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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
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"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
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<HTML>
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<HEAD>
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<TITLE>xAsm History</TITLE>
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
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<html>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8">
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<title>xAsm History</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../style.css">
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</HEAD>
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<BODY>
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<I><H2>xAsm History</H2></I><HR>
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<TABLE BORDER=1>
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<CAPTION><I>The history of xAsm</I></CAPTION>
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<TR>
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<TD ALIGN="Center"><B><I>Version</I></B></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="Center"><B><I>Dated</I></B></TD>
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<TD><B><I>Release notes</I></B></TD>
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</TR>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">1.0</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">1 Oct. 96</TD>
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<TD>First release</TD>
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</TR>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">1.01</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">1 Dec. 96</TD>
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<TD>Fixed bug in <A HREF="incbin.htm">INCBIN</A> (sometimes reported the section full)<BR>
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Added <A HREF="miscfunc.htm">DEF()</A> function</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">1.02</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">12 Feb. 97</TD>
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<TD>Added <A HREF="expr_str.htm">STRLEN(), STRCAT(), STRIN(), STRCMP(), STRSUB(), STRUPR() and STRLWR()</A> functions<BR>
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<A HREF="export.htm">IMPORT/EXPORT/GLOBAL</A> takes multiple arguments now<BR>
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<A HREF="section.htm">HRAM</A> sectiontype added<BR>
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ORG like features added to <A HREF="section.htm">SECTION</A><BR>
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<A HREF="trg_gb.htm">LDIO</A> mnemonic added</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">1.03</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">23 Mar. 97</TD>
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<TD>The <A HREF="section.htm">HRAM section</A> was 128 bytes long instead of 127. potentially thrashing the interrupt enable register if you filled the HRAM.<BR>
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The <A HREF="miscfunc.htm">BANK() function</A>, when used on a symbol defined in the current sourcefile, returned the wrong bank ID. (reported by Harry P. Mulder)<BR>
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The <A HREF="miscfunc.htm">BANK() function</A> didn't check whether the argument was a properly defined symbol. (reported by Harry P. Mulder)<BR>
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Completely new lexical analyser module. This fixed several linenumber bugs and other macro/if/rept related bugs. Also fixed a bug which made it possible to have equated symbols with the same name as a reserved keyword (if you get a "parse error" with this release on some of your sources, this is probably what is going on)<BR>
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<A HREF="fail.htm">FAIL and WARN</A> commands.<BR>
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<A HREF="presym.htm">__LINE__, __FILE__, __TIME__, __DATE__</A> predefined symbols added.<BR>
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</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">1.04</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">03 July 1997</TD>
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<TD>First ASMotor release<BR>
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<A HREF="presym.htm">__TIME__ and __DATE__</A> give todays date instead of when the assembler was compiled.<BR>
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Sometimes the first line of a file wouldn't assemble correctly. Reported by Jeff Frohwein.<BR>
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Unrolling multiline <A HREF="equs.htm">string symbols</A> left the linecounter in a sorry state. Jeff Frohwein again.<BR>
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<A HREF="db.htm">DB and DW</A> can now (officially ;-) be used in BSS/HRAM/VRAM sections without any arguments to reserve a byte or a word respectively. Reported/suggested/inspired by Mr. Frohwein.<BR>
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The character # can now be used as part of a <A HREF="symbols.htm">symbol name</A>. Jeff....<BR>
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The <A HREF="rs.htm">RS</A> counter "_RS" is now defined from the very start of the assembly process instead of after the first RSSET or RSRESET.<BR>
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Bug fixed: You couldn't use \0-\9 and \@ in <A HREF="expr_str.htm">{} constructs</A><BR>
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<A HREF="purge.htm">PURGE</A> pseudo-op added. Purges a symbol from the symboltable and memory. Use with extreme caution! Inspired by Harry P. Mulder<BR>
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<A HREF="macro.htm">MACRO</A> parameter passing method changed drastically. Read (and re-read) the manual for details. Suggested by Harry P. Mulder.<BR>
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</TD>
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<TR>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">1.05</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">20 July 1997</TD>
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<TD><B>RGBDS fixes:</B><BR>
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</head>
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<body>
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<h1>xAsm History</h1>
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<table>
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<caption>The history of xAsm</caption>
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<thead>
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<tr>
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<th scope="col">Version</th>
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<th scope="col">Dated</th>
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<th scope="col">Release notes</th>
