USR function code not working

[Champions_2002]

i am looking through old Atari User magazaines and i came across an article on the USR function from the Nov 1987 issue

 

The code looks like this

10 *=$600
20 PLA
30 LDA #0
40 STA 710
50 RTS

I have compiled this with the Assembler Cartridge and i get error 6 on lines 10,30 and 40, also i have tried MADS and i get an error illegal instruction

 

can anybody get this to work (it should only change the colour)

 

Champions

[Pengwin]

How many spaces do you have between the line number and the rest of the line?

You should have at least 2, otherwise it will see the mnemonic as a label, rather than code

[Champions_2002]

How many spaces do you have between the line number and the rest of the line?

You should have at least 2, otherwise it will see the mnemonic as a label, rather than code

Yes i have 2 on lines 20,30,40 and 50

Edited February 27, 2014 by Champions_2002

[Pengwin]

You also need at least 2 spaces on line 10.

The asterisk is the equivalent of the ORG directive in some compilers, so it should be treated as a mnemonic as well.

[Pengwin]

Regarding MADS: It uses the org directive rather than the asterisk

[+bob1200xl]

You might want to check your line spacing again. You need two spaces between the line number and the first character of your instruction. ASM/ED is complaining about the goofy instructions after the labels on lines 10, 30, and 40.

 

Bob

[ricortes]

10 *=$600

20 PLA

30 LDA #0

40 STA 710

50 RTS

Copy and paste to your assembler.

You may want to switch to 1) Using tabs rather then spaces. As several noticed, you only have one space between line number and label field. 2) Switch to using a program editor like Notepad++ as these will highlight labels.

[Champions_2002]

You also need at least 2 spaces on line 10.

The asterisk is the equivalent of the ORG directive in some compilers, so it should be treated as a mnemonic as well.

R yes i thought it would be different i just tried it .

 

 

10 *=$600

20 PLA

30 LDA #0

40 STA 710

50 RTS

Copy and paste to your assembler.

You may want to switch to 1) Using tabs rather then spaces. As several noticed, you only have one space between line number and label field. 2) Switch to using a program editor like Notepad++ as these will highlight labels.

 

Thanks for that it now works for me