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Tube: newosrdch

[6502 Second Processor version, I/O processor]

Name: newosrdch [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Tube Summary: The custom OSRDCH routine for reading characters Deep dive: 6502 Second Processor Tube communication
Context: See this subroutine in context in the source code References: This subroutine is called as follows: * STARTUP calls newosrdch

RDCHV is set to point to this routine in the STARTUP routine that runs when the I/O processor code first loads. It uses the standard OSRDCH routine to read characters from the input stream, and bolts on logic to check for valid and invalid characters.
Returns: A The character that is read: * Valid input: The character's ASCII value * Invalid input: 7 C flag The C flag is cleared
.newosrdch JSR &FFFF \ This address is overwritten by the STARTUP routine to \ contain the original value of RDCHV, so this call acts \ just like a standard JSR OSRDCH call, and reads a \ character from the current input stream and stores it \ in A CMP #128 \ If A < 128 then skip the following three instructions, BCC P%+6 \ otherwise the character is invalid, so fall through \ into badkey to deal with it .badkey \ If we get here then the character we read is invalid, \ so we return a beep character LDA #7 \ Set A to the beep character CLC \ Clear the C flag RTS \ Return from the subroutine \ If we get here then A < 128 CMP #' ' \ If A >= ASCII " " then this is a valid alphanumerical BCS coolkey \ key press (as A is in the range 32 to 127), so jump \ down to coolkey to return this key press CMP #13 \ If A = 13 then this is the return character, so jump BEQ coolkey \ down to coolkey to return this key press CMP #21 \ If A <> 21 jump up to badkey BNE badkey .coolkey \ If we get here then the character we read is valid, so \ return it CLC \ Clear the C flag RTS \ Return from the subroutine