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</tr>
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</thead>
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<tr>
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<td>1.0</td>
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<td>1 Oct. 96</td>
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<td>First release</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>1.01</td>
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<td>1 Dec. 96</td>
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<td><ul>
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<li>Fixed bug in <a href="incbin.htm">INCBIN</a> (sometimes reported the section full)</li>
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<li>Added <a href="miscfunc.htm">DEF()</a> function
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</ul></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>1.02</td>
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<td>12 Feb. 97</td>
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<td><ul>
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<li>Added <a href="expr_str.htm">STRLEN(), STRCAT(), STRIN(), STRCMP(), STRSUB(), STRUPR() and STRLWR()</a> functions</li>
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<li><a href="export.htm">IMPORT/EXPORT/GLOBAL</a> takes multiple arguments now</li>
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<li><a href="section.htm">HRAM</a> sectiontype added</li>
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<li>ORG like features added to <a href="section.htm">SECTION</a></li>
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<li><a href="trg_gb.htm">LDIO</a> mnemonic added</li>
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</ul></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>1.03</td>
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<td>23 Mar. 97</td>
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<td><ul>
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<li>The <a href="section.htm">HRAM section</a> was 128 bytes long instead of 127. potentially thrashing the interrupt enable register if you filled the HRAM.</li>
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<li>The <a href="miscfunc.htm">BANK() function</a>, when used on a symbol defined in the current sourcefile, returned the wrong bank ID. (reported by Harry P. Mulder)</li>
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<li>The <a href="miscfunc.htm">BANK() function</a> didn't check whether the argument was a properly defined symbol. (reported by Harry P. Mulder)</li>
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<li>Completely new lexical analyser module. This fixed several linenumber bugs and other macro/if/rept related bugs. Also fixed a bug which made it possible to have equated symbols with the same name as a reserved keyword (if you get a "parse error" with this release on some of your sources, this is probably what is going on)</li>
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<li><a href="fail.htm">FAIL and WARN</a> commands.</li>
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<li><a href="presym.htm">__LINE__, __FILE__, __TIME__, __DATE__</a> predefined symbols added.</li>
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</ul>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>1.04</td>
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<td>03 July 1997</td>
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<td><ul><li>First ASMotor release</li>
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<li><a href="presym.htm">__TIME__ and __DATE__</a> give todays date instead of when the assembler was compiled.</li>
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<li>Sometimes the first line of a file wouldn't assemble correctly. Reported by Jeff Frohwein.</li>
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<li>Unrolling multiline <a href="equs.htm">string symbols</a> left the linecounter in a sorry state. Jeff Frohwein again.</li>
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<li><a href="db.htm">DB and DW</a> can now (officially ;-) be used in BSS/HRAM/VRAM sections without any arguments to reserve a byte or a word respectively. Reported/suggested/inspired by Mr. Frohwein.</li>
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<li>The character # can now be used as part of a <a href="symbols.htm">symbol name</A>. Jeff....</li>
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<li>The <a href="rs.htm">RS</a> counter "_RS" is now defined from the very start of the assembly process instead of after the first RSSET or RSRESET.</li>
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<li>Bug fixed: You couldn't use \0-\9 and \@ in <a href="expr_str.htm">{} constructs</a></li>
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<li><a href="purge.htm">PURGE</a> pseudo-op added. Purges a symbol from the symboltable and memory. Use with extreme caution! Inspired by Harry P. Mulder</li>
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<li><a href="macro.htm">MACRO</a> parameter passing method changed drastically. Read (and re-read) the manual for details. Suggested by Harry P. Mulder.</li>
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</ul>
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</td>
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<td>1.05</td>
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<td>20 July 1997</td>
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<td><B>RGBDS fixes:</B><BR>
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RGBAsm supports the LDD and LDI syntax plus [HLD] and [HLI]. LDH is
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synonymous with LDIO.<BR>
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<B>General fixes:</B><BR>
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There was a bug in the macro parameter passing. Any whitespace after the
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last parameter would be appended to the last parameter. Reported by Jeff Frohwein.<BR>
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A section stack has been implemented. Look up <A HREF="pops.htm">POPS and PUSHS</A>. Jeff Frohweins doing again.<BR>
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<A HREF="opt.htm">OPT</A> command added for defining and changing some options while assembling.<BR>
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You can now define which characters are used for the <A HREF="expr_int.htm">Gameboy graphics
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integer (`)</A> using the <A HREF="usage.htm">commandline</A> or the new <A HREF="opt.htm">OPT</A> command. Cool idea by (surprise surprise) Jeff Frohwein.<BR>
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Also, an option stack has been added. Look up <A HREF="popo.htm">POPO and PUSHO</A> in the
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A section stack has been implemented. Look up <a href="pops.htm">POPS and PUSHS</A>. Jeff Frohweins doing again.<BR>
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<a href="opt.htm">OPT</A> command added for defining and changing some options while assembling.<BR>
