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Maths (Arithmetic): VCSU1

[BBC Micro disc version, Flight]

Name: VCSU1 [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Maths (Arithmetic) Summary: Calculate vector K3(8 0) = [x y z] - coordinates of the sun or space station
Context: See this subroutine in context in the source code References: This subroutine is called as follows: * DOCKIT calls VCSU1

Calculate the following: K3(2 1 0) = (x_sign x_hi x_lo) - x-coordinate of the sun or space station K3(5 4 3) = (y_sign y_hi z_lo) - y-coordinate of the sun or space station K3(8 7 6) = (z_sign z_hi z_lo) - z-coordinate of the sun or space station where the first coordinate is from the ship data block in INWK, and the second coordinate is from the sun or space station's ship data block which they share.
.VCSU1 LDA #LO(K%+NI%) \ Set the low byte of V(1 0) to point to the coordinates STA V \ of the sun or space station LDA #HI(K%+NI%) \ Set A to the high byte of the address of the \ coordinates of the sun or space station \ Fall through into VCSUB to calculate: \ \ K3(2 1 0) = (x_sign x_hi x_lo) - x-coordinate of sun \ or space station \ \ K3(2 1 0) = (x_sign x_hi x_lo) - x-coordinate of sun \ or space station \ \ K3(8 7 6) = (z_sign z_hi z_lo) - z-coordinate of sun \ or space station