True. I copied the examples from two differnt programs. I was more or
less curious as to why anyone would ever want to use the bottom style for
storing graphics when they could use the first.
It does seem like DESTELLA decompiles into the bottom format which may
explain a few things.
I thought there might be a special flag or somthing you have to set in DASM
to make stuff work, but it just seems to be all good.
Thanks to everyone who replied.
----- Original Message -----
From: "R. Thavas" <urchlay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: [stella] Newbie Question Images in DASM
>
>
> On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Joel Park wrote:
>
> > I've noticed people store images two ways.
> >
> > .byte %10000000
> > .byte %11000000
> > .byte %11100000
> > .byte %11110000
> > .byte %11111000
> > .byte %11111100
> > .byte %11111110
> > .byte %11111111
> >
> > .byte $40 ; | X | $F7DD
> > .byte $20 ; | X | $F7DE
> > .byte $10 ; | X | $F7DF
> > .byte $08 ; | X | $F7E0
> > .byte $04 ; | X | $F7E1
> > .byte $02 ; | X | $F7E2
> > .byte $01 ; | X| $F7E3
> >
> >
> > The top is definately easier to read. Will DASM allow me to save
images in
> > the two ways, or is one from a different compiler or something??
> >
> > Can anyone explain the differences and the advantages???
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Joel D. Park
>
> er, well, the 2 example you've given, don't store the same data... the top
one
> would be:
>
> .byte %01000000
> .byte %00100000
> .byte %00010000
> .byte %00001000
> .byte %00000100
> .byte %00000010
> .byte %00000001
>
> to make it match the bottom one.
>
> 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 myself prefer the raw binary format (your first example). You'll see a
lot
> of the second (hex) format in disassemblies produced by Distella, since
that's
> how it displays graphics (or what it think are graphics, which is another
> topic entirely).
>
> You can use whichever format you find most usable...
>
> B.
>
>
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