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ASF8 Assembler

   The ASF8 assembler supports the F8 and 3870 processor cores.  


F8 REGISTERS 

   The  following  is a list of register designations recognized
by the ASF8 assembler:  

        r0-r11  -       Registers

        j       -       Scratch Pad Register r9

        hu      -       MSB of register H the
                          Data Counter Buffer Register
                          Scratch Pad Register r10
        hl      -       LSB of register H the
                          Data Counter Buffer Register
                          Scratch Pad Register r11

        ku      -       MSB of register K the
                          Stack Buffer Register
        kl      -       LSB of register K the
                          Stack Buffer Register

        qu      -       MSB of register Q a
                          Buffer Register for the
                          Data Counter or Program Counter
        ql      -       LSB of register Q a
                          Buffer Register for the
                          Data Counter or Program Counter

        a       -       Accumulator

        is      -       Scratch Pad Address Register (ISAR)

        w       -       Status Register

        s       -       Register Addressed
                        by is (unchanged)

        i       -       Register Addressed
                        by is (incremented)

        d       -       Register Addressed
                        by is (decremented)

        pc0     -       Program Counter
        or p0, pc

        pc1     -       Program Counter Buffer or
        or p1, p        Stack Register

        dc0     -       Data Counter
        or d0, dc


F8 INSTRUCTION SET 

   The  following  list specifies the format for each addressing
mode supported by ASF8:  

        #nibble         immediate  4-Bit data
        #byte           immediate  8-Bit data
        #word           immediate 16-Bit data

        #t3             3-Bit test condition
                        [Zero Carry Sign]

        #t4             4-Bit test condition
                        [Overflow Zero Carry Sign]

        r               register r0-r11 addressing and
                        indirect addressing s, i, and d
                        j is equivalent to r9
                        hu (MSB of h) is equivalent to r10
                        hl (LSB of h) is equivalent to r11

        ku and kl       MSB and LSB of k register

        qu and ql       MSB and LSB of q register

        h, k, or q      16-Bit registers
        p0, pc0, or pc
        p1 or p
        d0, dc0, or dc

        w               status register

        is              Indirect Scratchpad Address Register

        label           call/jmp/branch label

The  terms  nibble, byte, word, t3, t4, and label may all be ex-
pressions.  

   The  following tables list all F8 mnemonics recognized by the
ASF8 assembler.  

Accumulator Group Instructions 

        lnk                     ai      #byte
        ni      #byte           clr
        ci      #byte           com
        xi      #byte           inc
        li      #byte           lis     #nibble
        oi      #byte           sl      1
        sl      4               sr      1
        sr      4


ranch Instructions 

        bc      label           bp      label
        bz      label           bt      #t3,label
        bm      label           bnc     label
        bno     label           bnz     label
        bf      #t4,label       br7     label
        br      label           jmp     label


Memory Reference Instructions 

        am                      amd
        nm                      cm
        xm                      lm
        om                      st


Address Register Instructions 

        adc                     pk
        pi      #word           xdc
        lr      dc,q            lr      dc,h
        dci     #word           lr      p0,q
        lr      p,k             pop
        lr      q,dc            lr      h,dc
        lr      k,p


Scratchpad Register Instructions 

        as      r               asd     r
        ds      r
        lr      a,r
        lr      a,ku            lr      a,kl
        lr      a,qu            lr      a,ql
        lr      r,a
        lr      ku,a            lr      kl,a
        lr      qu,a            lr      ql,a
        ns      r               xs      r


Miscellaneous Instructions 

        di                      ei
        in      #byte           ins     #nibble
        out     #byte           outs    #nibble
        lr      is,a            lr      a,is
        lr      w,j             lr      j,w
        lisl    #0-#7           lisu    #0-#7
        nop

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