Mostek z80 - Command Syntax Format; Hexadecimal Number Input; ASCII Literal Operand Input; Mnemonic Operand Usage

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3.5 COMMAND FORMAT
The general canmand format for all AIMZ80 commands is:
,~ a,b,c (CR)
Where x is the single character specifing the conunand. The System echos the
command character followed by a space. Up to three operands may then be
entered followed by a Carriage Return. The operands may be either address
or data values depending on the command and may be entered in one of several
fonnats described in the following paragraphs.
3.6 HEXADECIMAL NUMBERS
Address or data operands which are hexadecimal numbers may be entered as
hexadecimal digits. Leading zeros are ignored, and if more than four digits
are entered for addresses or two digits for data, then only the right most
four or two digits are accepted.
tenninated with an upper case H.
3.7 ASCII LITERAL
Hexadecimal numbers should NOT be
Operands may be entered as ASCII literals by preceedif'B the character with
the character L. The eight bit binary code for the ASCII character will
tilen be used as the value of the operand.
3.8 MN~ONICS
Operands may be entered as one or two character mnemonics if preceeded by
the character ":". The value of the mnemonic is looked up in the resident
mnemonic table. If the nmemonic is not found, an error message is
generated. Mnemonics specify register values instead of memory locations.
Table 3.2 lists the mnennnics recognized by AIMZ80.