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You can now define which characters are used for the <a href="expr_int.htm">Gameboy graphics
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integer (`)</A> using the <a href="usage.htm">commandline</A> or the new <a href="opt.htm">OPT</A> command. Cool idea by (surprise surprise) Jeff Frohwein.<BR>
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Also, an option stack has been added. Look up <a href="popo.htm">POPO and PUSHO</A> in the
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manual.<BR>
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Fixed yet another line number bug reported by Jeff Frohwein (when will this guy leave me alone? ;)<BR>
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</TD>
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<TR>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">1.06</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">22 July 1997</TD>
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<TD><B>General fixes:</B><BR>
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</td>
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<td>1.06</td>
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<td>22 July 1997</td>
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<td><B>General fixes:</B><BR>
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The lamest typo bug of all time has been fixed. RGBAsm would output a word defined with DW as 4 bytes instead of 2. Jeff Frohwein reported this.<BR>
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The first line of an included file didn't assemble correctly.<BR>
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<A HREF="usage.htm">-b option</A> added for setting the characters used for binary constants.<BR>
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</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">1.08</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">21 September 1997</TD>
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<TD><B>General fixes:</B><BR>
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<a href="usage.htm">-b option</A> added for setting the characters used for binary constants.<BR>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<td>1.08</td>
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<td>21 September 1997</td>
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<td><B>General fixes:</B><BR>
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A crash occured if you tried to use a macro symbol in an expression.
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(Jeff Frohwein)<BR>
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You couldn't use STRCMP, STRLEN and STRIN in relocatable expressions. (Harry
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@@ -99,109 +105,109 @@ P. Mulder)<BR>
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Relocatable symbols are no longer allowed as arguments to the DEF function.<BR>
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Bug fixed in the assembler where it would sometimes write out too many bytes
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for HRAM section definitions.<BR>
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</TD>
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</TR>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">1.08</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">02 July 1999</TD>
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<TD>
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</td>
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<td>1.08</td>
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<td>02 July 1999</td>
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<B>Feature:</B>
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<BR>
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DQ directive added for defining 32-bit data constants. See operation of DW & DB.
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DQ directive added for defining 32-bit data constants. See operation of DW & DB.
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<BR>
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</TD>
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</TR>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">1.08</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">05 July 1999</TD>
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</td>
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<td>1.08</td>
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<td>05 July 1999</td>
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<B>Feature:</B>
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Allow only a part of a binary file to be included instead of the whole thing.
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<TD ALIGN="Center">1.08</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">10 June 1999</TD>
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<td>1.08</td>
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<td>10 June 1999</td>
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<B>Feature:</B>
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Added output of file dependency information for each file included/assembled. Enabled with a command line option.
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</TD>
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</TR>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">1.08</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="Center">?? ???? 1999</TD>
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<BR>
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Added ORG directive to allow anonymous sections.
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Added ability to output error information in either RGBDS or Microsoft Developer Studio format.
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Added pseudo-instructions to handle NE (not equal), EQ (equal), and LT (less than) on JR/JP/CALL instructions
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Added STRTRIM, STRLTRIM, STRRTRIM directives to allow trimming of white space from strings in macro arguments.
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When an "unknown symbol" error was reported during the link phase the undefined symbol was not given.
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Declaring a symbol as GLOBAL in a header file and then referencing it in code but never defining it would crash the linker.
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Can now use a command line option to set the number format between a slightly tweaked Motorola/RGBDS format and Zilog.
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<FONT SIZE="-1"><I><P ALIGN=RIGHT>Last updated 21 September 1997 by <A HREF="mailto:surfsmurf@matilde.demon.co.uk">Carsten Sorensen</A></P></I></FONT>
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<FONT SIZE="-1"><I><P ALIGN=RIGHT>Last updated 21 September 1997 by <a href="mailto:surfsmurf@matilde.demon.co.uk">Carsten Sorensen</A></P></I></FONT>
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