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⌂ ∞ Elite on the BBC Micro and NES

Version analysis of VEC

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

Code variations between these versions are shown below.

Code variation 1 of 2A variation in the comments only

This variation is blank in the 6502 Second Processor version.

Cassette, Flight, Master
       Name: VEC
       Type: Variable
   Category: Screen mode
    Summary: The original value of the IRQ1 vector

.VEC

Code variation 2 of 2Minor and very low-impact

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Cassette, 6502SP
Flight
Master
 SKIP 2                 \ VEC = &7FFE
                        \
                        \ This gets set to the value of the original IRQ1 vector
                        \ by the loading process

 EQUW &0004             \ VEC = &7FFE
                        \
                        \ This gets set to the value of the original IRQ1 vector
                        \ by the loading process
                        \
                        \ This default value is presumably noise included at the
                        \ time of compilation, as it gets overwritten

 EQUW &8888             \ This gets set to the value of the original IRQ1 vector
                        \ by the STARTUP routine