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From: bgribble@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Bill Gribble)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Assembler for Chip8 source
Keywords: Chip8 Assembler
Message-ID: <9555@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 6 Nov 90 18:22:47 GMT
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In article <11632@hacgate.UUCP> ferris@tcville.HAC.COM () writes:
>
>Having seen the Chip8 programs out on the net so far, I am interested
>in trying my hand at writing and posting some of my own.  However,
>after touring the various HP48 ftp sites, I have come up blank on info
>regarding an assembler for Chip8 source code, although the macro files
>that came out a while ago imply a program named M80 (L80?), which
>doesn't sound familiar.
>
>So, where might I find such a program?  I need something that will
>run either on a Unix machine (Sun) or a Mac.
>
>Thanks for any info,

After two of these inquiries in two days, I think chip48 qualifies as a
  FAQ topic.  

Chip48 is an hp48 machine-language program written be Andreas Gustafson
  (forgive spelling errors).  It is an interpreter for chip8, a game 
  language used on small systems in the 1970's.  To run posted chip8
  games (syzygy, etc.) you need both the game and chip48 on your 48.
  The game by itself is a nonsense string, and there is no way to
  'compile' it to an executable.  Although I missed the macro postings,
  I understand that they take the chip8 mnemonics and create the 
  (still non-executable) string object that is the game.

Any volunteers to write a FAQ posting (or do I remember seeing one no too
  long ago?)

>Mark Ferris                        

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