Loader: Elite loader (Part 1 of 6)

       Name: Elite loader (Part 1 of 6)                              [Show more]
       Type: Subroutine
   Category: Loader
    Summary: Include binaries for recursive tokens, Python blueprint and images
    Context: See this subroutine in context in the source code
 References: No direct references to this subroutine in this source file


 The loader bundles a number of binary files in with the loader code, and moves
 them to their correct memory locations in part 3 below.

 There are two files containing code:

   * WORDS9.bin contains the recursive token table, which is moved to &0400
     before the main game is loaded

   * PYTHON.bin contains the Python ship blueprint, which gets moved to &7F00
     before the main game is loaded

 and four files containing images, which are all moved into screen memory by
 the loader:

   * P.A-SOFT.bin contains the "ACORNSOFT" title across the top of the loading
     screen, which gets moved to screen address &6100, on the second character
     row of the monochrome mode 4 screen

   * P.ELITE.bin contains the "ELITE" title across the top of the loading
     screen, which gets moved to screen address &6300, on the fourth character
     row of the monochrome mode 4 screen

   * P.(C)ASFT.bin contains the "(C) Acornsoft 1984" title across the bottom
     of the loading screen, which gets moved to screen address &7600, the
     penultimate character row of the monochrome mode 4 screen, just above the
     dashboard

   * P.DIALS.bin contains the dashboard, which gets moved to screen address
     &7800, which is the starting point of the four-colour mode 5 portion at
     the bottom of the split screen

 The routine ends with a jump to the start of the loader code at ENTRY.


 PRINT "WORDS9 = ",~P%
 INCBIN "3-assembled-output/WORDS9.bin"

 ALIGN 256

 PRINT "P.DIALS = ",~P%
 INCBIN "1-source-files/images/P.DIALS.bin"

 PRINT "PYTHON = ",~P%
 INCBIN "3-assembled-output/PYTHON.bin"

 PRINT "P.ELITE = ",~P%
 INCBIN "1-source-files/images/P.ELITE.bin"

 PRINT "P.A-SOFT = ",~P%
 INCBIN "1-source-files/images/P.A-SOFT.bin"

 PRINT "P.(C)ASFT = ",~P%
 INCBIN "1-source-files/images/P.(C)ASFT.bin"

.run

 JMP ENTRY              \ Jump to ENTRY to start the loading process