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⌂ ∞ Elite on the BBC Micro and NES

PPU: SendBarPattsToPPUS

[NES version, Bank 7]

       Name: SendBarPattsToPPUS                                      [Show more]
       Type: Subroutine
   Category: PPU
    Summary: Send the pattern data for the icon bar to the PPU (this is a jump
             so we can call this routine using a branch instruction)
  Deep dive: Drawing vector graphics using NES tiles

    Context: See this subroutine in context in the source code
 References: This subroutine is called as follows:
             * SendBuffersToPPU (Part 1 of 3) calls SendBarPattsToPPUS




.SendBarPattsToPPUS

 JMP SendBarPattsToPPU  ; Jump to SendBarPattsToPPU to send the pattern data for
                        ; the icon bar to the PPU, returning from the subroutine
                        ; using a tail call