Re: Uthernet II Assembly Listing Questions

From	Raymond Wiker <rwiker@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.apple2
Subject	Re: Uthernet II Assembly Listing Questions
Date	2016-01-08 20:46 +0100
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ultramagnus_tcv <mikew@thecomputervalet.com> writes:

> On 2016-01-08 15:51:23 +0000, ultramagnus_tcv said:
>
>> On 2016-01-08 07:47:15 +0000, awanderin said:
>>
>>>> IIRC, $ = Memory Location, #$ = enter value (Hex). Is #6 = enter value
>>>> (dec)?
>>>
>>> Yes, $ in front means hex, % means binary (0s and 1s), nothing means
>>> decimal.
>>
>> Thank you, Jerry.
>>
>> But what is: #6?
>
> Sometimes trying things out is the best answer?
>
> I put together a very small program in Merlin 8 and specified:
>
> LDA #10
> LDA #$10
> LDA 10
>
> The first two assemble as A9 0A, which would seem to indicate that #10
> is a way to specify the decimal of a number in the editor but have it
> convert to hexadecimal during assembly. Both are immediate mode.

That's odd - I would expect $ to mean "treat the following as a hex
number", and # to indicate an immediate value (rather than an
address). In that case, I would expect the first two to generate A9 0A
and A9 10, respectively. 

> LDA 10 is A5 0A. So the "10" is again converted to hexadecimal. A5 is
> Zero Page. So, this would load whatever value is in $000A.
>
> And watching the Inspector in Virtual ][ confirms my guesses.
>
> m

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