Re: LZ: .db vs .dw vs .block??
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Re: LZ: .db vs .dw vs .block??
On Fri, 12 Jul 1996, Eric Matthew Linenberg wrote:
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> >I'm fairly new to ZShell programming, and I saw in the NIBBLES 1.1 asm
> >file at the bottom some variables marked with a .dw and a .block. What
> >are those? I know that .db's are just strings that you can use for text
> >or anything (data binary)?
> >
> >Also, does one of those have to do with keeping high scores?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >-Doug Melton
> > http://www.smartlink.net/~dx4
> db. data byte
> dw. data word
>
> yup high scores can go in the word area, that why most high scores in the games can only go up to 65556...
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That reminds me, has anyone tried the .ds command in TASM?
I tried to use it to allocate some free space, but it doesn't work. TASM
treats it as if it's not there.
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