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⌂ ∞ ▽ Elite on the 6502

Version analysis of MT8

This code appears in the following versions (click to see it in the source code):

Code variations between these versions are shown below.

       Name: MT8
       Type: Subroutine
   Category: Text
    Summary: Tab to column 6 and start a new word when printing extended tokens
  Deep dive: Extended text tokens



 This routine sets the following:

   * XC = 6 (tab to column 6)

   * DTW2 = %11111111 (we are not currently printing a word)



.MT8

Code variation 1 of 1Related to Elite's use of the Tube

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Docked
6502SP, Master
 LDA #6                 \ Move the text cursor to column 6
 STA XC

 LDA #6                 \ Move the text cursor to column 6
 JSR DOXC

 LDA #%11111111         \ Set all the bits in DTW2
 STA DTW2

 RTS                    \ Return from the subroutine