NAME

       pasmo — Z80 assembler

SYNOPSIS

       pasmo [options]  file.asm file.bin [file.sys]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the pasmo command.

       This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does
       not have a manual page.  Instead, it has documentation in the html format; see below.

       pasmois a multiplatform Z80 cross-assembler, easy to compile  and  easy  to  use.  It  can
       generate  object  code  in  several  formats suitable for many Z80 machines and emulators.
       pasmo generates fixed position code, can not be used to create  relocatable  object  files
       for use with linkers.

       pasmo  is compatible with the syntax used in several old assemblers, by supporting several
       styles of numeric and string literals and by providing several  names  of  the  most  used
       directives.   However, in Pasmo the Z80 mnemonics, register and flags names and directives
       are reserved words, this may require changes of symbol names conflicting in some programs.

       pasmo can also generate the 8086 equivalent to the z80 assembly code. It  can  create  COM
       files  for ms-dos, by using the binary generation mode, or CMD files for CP/M 86, by using
       the --cmd option. This feature is experimental, use with care.

OPTIONS

       If no options specify another, the object code format is binary without headers.

       -d        Show debug info during assembly.

       -1        Show debug info during assembly, also in first pass.

       -v        Verbose. Show progress information during assembly.

       -I        Add directory to the list for searching files in INCLUDE and INCBIN.

       --hex     Generate the object file in Intel HEX format.

       --bin     Generate the object file in pure binary format without headers.

       --prl     Generate the object file in the PRL format. Useful for CP/M Plus RSX.

       --cmd     Generate the object file in CP/M 86 CMD format.

       --plus3dos
                 Generate the object file with PLUS3DOS header (Spectrum disk).

       --tap     Generate a .tap file for Spectrum emulators (tape image).

       --tzx     Generate a .tzx file for Spectrum emulators (tape image).

       --cdt     Generate a .cdt file for Spectrum emulators (tape image).

       --tapbas  Same as --tap option but adding a Basic loader.

       --tzxbas  Same as --tzx option but adding a Basic loader.

       --cdtbas  Same as --cdt option but adding a Basic loader.

       --amsdos  Generate the object file with Amsdos header (Amstrad CPC disk).

       --msx     Generate the object file with header for use with BLOAD in MSX Basic.

       --public  The symbol table listing will include only symbols declared as PUBLIC.

       --name    Name for the header in the formats that use it. If unspecified the  object  file
                 name will be used.

       --err     Direct  error  messages  to  standard ouptut instead of error output (except for
                 errors in options).

       --nocase  Make identifiers case insensitive.

       --alocal  Autolocal mode: the labels than begins with a '_'  are  locals,  and  his  ambit
                 finishes  in  the  next  no  local  label  or  in  the next PROC, LOCAL or MACRO
                 directive.

       -B --bracket
                 Bracket only mode: parenthesis are reserved for expressions.

       -E --equ  Predefine a label.

       -8 --w8080
                 Show warnings when using Z80 instructions that does not exist in 8080.

       --86      Generate 8086 code.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Joost  Yervante  Damad  joost@lumatec.be  for  the  Debian
       system (but may be used by others). It is just a rerendering of the original documentation
       as a manual page. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or  modify  this  document
       under  the  terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published
       by the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License  can  be  found  in
       /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

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