[Coco] Using Disk EDTASM

[Robert Emery]

> >
> >I am just beginning to learn assembly language. I recently acquired Disk
> >EDTASM+ and have had William Barden's book for some time now.  So far, I
> >have entered the first program listed in Bill's book, assembled it in
> >memory, and it does exactly what is expected. I have also assembled it to
> >disk. This is where I am having some confusion. I can execute the program
> >just fine using the TRSDOS that comes with EDTASM, but if I try from DECB,
> >the computer just hangs. It seems as though the only way I can execute it
> >from DECB is to use it as a user defined subroutine. Is this the way it is
> >supposed to be?  
> >
> >Shawn
> >  
>
> Hi Shawn,
> 
> I also have the book "TRS-80 Color Computer Assembly Language 
> Programming" by Bill Barden..
> 
> If the program you're having problems with is on page 4 ie. Figure 1.2, 
> the reason you're having trouble executing this from DECB is because it 
> doesn't have an ORG statement in the listing to let the assembler know 
> where the listing should be assembled to (see chapter 19, page 183 )
> 

As a side note, one of the few things I remember about my early attempts to
learn ML is when you have an ORG, you should assemble with the AO option. I
don't remember the exact command but I remember "Assemble, In Memory, Absolute
Origin".

Bob

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