Envision question

[Avram]

Can anyone tell me how to convert the data Envision produces to hex? I'm trying to add it to ATasm (as far as I know, ATasm doesn't like decimal numbers but I might be missing something basic as I'm still getting used to assembly).

 

Thanks!

[NRV]

Envision 8bits? press the "W" to "write data statements" and select MAC65 format.. I don't remember if you can save the font and the map to different files..

 

Envision PC? you use "E" to export the font and "S" to save a binary map

 

if you already have the data in decimal format I think that you should be able to use it in Atasm..

if you were using MADS you could just include the binary file

 

NRV

[Avram]

Thanks for the response NRV. Yes, it's Envision PC.

 

The problem is when I try adding the decimal data in .BYTE format to Atasm - it still compiles but gives an error.

 

So I realize I should have asked is it possible to use decimal values after the .BYTE command?

 

eg: .BYTE $FF, F3, A1... etc works

whereas

.BYTE 192,43,22... etc causes the emulator I'm testing code in to crash

[Avram]

Or, more simply, how do I bring EnvisionPC data into ATasm?

[Sheddy]

Envision 8bits? press the "W" to "write data statements" and select MAC65 format.. I don't remember if you can save the font and the map to different files..

 

Envision PC? you use "E" to export the font and "S" to save a binary map

 

if you already have the data in decimal format I think that you should be able to use it in Atasm..

if you were using MADS you could just include the binary file

 

NRV

 

Hi Avram,

 

you can include the binary file in ATasm by using .incbin

[Avram]

Excellent - I'll give that a go. Thanks Sheddy!

[Avram]

Well, no luck so far. At the beginning of my code I link to a test character set (gotten by Exporting from Envision PC) with the following:

 

*=$800

.INCBIN TESTER

 

And the TESTER file looks something like this:

 

.BY 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0

.BY 0,24,24,24,24,0,24,0

.BY 0,102,102,102,0,0,0,0

.BY 0,102,255,102,102,255,102,0

 

And all I manage to do is crash the emulator! Any ideas what I'm doing wong?

[Sheddy]

Well, no luck so far. At the beginning of my code I link to a test character set (gotten by Exporting from Envision PC) with the following:

 

*=$800

.INCBIN TESTER

 

And the TESTER file looks something like this:

 

.BY 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0

.BY 0,24,24,24,24,0,24,0

.BY 0,102,102,102,0,0,0,0

.BY 0,102,255,102,102,255,102,0

 

And all I manage to do is crash the emulator! Any ideas what I'm doing wong?

 

Ah, OK, that isn't a binary file. You need to use .INCLUDE rather than .INCBIN

However it should have .BYTE at beginning of lines. Export to MAC/65 should make it do that.

Decimal values will work fine, doen't have to be Hex for ATasm. Maybe something else is causing the crash.

Maybe try and manually enter a few of the .BYTE lines and see if you still get crashes then

Edited June 23, 2009 by Sheddy

[Avram]

Okay - that looks promising.Thank-you.

 

*Update* - that did it! Thank-you Chris!

Edited June 24, 2009 by Avram