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Elite on the BBC Micro and NES

Copy protection: OSBmod

[BBC Micro disc version, Loader 3]

Name: OSBmod [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Copy protection Summary: Calculate a checksum on &0F00 to &0FFF (the test is disabled in this version)
Context: See this subroutine in context in the source code References: This subroutine is called as follows: * PLL1 (Part 1 of 3) calls OSBmod * PLL1 (Part 3 of 3) calls OSBmod
.OSBmod SEC \ Set the C flag so the checksum we calculate in A \ starts with an initial value of 16 (15 plus carry) LDY #&00 \ Set ZP(1 0) = &0F00 STY ZP \ LDA #&0F \ and at the same time set a byte counter in Y and set STA ZP+1 \ the initial value of the checksum to 16 (15 plus \ carry) .osb1 ADC (ZP),Y \ Set A = A + the Y-th byte of ZP(1 0) INY \ Increment the byte pointer BNE osb1 \ Loop back to add the next byte until we have added the \ whole page CMP #&CF \ The checksum test has been disabled NOP NOP LDA #219 \ Store 219 in location &9F. This gets checked by the STA &9F \ TITLE routine in the main docked code as part of the \ copy protection (the game hangs if it doesn't match) RTS \ Return from the subroutine