.tube_wrch STA K3 \ Store the A, X and Y registers, so we can restore STX XSAV2 \ them at the end (so they don't get changed by this STY YSAV2 \ routine) TAY \ Copy the character to be printed from A into Y BMI tube_func \ If bit 7 of the character is set (i.e. A >= 128) then \ this is a Tube command rather than a printable \ character, so jump to tube_func to process it BEQ wrch_quit \ If A = 0 then there is no character to print, so jump \ to wrch_quit to return from the subroutine IF _BUG_FIX JSR SwitchToCharSet \ Switch &C000 to the MOS character definitions if we \ are printing while there is disc activity ENDIF CMP #127 \ If A = 127 then this is a delete character, so jump BEQ wrch_del \ to wrch_del to erase the character to the left of the \ cursor CMP #32 \ If A = 32 then this is a space character, so jump to BEQ wrch_spc \ wrch_spc to move the text cursor to the right BCS wrch_char \ If this is an ASCII character (A > 32), jump to \ wrch_char to print the character on-screen CMP #10 \ If A = 10 then this is a line feed, so jump to wrch_nl BEQ wrch_nl \ to move the text cursor down a line CMP #13 \ If A = 13 then this is a carriage return, so jump to BEQ wrch_cr \ wrch_cr to move the text cursor to the start of the \ line CMP #9 \ If A <> 9 then this isn't a character we can print, BNE wrch_quit \ so jump to wrch_quit to return from the subroutine \ If we get here then A = 9, which is a space character .wrch_tab INC XC \ Move the text cursor to the right by 1 column .wrch_quit IF _BUG_FIX JSR SwitchToFileSys \ Switch &C000 back to the filing system workspace ENDIF LDY YSAV2 \ Restore the values of the A, X and Y registers that we LDX XSAV2 \ saved above LDA K3 RTS \ Return from the subroutine .wrch_char \ If we get here then we want to print the character in \ A onto the screen JSR wrch_font \ Call wrch_font to set the following: \ \ * font(1 0) points to the character definition of \ the character to print in A \ \ * SC(1 0) points to the screen address where we \ should print the character \ Now to actually print the character INC XC \ Once we print the character, we want to move the text \ cursor to the right, so we do this by incrementing \ XC. Note that this doesn't have anything to do \ with the actual printing below, we're just updating \ the cursor so it's in the right position following \ the print LDY #7 \ We want to print the 8 bytes of character data to the \ screen (one byte per row), so set up a counter in Y \ to count these bytes .wrch_or LDA (font),Y \ The character definition is at font(1 0), so load the \ Y-th byte from font(1 0), which will contain the \ bitmap for the Y-th row of the character EOR (SC),Y \ If we EOR this value with the existing screen \ contents, then it's reversible (so reprinting the \ same character in the same place will revert the \ screen to what it looked like before we printed \ anything); this means that printing a white pixel \ onto a white background results in a black pixel, but \ that's a small price to pay for easily erasable text STA (SC),Y \ Store the Y-th byte at the screen address for this \ character location DEY \ Decrement the loop counter BPL wrch_or \ Loop back for the next byte to print to the screen BMI wrch_quit \ Jump to wrch_quit to return from the subroutine (the \ BMI is effectively a JMP as we just passed through a \ BPL instruction) .wrch_del \ If we get here then we want to delete the character to \ the left of the text cursor, which we can do by \ printing a space over the top of it DEC XC \ We want to delete the character to the left of the \ text cursor and move the cursor back one, so let's \ do that by decrementing YC. Note that this doesn't \ have anything to do with the actual deletion below, \ we're just updating the cursor so it's in the right \ position following the deletion LDA #' ' \ Call wrch_font to set the following: JSR wrch_font \ \ * font(1 0) points to the character definition of \ the space character \ \ * SC(1 0) points to the screen address where we \ should print the space LDY #7 \ We want to print the 8 bytes of character data to the \ screen (one byte per row), so set up a counter in Y \ to count these bytes .wrch_sta LDA (font),Y \ The character definition is at font(1 0), so load the \ Y-th byte from font(1 0), which will contain the \ bitmap for the Y-th row of the space character STA (SC),Y \ Store the Y-th byte at the screen address for this \ character location DEY \ Decrement the loop counter BPL wrch_sta \ Loop back for the next byte to print to the screen BMI wrch_quit \ Jump to wrch_quit to return from the subroutine (the \ BMI is effectively a JMP as we just passed through a \ BPL instruction) .wrch_nl \ If we get here then we want to print a line feed INC YC \ Print a line feed, simply by incrementing the row \ number (y-coordinate) of the text cursor, which is \ stored in YC JMP wrch_quit \ Jump to wrch_quit to return from the subroutine .wrch_cr \ If we get here then we want to print a carriage return LDA #1 \ Print a carriage return by returning the text cursor STA XC \ to the start of the line, i.e. column 1 JMP wrch_quit \ Jump to wrch_quit to return from the subroutine .wrch_spc \ If we get here then we want to print a space, but not \ if we are in column 17 (this is so the disc catalogue \ will fit on-screen, and performs the same duty as the \ CATF flag in the disc version) LDA XC \ If the text cursor is in column 32, then we are CMP #32 \ already at the right edge of the screen and can't BEQ wrch_quit \ print a space, so jump to wrch_quit to return from \ the subroutine CMP #17 \ If the text cursor is in column 17, then we want to BEQ wrch_quit \ omit this space, so jump to wrch_quit to return from \ the subroutine BNE wrch_tab \ Otherwise jump to wrch_tab to move the cursor right by \ one character (the BNE is effectively a JMP as we just \ passed through a BEQ)Name: tube_wrch [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Text Summary: Write characters to the screen and process Tube commands from the parasite Deep dive: Tube communication in Elite-AContext: See this subroutine in context in the source code References: This subroutine is called as follows: * CHPR calls tube_wrch * tube_elite calls tube_wrch
This routine prints characters to the screen. It also processes Tube commands from the parasite, because those commands are sent over the Tube via FIFO 1, and Acorn's Tube host code considers arrivals on FIFO 1 to be OSWRCH commands executed on the parasite, and calls the WRCHV handler to implement the call. We already set WRCHV to point here in the tube_elite routine, so when the I/O processor receives a byte from the parasite over FIFO 1, the Tube host code calls this routine.
Arguments: A The character to be printed. Can be one of the following: * 0 (do not print anything) * 9 (space) * 10 (line feed) * 13 (carriage return) * 32 (space, but do not print anything if it's on column 17, so the disc catalogue will fit on-screen) * 33-126 (ASCII capital letters, numbers and punctuation) * 127 (delete the character to the left of the text cursor and move the cursor to the left) * 128-255 (Tube command &80-&FF)
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Subroutine SwitchToCharSet (category: Utility routines)
Switch the MOS character definitions into memory at &C000 on a BBC Master
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Subroutine SwitchToFileSys (category: Utility routines)
Restore the filing system workspace to &C000 on a BBC Master
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Subroutine tube_func (category: Tube)
Call the corresponding routine for a Tube command
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Label wrch_char is local to this routine
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Label wrch_cr is local to this routine
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Label wrch_del is local to this routine
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Subroutine wrch_font (category: Text)
Set the font and screen address for printing characters on-screen
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Label wrch_nl is local to this routine
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Label wrch_or is local to this routine
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Label wrch_quit is local to this routine
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Label wrch_spc is local to this routine
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Label wrch_sta is local to this routine
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Label wrch_tab is local to this routine