Re: EPZ directive

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

heuser.marcus@freenet.de wrote:
> Guillaume Tello wrote:
>
> > Well, I'm using Merlin assembler (V2.57) and EPZ is not accepted as a valid
> > directive.
> > Can I just replace it with EQU?
>
>
> Merlin automatically uses zero page addressing if possible (the manual
> says "appropriate").
>
> You can force non-zero page addressing, however, by adding another
> character (like an "N") to the opcode.
>
> Example:
>
> Addr  EQU  $10
>
>       LDA  Addr      results in $A0 $10
>
> whereas
>
>       LDAN Addr      results in $AD $10 $00
>
> Restrictions:
> You can't add a "D" to the opcode with Merlin 8 or an "L" with Merlin
> 16.

I generally append "a" for "absolute".

-michael

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