This is an example of crt0.asm to use with SDCC compiler.
It should be easy to adapt to other assemblers (it is likely that you won't need all the extra directives for the linker).
I think got most of it from Kevin Thacker's The Unofficial Amstrad WWW Resource, but I can't find the exact link now. Anyway, Kevin is awesome and you should thank him if you have the chance.
.module crt0
.globl _main
.globl _main_init
;; user_isr_hook will be exported so you can get current value
;; from C if you need to (it is defined in USR_ISR_HOOK anyway)
.globl _user_isr_hook
;; the address for the ISR will be in RAM
;; this address is safe is you use double buffer, if you don't
;; use 0xc000 - 3 instead; the stack will be placed after this stack
USER_ISR_HOOK = 0x8000 - 3
.area _HOME
.area _CODE
.area _DATA
.area _INITIALIZER
.area _BSEG
.area _BSS
.area _HEAP
.area _CODE
_main_init::
jp init_cart
;; magic! used to setup the CRCT
.db 0x3f, 0x28, 0x2e, 0x8e, 0x26, 0x00, 0x19, 0x1e, 0x00, 0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 0x30, 0x00, 0xc0, 0x00
end_crtc_data:
.ds 37
;; jump to a memory address that is RAM and we can change to
;; set our ISR
.db 0xc3
_user_isr_hook::
.dw USER_ISR_HOOK
init_cart:
di
;; lower ROM on, mode 0
ld bc, #0x7f88
out (c), c
;; init PPI
ld bc, #0xf782
out (c), c
ld bc, #0xf400
out (c), c
ld bc, #0xf600
out (c), c
;; RAM config
ld bc, #0x7fc0
out (c), c
;; setup CRTC (from 6128 ROM)
ld hl, #end_crtc_data
ld bc, #0xbc0f
crtc_loop:
out (c), c
dec hl
ld a, (hl)
inc b
out (c), a
dec b
dec c
jp p, crtc_loop
;; set the stack
ld sp, #USER_ISR_HOOK
;; dummy int handler
im 1
ld hl, #0xc9fb
ld (USER_ISR_HOOK), hl
ei
call _main
halt0:
halt
jr halt0
.area _DATA