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⌂ ∞ Elite on the BBC Micro and NES

Version analysis of PAUSE2

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

Code variations between these versions are shown below.

       Name: PAUSE2
       Type: Subroutine
   Category: Keyboard
    Summary: Wait until a key is pressed, ignoring any existing key press

Code variation 1 of 4A variation in the comments only

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Docked, 6502SP
Master
 Returns:

   X                    The internal key number of the key that was pressed

 Returns:

   X                    The ASCII code of the key that was pressed


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Code variation 2 of 4Specific to an individual platform

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Docked, 6502SP
Master
 JSR RDKEY              \ Scan the keyboard for a key press and return the
                        \ internal key number in X (or 0 for no key press)

 JSR RDKEY              \ Scan the keyboard for a key press and return the
                        \ ASCII code of the key pressed in X (or 0 for no key
                        \ press)

 BNE PAUSE2             \ If a key was already being held down when we entered
                        \ this routine, keep looping back up to PAUSE2, until
                        \ the key is released

Code variation 3 of 4Specific to an individual platform

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Docked, 6502SP
Master
 JSR RDKEY              \ Any pre-existing key press is now gone, so we can
                        \ start scanning the keyboard again, returning the
                        \ internal key number in X (or 0 for no key press)

 JSR RDKEY              \ Any pre-existing key press is now gone, so we can
                        \ start scanning the keyboard again, returning the
                        \ ASCII code of the key pressed in X (or 0 for no key
                        \ press)

 BEQ PAUSE2             \ Keep looping up to PAUSE2 until a key is pressed

Code variation 4 of 4A variation in the labels only

This variation is blank in the Disc (docked) and 6502 Second Processor versions.

Master
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 RTS                    \ Return from the subroutine