[HECnet] Task Buillder question

[Paul Koning]

Yes, it looks that way.

On the original question, I wonder if it would be possible simply to merge the three source files and assemble them as one.  That wouldn't work if there are conflicting labels, but if not it may well be the simplest answer.  Then you could just take the obj output and convert it, which is a trivial task.

	paul

> On Apr 12, 2021, at 2:10 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
> 
> From the RSX help page:
> 
>        ABS     Disabled        Produces absolute binary output.
>        AMA     Disabled        Changes all relative addresses
>                                (address mode 67) to be assembled as absolute
>                                addresses (address mode 37).
> 
> Suspect you're thinking of AMA.
> 
>  Johnny
> 
> On 2021-04-12 20:04, Paul Koning wrote:
>> I'm not sure that's the same thing.  RT MACRO has the same switch.  Yes, that's the same as .enable abs.  It's been a long time, but if I remember correctly, that simply changes the default addressing mode to absolute.  In other words "mov foo,r0" is interpreted as if you wrote "mov @#foo,r0".
>> 	paul
>>> On Apr 12, 2021, at 2:01 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 2021-04-12 18:57, Robert Armstrong wrote:
>>>>   Ok, this is a bit of an off the wall question, but – can Task Builder (aka TKB) build paper tape images in absolute loader format?  Can anybody clue me in as to the magic switch(es) to do this?
>>> 
>>> I haven't fully explored this, but MAC, according to documentation, can produce absolute format output.
>>> 
>>> For this, TKB would then not be involved. Which also means it can't be from multiple object modules.
>>> 
>>> See /EN:ABS (HELP MAC SW EN), or maybe also the .ENABLE directive can turn this on.
>>> 
>>> If you need an absolute file based on the result from TKB, I guess you are going to have to have some tool that post process the TKB task file.
>>> 
>>>  Johnny
>>> 
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> -- 
> Johnny Billquist                  || "I'm on a bus
>                                  ||  on a psychedelic trip
> email: bqt at softjar.se             ||  Reading murder books
> pdp is alive!                     ||  tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol