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xatmas2
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6502 cross assembler for Atari 8-bit computers
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:Manual section: 1
:Manual group: SlackBuilds.org
:Date: |date|
:Version: |version|

SYNOPSIS
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xatmas2 [*-q*] [*-v*] [*-o* **output.xex**] **file.src**

DESCRIPTION
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**xatmas2** is a cross-assembler for modern systems to cross-assemble
original source code for the Atmas II assembler for the Atari 8-bit
series, once a popular assembler in the eighties and nineties.

The source code must be in ASCII format, not ATASCII. To convert Atari
text files to ASCII, see **a8cat**\(1), from *bw-atari8-tools*\.

The output is an Atari "binary load" executable.

With no **-o** option, the output file is the source filename with
*.xex* appended.

OPTIONS
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-o **output.xex**
  Set the output file. The **.xex** extension is not required.

-q
  Quiet. Normally **xatmas2** is quite verbose.

-v
  Print built-in help. Redundant, since running **xatmas2** with
  no arguments does the same thing.

EXIT STATUS
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0 for success, non-zero for failure.

COPYRIGHT
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Public Domain. For more information, see:

  /usr/doc/xatmas2-|version|/LICENSE

AUTHORS
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**xatmas2** was written by Richard Jackman and Ivo van Poorten.

This man page written for the SlackBuilds.org project
by B. Watson, and is licensed under the WTFPL.

SEE ALSO
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The manual for the Atari 8-bit version of Atmas II:

  /usr/doc/xatmas2-|version|/atmas2.pdf (German)

  /usr/doc/xatmas2-|version|/atmas2-en.pdf (English; imcomplete)