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Article #457Re: Compass
From: runewno
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 10:20
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 10:20
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 02:42:24 +0200, "MK" <mkpub@ono.com> wrote:
>Me han comentado que es uno de los mejores ensambladores para MSX y que
>adem�s soporta el juego de instrucciones R800 del Turbo-R...
Aqui tienes un poco de info sobre el COMPASSembler
History
The COMPjoetania ASSembler was made by Remo Jongeneelen, Eric van
Beurden and David Heremans. Version 1.0 and version 1.1 were released,
but they still contained some nasty bugs. Everybody was expecting a
new version 2.0...BUT...what nobody had expected, happened...
A year ago the Dutch members of Compjoetania (like Remo & Eric)
decided to stop programming for the MSX. Nevertheless their Belgian
member, David -who had programmed the Compass Debugger-, wanted of
course to continue.
David, who had already gathered some members for the new group, had
asked Remo for the sources of Compass, because he had only the sources
of the debugger which he had made. That was of course no problem for
Eric and Remo. They would give the sources as soon as possible. We can
understand that they wouldn't come to Belgium to bring them over, but
when David repeatedly tried to contact them, they were always
searching for excuses or they didn't respond at all.
Available versions
So this summer we started to disassemble the current 1.1 version. A
1.2beta FULLY-FUNCTIONAL promoversion is finished now and was released
on the MCCM-CDROM and on 'Wichert's CD'. Unfortunately MCCM used a
wrong version of our promo. This version contains a bug on Turbo-R:
each interrupt, the CPU-mode is switched to R800-ROM. Believe it or
not, but this bug is caused by only one wrong bit in the code!
At the fair in Tilburg (April 25, 1998) we have released the final 1.2
version. In fact, this is merely a version for some time to come,
because in September we will release Compass #2.0 with a lot of
extras! (supersmart disassembly, I/O monitor, ...)
Compass #1.2 is sold for 700 Belgian Francs or 40 Dutch Guilders.
People who already have an original Compassversion enjoy a 50%
reduction!!! All buyers of, or upgraders to #1.2 will get #2.0 for
free. This program is certainly worth its money. Whether you upgrade
or not, Compass #1.2 and #2.0 will be on a new disk with fullcolour
label!!!
Compass #1.2 - Features
* Compass is an extensive MSX-assembler which consists of an
Editor, Monitor, Debugger/Disassembler and ofcourse an Assembler.
* Compass requires a MSX2 with at least 80kB of mapped memory, but
for normal use we recommend a mapper of at least 256kB.
* Compass supports: DOS 2.xx, R800, Memman, several memorymappers
also under DOS1
* Installable on harddisk
* All functions can be reached in pulldownmenu's or by keyboard
shortcuts
* Memoryresident
*ASSEMBLER/EDITOR
* editing of 4 sourcebuffers at the same time, each 256kB
* labellenght from 6 to 20
* assembly to:
o memory
o disk
o TSR (directly to disk, without a linker!)
o relocatable file
* Labellist
* Errorlist, will save all errors
* All known hex. and bin. id's
* Extensive search/replace function
* CPU registeredit
* possibility to start compiled programs for testing
* many blockfunctions
* (recursive) macro's
* conditional assembly
*MONITOR
* Realtime updated display
* Many functions like Peek/Poke/Fill/Move
* Extensive search and compare function
*DEBUGGER/DISASSEMBLER
* 15 breakpoints
* Stackviewer to control the stack
* Mini-monitor (can be linked to the cursor or Program Counter)
* displaying RST as normal or in MSXmode
* I/O ports can be protected
* Interception of slotswitching
* Disassembly to a sourcebuffer
Compass #2.0 - Some of the things we will probably add to #1.2
* Totally new memorymanagement
* Virtual Memory Use
* Larger sourcebuffers
* I/O monitor
* Totally new ASM-format for faster assembly
* Faster compiling and searching capabilities
>�Como puedo conseguirlo?
esta es su pagina : http://users.pandora.be/jon/msx/ctng.html
>
>Gracias.
>
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