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ORGAMS – Z80 assembler for the Amstrad CPC

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.

ORGAMS – A new Z80 assembler for the Amstrad CPC

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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.

X-MASS – new mass storage expansion available for preordering

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Dec 152014

SyX and TotO are hard working to get a new mass storage device ready for your Amstrad CPC. It is compatible with SymbOS and BonnyDOS and it will additionally come with an own ROM (ACMEDOS), which allows you to access the mass storage from BASIC via RSX commands. If you already own the Mother X4 board, you can just plug it into it and use it on your CPC. You can preorder it for 24,90 EUR in TotO’s webshop.

X-MEM – a new memory expansion

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Apr 282014

After the CPC Minibooster TotO brings us again a new hardware expansion card – this time it is called X-MEM and it contains up to 512kb RAM and up to 512kb flash ROM. You can also replace the lower ROMs with the flash ROM interface on the card and of course, you can use it in the “MotherX4” mainboard with the other hardware expansions. But the best above all: it is already available for pre-ordering at Cent Pour Cent. Be sure to order one now :-)!

Pacman arcade emulator

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Apr 022012

Released on the 1st April, I thought that this is just an april fool, but it is real: SyX and TotO wrote an emulator, which is able to use the original Pacman arcade ROMs to emulate the game on the Amstrad CPC. The emulator itself is based on an Pacman emulator for the Sam Coupe and the ZX Spectrum by Simon Owen. If you want to use it, you have to put the original arcade ROMs of the arcade machine with an AMSDOS header into the disc image (e.g. with tools like ManageDSK). For more information please refer to the included “README.TXT” file. You can download the emulator from the CPCWiki forums.

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