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Elite on the BBC Micro

Dashboard: ECBLB2

[BBC Master version]

Name: ECBLB2 [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Dashboard Summary: Start up the E.C.M. (indicator, start countdown and make sound)
Context: See this subroutine in context in the source code Variations: See code variations for this subroutine in the different versions References: This subroutine is called as follows: * Main flight loop (Part 3 of 16) calls ECBLB2 * TACTICS (Part 1 of 7) calls ECBLB2

Light up the E.C.M. indicator bulb on the dashboard, set the E.C.M. countdown timer to 32, and start making the E.C.M. sound.
.ECBLB2 LDA #32 \ Set the E.C.M. countdown timer in ECMA to 32 STA ECMA \ Fall through into ECBLB to light up the E.C.M. bulb