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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.