Aug 232016
 

Madram, Drill and Hicks have released a new version of ORGAMS – an assembler for Z80 assembly language, which runs on the Amstrad CPC. It is a ROM based assembler, so you should use it with a ROM expansion like the X-MEM board by TotO or the Amstrad WiFi. It also features a very detailed english and a french user guide. You can download the latest version from the CPCWiki forums.

ORGAMS assembler

New features

  • Trace: Source visualization while debugging (imperfect, Orgams can be lost with conditional or repeated blocs)
  • Trace: Memory visualization while debugging
  • Trace: CONTROL UP/DOWN for faster navigation
  • Monitor: Binary display with ‘?’ command
  • Monitor: Display restored zone when returning to BASIC
  • Assembler: Can assemble up to #BF80, and in #C000-#FFFF page
  • Editor: Free cursor
  • Editor: TAB to repeat previous search (text or label)
  • Editor: ESC to stop current search (only works with CONTROL F)
  • Editor: CONTROL-ESPACE put/remove BRK
  • Editor: CONTROL-C to display CATalogue
  • Editor: Can join lines (DEL at first column). Corollary : ‘DEL’ after ‘RETURN’ cancels an unexpected split
  • Editor: Use ‘&’ for hexa, like in BASIC and MAXAM.
  • Editor: Allow (IX) as shortcut for (IX+0)
  • General: Use RAM from very last bank (&FF) to alleviate conflict with 256k RAM-DISC.
  • General: Extension and Monogams ROMs can be burned everywhere (i.e. ROM 1 to 127)
  • General: Allow |o,”source” (no need to write “.o”)

Bugfixes

  • Bloc repetition was corrupted when corresponding source was overlapping 2 banks
  • Division with MSB set in divisor (e.g. &240/&C0) was corrupted
  • Sign was lost with sub-expression (e.g. -1/[1/1] or -1 mod [4 mod 5])
  • Negative values for FILL, ORG and repetitions raise error.
  • Bad expression for repetitions (e.g. undefined label) raise error.
  • Proper binary save from 9800-HIMEM zone
  • Returning to basic won’t reset 9800-HIMEM zone anymore
  • ‘ORG &100’ now correctly parsed (not as ‘OR G AND 100’)
  • Assembling in RSX workzone (e.g. A6FC+) won’t corrupt firmware (Orgams-wise) anymore
  • Reset CRTC in RESTORE
  • Mute AY in BRK/RESTORE
  • At first invocation of BRK/Monogams, select RAM by default (lower & upper)
  • Robuster memory detection
  • Fix stack going down at each assemble / editor access.
  • Numeric pad is active when invoking |m
  • Block markers properly corrected when importing file
  • LD B,(IX) doesn’t crash anymore
  • LD H,IXH doesn’t crash anymore
  • Miscellaneous search bugs (CONTROL F) corrected.
Mar 022015
 

Madram, Drill and Hicks were working on a new assembler called ORGAMS for the Amstrad CPC and have just released the first version of it. ORGAMS is a ROM based assembler (use it with the great X-MEM by TotO) and is loosley based on DAMS / Turbo Assembler because the authors are using those assemblers. You can discuss the features or ask for help in the dedicated thread in the Push’n’Pop forum. If you understand french, you can also check out the Orgams Wiki. The latest version of the assembler can be downloaded here.

orgams-assembler

Apr 112014
 

pushnpopnews_thumb.pngPush’n’Pop published an article about the community Amstrad CPC projects for 2014 and 2015. You will find a lot of software here and see that the Amstrad CPC users are still active :). There are some new demos on the way, there are some games in production and you can expect some new hardware, too. Toms and Hicks try to keep the list up to date, so if your project is missing, you should write them and change that.

You can find the list in the articles section of Push’n’Pop.

Apr 302012
 

Hicks from Push’n’Pop interviewed the team of the Wake Up! demo, which was presented at the Revision 2012 demoparty in Saarbrücken / Germany. In the interview Eliot, Krusty, Voxfreax, Exin, McKlain and DMA-SC explain their intentions and effects used in the demo and also speak about their impressions of the Revision 2012 and the CPC demoscene.

Be sure to read the interview on Push’n’Pop.
Apr 192012
 

The Revision 2012 demoscene meeting is over and you (maybe) already read the article about the Wake Up Demo, the Stop that Nyan cat 4k intro, Krustys seminar about The inglorious Amstrad or the official competition results of the Revision 2012. Now Hicks took the time to write a Revision 2012 meeting report. You can read the meeting report on the Push’n’Pop homepage.

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