Manual Update
- ATARI Assembler Editor User's Manual Errata
; size: 238 KB
- ATARI Assembler Editor Reference Card
- ATARI Assembler Editor Command Summary
- The Atari Assembler Editor Reference.rtf
; The Atari Assembler Editor Reference by Matthew J. W. Ratcliff
- The Atari Assembler Editor bug list.rtf
; List of known bugs in the program, with description, solution, work around and source
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- The Atari Atari Assembler Editor-Don Inman, Kurt Inman
; Mega-Thanks to Atarimania for hosting!!!
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- Der Atari Atari Assembler Editor-Don Inman, Kurt Inman
; Mega-Thanks to Atarimania for hosting!!!
Pictures#
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References#
- http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-21-the-atari-8-bit-podcast-kathleen-obrien-oss
; ANTIC Interview 22 - The Atari 8-bit Podcast - with Kathleen Ann O'Brien from OSS, Inc.
- https://computingpioneers.com/index.php/Kathleen_O%27Brien
; transcript of the interview above
- http://a8preservation.com/#/software/title/%2Fapi%2Ftitles%2F587
; Atari Assembler Editor on a8preservation.com
- http://www.atarimagazines.com/hi-res/v1n1/advanceduser.php
; Atari Assembler Editor in comparison to other assemblers by Russ Wetmore
- http://open-source.ma.web.id/IT/1634-1523/Atari-Assembler-Editor_5818_open-source-ma.html
; good info page about the Atari Assembler Editor including the Hello World! source code
- Atari Assembler Editor discussion on AtariAge
; discussion on AtariAge about the Atari Assembler Editor
Hello Wolrd! Source Code#
This is the Hello World! source code:
10 ; HELLO.ASM 20 ; --------- 30 ; 40 ; THIS ATARI ASSEMBLY PROGRAM 50 ; WILL PRINT THE "HELLO WORLD" 60 ; MESSAGE TO THE SCREEN 70 ; 0100 ; CIO EQUATES 0110 ; =========== 0120 *= $0340 ;START OF IOCB 0130 IOCB 0140 ; 0150 ICHID *= *+1 ;DEVICE HANDLER 0160 ICDNO *= *+1 ;DEVICE NUMBER 0170 ICCOM *= *+1 ;I/O COMMAND 0180 ICSTA *= *+1 ;I/O STATUS 0190 ICBAL *= *+1 ;LSB BUFFER ADDR 0200 ICBAH *= *+1 ;MSB BUFFER ADDR 0210 ICPTL *= *+1 ;LSB PUT ROUTINE 0220 ICPTH *= *+1 ;MSB PUT ROUTINE 0230 ICBLL *= *+1 ;LSB BUFFER LEN 0240 ICBLH *= *+1 ;MSB BUFFER LEN 0250 ICAX1 *= *+1 ;AUX BYTE 1 0260 ICAX2 *= *+1 ;AUX BYTE 1 0270 ; 0280 GETREC = 5 ;GET TEXT RECORD 0290 PUTREC = 9 ;PUT TEXT RECORD 0300 ; 0310 CIOV = $E456 ;CIO ENTRY VECTOR 0320 RUNAD = $02E0 ;RUN ADDRESS 0330 EOL = $9B ;END OF LINE 0340 ; 0350 ; SETUP FOR CIO 0360 ; ------------- 0370 *= $0600 0380 START LDX #0 ;IOCB 0 0390 LDA #PUTREC ;WANT OUTPUT 0400 STA ICCOM,X ;ISSUE CMD 0410 LDA #MSG&255 ;LOW BYTE OF MSG 0420 STA ICBAL,X ; INTO ICBAL 0430 LDA #MSG/256 ;HIGH BYTE 0440 STA ICBAH,X ; INTO ICBAH 0450 LDA #0 ;LENGTH OF MSG 0460 STA ICBLH,X ; HIGH BYTE 0470 LDA #$FF ;255 CHAR LENGTH 0480 STA ICBLL,X ; LOW BYTE 0490 ; 0500 ; CALL CIO TO PRINT 0510 ; ----------------- 0520 JSR CIOV ;CALL CIO 0530 RTS ;EXIT TO DOS 0540 ; 0550 ; OUR MESSAGE 0560 ; ----------- 0570 MSG .BYTE "HELLO WORLD!",EOL 0580 ; 0590 ; INIT RUN ADDRESS 0600 ; ---------------- 0610 *= RUNAD 0620 .WORD START 0630 .END
This is the Hello World! source code in assembled form:
10 ; HELLO.ASM 20 ; --------- 30 ; 40 ; THIS ATARI ASSEMBLY PROGRAM 50 ; WILL PRINT THE "HELLO WORLD" 60 ; MESSAGE TO THE SCREEN 70 ; 0100 ; CIO EQUATES 0110 ; =========== 0000 0120 *= $0340 ;START OF IOCB 0130 IOCB 0140 ; 0340 0150 ICHID *= *+1 ;DEVICE HANDLER 0341 0160 ICDNO *= *+1 ;DEVICE NUMBER 0342 0170 ICCOM *= *+1 ;I/O COMMAND 0343 0180 ICSTA *= *+1 ;I/O STATUS 0344 0190 ICBAL *= *+1 ;LSB BUFFER ADDR 0345 0200 ICBAH *= *+1 ;MSB BUFFER ADDR 0346 0210 ICPTL *= *+1 ;LSB PUT ROUTINE 0347 0220 ICPTH *= *+1 ;MSB PUT ROUTINE 0348 0230 ICBLL *= *+1 ;LSB BUFFER LEN 0349 0240 ICBLH *= *+1 ;MSB BUFFER LEN 034A 0250 ICAX1 *= *+1 ;AUX BYTE 1 034B 0260 ICAX2 *= *+1 ;AUX BYTE 1 0270 ; 0005 0280 GETREC = 5 ;GET TEXT RECORD 0009 0290 PUTREC = 9 ;PUT TEXT RECORD 0300 ; E456 0310 CIOV = $E456 ;CIO ENTRY VECTOR 02E0 0320 RUNAD = $02E0 ;RUN ADDRESS 009B 0330 EOL = $9B ;END OF LINE 0340 ; 0350 ; SETUP FOR CIO 0360 ; ------------- 034C 0370 *= $0600 0600 A200 0380 START LDX #0 ;IOCB 0 0602 A909 0390 LDA #PUTREC ;WANT OUTPUT 0604 9D4203 0400 STA ICCOM,X ;ISSUE CMD 0607 A91F 0410 LDA #MSG&255 ;LOW BYTE OF MSG 0609 9D4403 0420 STA ICBAL,X ; INTO ICBAL 060C A906 0430 LDA #MSG/256 ;HIGH BYTE 060E 9D4503 0440 STA ICBAH,X ; INTO ICBAH 0611 A900 0450 LDA #0 ;LENGTH OF MSG 0613 9D4903 0460 STA ICBLH,X ; HIGH BYTE 0616 A9FF 0470 LDA #$FF ;255 CHAR LENGTH 0618 9D4803 0480 STA ICBLL,X ; LOW BYTE 0490 ; 0500 ; CALL CIO TO PRINT 0510 ; ----------------- 061B 2056E4 0520 JSR CIOV ;CALL CIO 061E 60 0530 RTS ;EXIT TO DOS 0540 ; 0550 ; OUR MESSAGE 0560 ; ----------- 061F 48 0570 MSG .BYTE "HELLO WORLD!",EOL 0620 45 0621 4C 0622 4C 0623 4F 0624 20 0625 57 0626 4F 0627 52 0628 4C 0629 44 062A 21 062B 9B 0580 ; 0590 ; INIT RUN ADDRESS 0600 ; ---------------- 062C 0610 *= RUNAD 02E0 0006 0620 .WORD START 02E2 0630 .END 0 ERRORS