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Elite on the BBC Micro and NES

Tube: tube_func

[Elite-A, I/O processor]

Name: tube_func [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Tube Summary: Call the corresponding routine for a Tube command Deep dive: Tube communication in Elite-A
Context: See this subroutine in context in the source code References: This subroutine is called as follows: * tube_wrch calls tube_func

This routine calls the routine given in the tube_table lookup table for the Tube command specified in A.
Arguments: A The command number (&80-&FF)
.tube_func CMP #&9D \ If A >= &9D then there isn't a corresponding command, BCS return \ so jump to return to return from the subroutine ASL A \ Set Y = A * 2, so we can use it as an index into the TAY \ lookup table, which has two bytes per entry \ \ Note that this also shifts bit 7 off the end, so the \ result is actually ((A - 128) * 2), which means if A \ starts out at &80, then Y = 0, if A is &81, Y = 2, \ and so on LDA tube_table,Y \ Copy the Y-th address from tube_table over the &FFFF STA tube_jump+1 \ address of the JMP instruction below, so this modifies LDA tube_table+1,Y \ the instruction so that it jumps to the corresponding STA tube_jump+2 \ address from the lookup table .tube_jump JMP &FFFF \ Jump to the routine whose address we just copied from \ the tube_table, which will be the routine that \ corresponds to this Tube command, and return from the \ subroutine using a tail call .return RTS \ Return from the subroutine