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Elite on the BBC Micro

Workspaces: ZP

[BBC Micro disc version, Loader 2]

Name: ZP [Show more] Type: Workspace Address: &0004 to &0005 and &0070 to &0082 Category: Workspaces Summary: Important variables used by the loader
Context: See this workspace in context in the source code References: This workspace is used as follows: * LOADSCR uses ZP * LOGOS uses ZP * PROT1 uses ZP
ORG &0004 .TRTB% SKIP 2 \ Contains the address of the keyboard translation \ table, which is used to translate internal key \ numbers to ASCII ORG &0070 .S SKIP 1 \ Temporary storage, used in a number of places .ZP SKIP 2 \ Stores addresses used for moving content around .P SKIP 1 \ Temporary storage, used in a number of places .Q SKIP 1 \ Temporary storage, used in a number of places .R SKIP 1 \ Temporary storage, used in a number of places .T SKIP 1 \ Temporary storage, used in a number of places ORG &0081 .SC SKIP 1 \ Screen address (low byte) \ \ Elite draws on-screen by poking bytes directly into \ screen memory, and SC(1 0) is typically set to the \ address of the character block containing the pixel \ we want to draw (see the deep dives on "Drawing \ monochrome pixels in mode 4" and "Drawing colour \ pixels in mode 5" for more details) .SCH SKIP 1 \ Screen address (high byte)