OldSkoolCoder/VSCode.BBCMicroASM.Template

This is a template to help peeps get started to code in 6502 assembly for the Acorn BBC set of 8 bit machines :D

BBC Micro Assembler Template for VSCode

Requirement

• BEEB VSC Visual Studio Code Extension (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=simondotm.beeb-vsc)
• BeebASM Assembler (http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/wiki/index.php/BeebAsm)
• BeebEm Emulator (http://www.mkw.me.uk/beebem/)
• Visual Studio Code, or course (https://code.visualstudio.com/)

Included

Included in this template are two "Hello World" examples.

• File #1 (HelloWorld.asm) showing the traditional way of coding assembly
• File #2 (HelloWorld2.asm) showing how we used to do it in the Good 'ole Days nesting instructions on the sdame line.

How to use the template

With the New Improved Tasks For The KICK Assembler, You just been to CTRL + SHIFT + B, this will assemble in kick build the SSD and then Run in the emultator.

OR, For the BeebASM Assembler

Just open the file you wan to assemble, press CTRL + SHIFT + R (windows keys, other may vary).

• Then select BeebASM Build Current ASM File to assemble the file and build a .ssd in the same name as the assembled file.
• and then press CTRL + SHIFT + R again, this time select BeebASM Run Current ASM File '.ssd' in Emulator to open up BeeBem and load the .ssd and run (if its an auto run disk)

Please join me on my streams @https://www.twitch.tv/oldskoolcoder to get more information as we all learn the complexities of the BBC Micro and the other family members (BBC Master, Electron...)

Enjoy