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Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) This device may not cause harmful interference 2) This device must accept any interference that may be received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Ó 1996, 1997 SN Systems Software Ltd. All rights reserved. Nintendo 64 Contents Page i INTRODUCTION................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ..................... I ABOUT THIS SYSTEM................................................................................................................................................II THE SYSTEM FOR NINTENDO 64 ...............................................................................................................................III ISSUE INFORMATION............................................................................................................................................... IV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS............................................................................................................................................. V INSTALLATION................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .................. 1-1 INSTALLING THE HARDWARE................................................................................................................................ 1-2 INSTALLING THE PC INTERFACE............................................................................................................................ 1-4 INSTALLING THE PC SOFTWARE............................................................................................................................ 1-9 INSTALLING THE GNU ‘C’ SOFTWARE .................................................................................................................1-11 CHECKING THE INSTALLATION ANDF IRST-TIME USE OF THE SYSTEM...................................................................1-12 REQUIREMENTS FORD EBUGGING CARTRIDGE SOFTWARE......................................................................................1-14 ADDITIONAL NOTES ............................................................................................................................................1-15 ELFCONV - LIBRARY CONVERTER PROGRAM.....................................................................................................1-16 THE ASMN64 ASSEMBLER................................ ................................ ................................ ............................... 2-1 ASSEMBLER COMMAND LINE ................................................................................................................................ 2-2 ASSEMBLY ERRORS .............................................................................................................................................. 2-5 SYNTAX OF ASSEMBLER STATEMENTS................................ ................................ ................................ ...... 3-1 FORMAT OF STATEMENTS ..................................................................................................................................... 3-2 FORMAT OF NAMES AND LABELS........................................................................................................................... 3-3 FORMAT OF CONSTANTS....................................................................................................................................... 3-4 SPECIAL CONSTANTS............................................................................................................................................ 3-6 ASSEMBLER FUNCTIONS........................................................................................................................................ 3-8 SPECIAL FUNCTIONS............................................................................................................................................. 3-9 ASSEMBLER OPERATORS......................................................................................................................................3-10 RADIX...............................................................................................................................................................3-12 ALIAS AND DISABLE.......................................................................................................................................3-13 GENERAL ASSEMBLER DIRECTIVES................................ ................................ ................................ ............ 4-1 ASSIGNMENT DIRECTIVES................................ ................................ ................................ ............................. 4-2 EQU.................................................................................................................................................................... 4-3 SET..................................................................................................................................................................... 4-4 EQUS.................................................................................................................................................................. 4-6 EQUR................................................................................................................................................................. 4-8 RSIZE ..................................................................................................................................................................