petcat

[michaeljort]

10 print "{CBM-Q}Q"

Converting and running the above with petcat correctly produces two petscii characters:
petcat -w2 -o petscii.prg -- petscii.bas x64sc -basicload petscii.prg

The same code in VS64 produces "?Q". Is this expected or have I misconfigured something?

[rolandshacks]

Currently, the {CBM-xxx} macros are not supported - and all unsupported macros are translated to "?". An equivalent should be {$ab}.

[michaeljort]

Thanks.

If I switch to 10 print"{$ab}{$71}" it works in both vs64 and petcat. It's simply a little more readable in the listing with the petcat mnemonic.

Oddly though, when viewing the decompiled version of the .prg it reports 10 PRINT "{$ab}q"

If I were to use that syntax, I'd get a "Q" and not the "ball" character. If I use a "Q", I still get a "Q", so there may still be an issue with compilation/decompilation of case within quoted strings.

[rolandshacks]

The latest release here on github should fix the initial issue (and should provide support for many other new macros). Testing would be very appreciated.
https://github.com/rolandshacks/vs64/releases/latest

[michaeljort]

Tested with {CBM-Q} and {SHIFT-Q}. Converts and runs correctly in vice. Thanks so much!

Minor, but for some reason, the "DISASSEMBLED" view of the *.prg file only displays the {CBM-Q} correctly. The {SHIFT-Q} disassembles to simply a "Q".