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Drawing lines: LBFL

[6502 Second Processor version]

Name: LBFL [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Drawing lines Summary: Draw the lines in the multi-segment line buffer by sending an OSWRCH 129 command to the I/O processor
Context: See this subroutine in context in the source code References: This subroutine is called as follows: * LOIN calls LBFL * SLIDE calls LBFL
.LBFL LDY LBUP \ Set Y to LBUP, the size of the multi-segment line \ buffer BEQ LBZE2 \ If LBUP = 0 then jump to LBZE2 as there is no line \ data to transmit to the I/O processor INY \ Increment Y, as we need to send the number of points \ in the new line, plus 1, to OSWRCH 129 LDA #129 \ Send an OSWRCH 129 command to the I/O processor to JSR OSWRCH \ tell it to start receiving a new line to draw. The \ parameter to this call needs to contain the number of \ bytes we are going to send for the line's coordinates, \ plus 1, so let's calculate that now TYA \ Transfer the Y counter into A, so A now contains the \ number of bytes to send to the I/O processor, plus 1 JSR OSWRCH \ Send A to the I/O processor as the argument to the \ OSWRCH 129 command, so the I/O processor can set the \ LINMAX variable in the BEGINLIN routine LDY #0 \ Set Y = 0 to act as a loop through the points in LBUF .LBFLL LDA LBUF,Y \ Send the Y-th byte of LBUF to the I/O processor JSR OSWRCH INY \ Increment the pointer to point to the next coordinate CPY LBUP \ If Y < LBUP then loop back to send the next byte, BNE LBFLL \ until we have sent them all. The I/O processor will \ now draw the line .LBZE2 STZ LBUP \ Set LBUP = 0 to reset the line buffer LDY T1 \ Restore the value of Y from T1, so it is preserved RTS \ Return from the subroutine