Re: A86: Long Text Routine
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Re: A86: Long Text Routine
Stephen Hicks wrote:
>
> Are you sure that that wraps correctly? If not, I can post a routine that my
> friend wrote that wraps text (if I can get it from him)...
>
> Trey Jazz wrote:
>
> > Kenneth Kassing wrote:
> > >
> > > I am just learning how to program in assembly (thanks mainly to Matt
> > > Johnson's Z80 Programming Tutorial) and I am wondering if there is an
> > > easier way to write a whole page of text. It seems to take an awful lot
> > > of source to write a page of text on the screen.
> > >
> > > #include "asm86.h"
> > > #include "ti86asm.inc"
> > > #include "ti86math.inc"
> > > #include "ti86ops.inc"
> > > #include "ti86abs.inc"
> > >
> > > .org _asm_exec_ram
> > >
> > > call _clrScrn
> > > call _runindicoff
> > >
> > > Text_test:
> > > ld hl, $0000 ;stores (0,0) to hl
> > > ld b, 30 ;# of chars. to display
> > > ld ($0C37C), hl ;stores hl to adress of
> > > _penCol
> > > ld hl, Open1 ;loads text string
> > > call _vputsn ;writes string to screen
> > > ld a, ($0C37D)
> > > ld hl, $0600
> > > ld b, 34
> > > ld ($0C37C), hl
> > > ld hl, Open2
> > > call _vputsn
> > > ld a, ($0C37D)
> > > ld hl, $0C00
> > > ld b, 32
> > > ld ($0C37C), hl
> > > ld hl, Open3
> > > call _vputsn
> > > ld a, ($0C37D)
> > > ld hl, $1200
> > > ld b, 29
> > > ld ($0C37C), hl
> > > ld hl, Open4
> > > call _vputsn
> > >
> > > ret
> > >
> > > Open1: .db "Im Wonderin if this is the"
> > > .db "only",0
> > > Open2: .db "way to write a long page of"
> > > .db "writing",0
> > > Open3: .db "like this, or if there is a"
> > > .db "short",0
> > > Open4: .db "cut, useing a shorter source.",0
> > >
> > > .end
> >
> > take out all the names of the variables after Open1 and take off the 0s
> > except for the last one. then point hl to Open1 and use vputsn
sorry leave the 0s on, i think (dont listen to what i think :) that that
wraps it around
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