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DASM will let you use either format. the 2nd example you gave, the only
thing
DASM pays attention to are the `.byte $40' `.byte $20' etc. The rest of each
line is just a comment (from the semicolon on).
I really-really wish someone would recompile DASM so that it supported
something like this:
SpaceShip
.byte @XXXX....
.byte @.XXX....
.byte @.XXXXXXX
.byte @.XX.XXX.
.byte @.XXXXXXX
.byte @.XXX....
.byte @XXXX....
I find this a lot easier to read than 1s and 0s. In this format, any
non-dot character is a 1, and the dots are 0s. I think some hex/sector
editors can represent data similar to this.
Here is the 0 and 1 version for comparison:
SpaceShip
.byte %11110000
.byte %01110000
.byte %01111111
.byte %01101110
.byte %01111111
.byte %01110000
.byte %11110000
Can you see how the . and X yields better contrast than 0 and 1? It's
really easy to miss that 0 in the middle of the ship with 0s and 1s.
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