.David23 EQUW 6 \ This value is not used in this unprotected version of \ the loader, though why the crackers set it to 6 is a \ mysteryName: David23 [Show more] Type: Variable Category: Copy protection Summary: Address pointer to the start of the 6502 stackContext: See this variable in context in the source code Variations: See code variations for this variable in the different versions References: No direct references to this variable in this source file
This two-byte address points to the start of the 6502 stack, which descends from the end of page 2, less LEN bytes, which comes out as &01DF. So when we push 33 bytes onto the stack (LEN being 33), this address will point to the start of those bytes, which means we can push executable code onto the stack and run it by calling this address with a JMP (David23) instruction. Sneaky stuff!