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Ti-83 and Ti-84 Assembly Programming
Getting Started      1.1: About This Tutorial      1.2: About TI-ASM      1.3: Writing Your First Program      1.4: Compiling      1.5: Debugging ASM Basics      2.1: Calls and Jumps      2.2: Registers      2.3: Displaying Text System Controls and Calls      3.1: Data      3.2: Register Stack      3.3: If Statements (Comparing)      3.4: GetKey and GetCSC      3.5: System Flags      3.6: Menus      3.7: Displaying Pictures      3.8: For Loops (djnz)      3.9: White Loops      3.10: OP Registers Applications      4.1: Apps vs ASM      4.5: KeyHooks	Compiling Both TASM and DevPac8x are DOS based. So, it would be helpful to learn some DOS commands. (You may also want to check out a short section on Learning DOS.) Here we go: cd dirname--Change Directory to dirname dir--List the contents of the current directory ren filename -or- dirname--Rename file or directory del filename--Delete File move filename path---Move a file copy filename path/new filename or filename new filename---Copy a file deltree dirname--Delete Directory (Pre-WinXP only) mkdir dirname--Make a new directory edit--Start text editor with a new file edit filename--Open file as text. You can read the tutorial below to learn more, or you can just be lazy and download This. All your programs should be in the "programs" and to compile, just type compile and your program name. With this newfound DOS knowledge, let's make a file that compiles your program. This will ONLY WORK if you have your directory's arranged in the following manner: Thee folders (wherever you want them, as long as they're all in the same folder), called TASM, with all the TASM stuff in it, DevPac8x, with all the DevPac8x stuff in it, and Programs. You also must put ti83plus.inc in the tasm folder, and any other include files you plan on having in your program. Open a DOS prompt and go to your "Program" folder. Type "edit compile.bat". It should bring up the text editing program. Type the following into it: @echo off echo Compiling... move %1.z80 ..\tasm cd ..\tasm tasm -t80 -i -b %1.z80 %1.bin move %1.z80 ..\programs move %1.bin ..\devpac8x cd ..\devpac8x devpac8x %1 move %1.bin ..\programs move %1.8xp ..\programs cd ..\programs echo Done! This is a batch file. Save the file, then exit the editor. To compile your program, simply type "compile yourprogramname" in the terminal while in the "Programs" folder.
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