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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