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[Robb Bates]

Finally got it all figured out.

Using:
Visual Studio Code
z88dk's assembler z80asm
Dezog VSC extension
MAME emulator with RC2014zedp machine

There are a few other small steps that should be easy enough to figure out. Hit me up if you need help.

For tasks.json

{
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "label": "Compile GAME",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "C:\\Program Files\\z88dk\\bin\\z80asm.exe",
      "args": [
        "-s",
        "-l",
        "-m",
        "-g",
        "-b",
        "-oC:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\GAME\\GAME.com",
        "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\GAME\\${fileBasename}"
      ],
      "group": "build",
      "problemMatcher": []
    },
    {
      "label": "Create Disk Image",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\GAME\\Support\\cpmtools\\mkfs.cpm.exe",
      "args": [
        "-f",
        "wbw_hd512",
        "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\GAME\\GAME.img"
      ],
      "options": {
        "cwd": "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\GAME\\Support\\cpmtools",
        "env": {
          "CPMLIB": "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\GAME\\Support\\cpmtools"
        }
      },
      "dependsOn": "Compile GAME"
    },
    {
      "label": "Add GAME to Image",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\GAME\\Support\\cpmtools\\cpmcp.exe",
      "args": [
        "-f",
        "wbw_hd512",
        "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\GAME\\GAME.img",
        "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\GAME\\GAME.com",
        "0:GAME.COM"
      ],
      "options": {
        "cwd": "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\GAME\\Support\\cpmtools",
        "env": {
          "CPMLIB": "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\GAME\\Support\\cpmtools"
        }
      },
      "dependsOn": "Create Disk Image"
    },
    {
      "label": "Add TEST.tst to Image",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\GAME\\Support\\cpmtools\\cpmcp.exe",
      "args": [
        "-f",
        "wbw_hd512",
        "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\GAME\\GAME.img",
        "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\GAME\\test.tst",
        "0:TEST.tst"
      ],
      "options": {
        "cwd": "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\GAME\\Support\\cpmtools",
        "env": {
          "CPMLIB": "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\GAME\\Support\\cpmtools"
        }
      },
      "dependsOn": "Add GAME to Image"
    },
    {
      "label": "Run in MAME",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\MAME\\mame.exe rc2014zedp -bus:5 cf -hard C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\GAME\\GAME.img -ui_active -window -debugger gdbstub -debug -debugger_port 12000",
      "options": {
        "cwd": "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\MAME",
        "env": {
          "CPMLIB": "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\MAME"
        }
      },
      "dependsOn": "Add TEST.tst to Image"
    },
    {
      "label": "Build and Run in MAME",
      "dependsOrder": "sequence",
      "dependsOn": [
        "Compile GAME",
        "Create Disk Image",
        "Add GAME to Image",
        "Add TEST.tst to Image",
        "Run in MAME"
      ],
      "group": {
        "kind": "build",
        "isDefault": true
      },
      "problemMatcher": []
    }
  ]
}



And for launch.json

{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
    {
      "type": "dezog",
      "request": "launch",
      "name": "DeZog with MAME (RC2014/CP/M)",
      "remoteType": "mame",
      "mame": {
        "port": 12000
      },
      "z88dkv2": [
        {
          "path": "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\GAME\\GAME.lis",
          "mapFile": "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\GAME\\GAME.map",
          "srcDirs": []
        }
      ],
      "startAutomatically": false,
      "rootFolder": "C:\\Users\\robbb\\Documents\\GAME",
      "smallValuesMaximum": 513,
      "tmpDir": "${workspaceFolder}/.tmp",
      "history": {
        "codeCoverageEnabled": true
      }
    }
  ]
}

[7alken]

interesting Robb, thanks;
P.

[Robb Bates]

It's working pretty well, but there's a feature missing I haven't figured out yet.  No visual memory map.  That would be incredibly useful as you can imagine.  But for my setup, it's missing somehow.  Still digging.

Robb

[Robb Bates]

OK, well, your message spurred me to dig and I found the answer.

-mv <start address> <size> shows a nice memory map with color highlighting for changes.

also -rmv shows a memory map block centered around each register as if it were a pointer.

This tool setup is amazing!

Highly recommended

https://github.com/maziac/DeZog

[Robb Bates]

Not shown is my assembly code which Dezog can walk through as well.  Or as shown, it can walk through disassembled code if you want to reverse engineer something.