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XA question

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Does the XA assembler included with the OSDK have an option to create output similar to the following which was generated by my 6803 assembler:

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0004   8000             START	.org	$8000		;where to store out program
0005   8000             
0006   8000             ;==================
0007   8000             ; playsong,
0008   8000             ;	play a song located at songstart
0009   8000             ;	original Z80 version by James the Animal Tamer
0010   8000             ;	6803 TASM port by James Diffendaffer
0011   8000             playsong
0012   8000             	; save the registers we will modify
0013   8000 36          	psha
0014   8001 37          	pshb
0015   8002 3C          	pshx
0016   8003             
0017   8003             	; save old interrupt vector info so we can restore it later
0018   8003 B6 42 06    	ldaa	TOFVect
0019   8006 B7 80 6C    	staa	SVect
0020   8009 FC 42 07    	ldd	TOFVect+1
0021   800C FD 80 6D    	std	SVect+1
0022   800F             	
0023   800F             	; enable our MC10 TOF interrupt handler
0024   800F 86 7E       	ldaa	#126		;load 'jmp' instruction opcode
0025   8011 B7 42 06    	staa	TOFVect		;store into TOF vector
0026   8014 CE 80 61    	ldx	#inter		;get the address of our interrupt handler
0027   8017 FF 42 07    	stx	TOFVect+1	;store as address to jump to
0028   801A 0E          	cli			;enable interrupts
0029   801B 86 08       	ldaa	#8		;enable TOF
0030   801D 97 08       	staa	8
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Post by Twilighte »

I don't think so, however when disassembling code on the Oric i always used to use ORION which uses a similar format to the above. The optional PDUMPO utility allowed you to dump it to a printer which on the emu you can easily pick up.
Orion and the utility should be on Oric.org sw database otherwise contact me ;)
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Post by JamesD »

It's just a lot more convenient to have the assembler do it so that labels and comments appear in the listing. I'd use a different assembler but the syntax is too different.
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Post by Dbug »

Not in any version of XA I know of, but probably not that complex to implement.

Actually as a debugging listing mode can be kind of practical.

Have to think about it :)
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Post by JamesD »

Generating the number of clock cycles each instruction takes would be a nice addition as well. No need to hand count or load up an emulator to compare different implementations of an algorithm.
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And that should be something that can be table driven.
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