Subject: Re: [stella] 6502 question From: emooney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Erik Mooney) Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 20:14:07 GMT |
>It's surprising how often in 6502 programming, it is better to keep data in >memory than in registers. That is good since there are so few registers. Yeah, but it's completely opposite from 80x86 programming, where you've got at least six 16-bit registers, four of which you can access the high and low bytes separately, and more if you know what you're doing (up to seven 32-bit registers, a couple 16-bit regs, and some floating-point storage on the 386+), and the #1 rule is keep everything in the registers. Compare this to three 8-bit registers plus the stack register if you know how to use it. I miss having MUL and DIV instructions =) Also, exactly which instructions set and clear the carry? I know the shifts and rotates do, and ADC is obvious, but what exactly do SBC and the compares do to the carry? >>My code had Y zeroed from a DEY/BNE loop before the LDA that I needed, so I >>was trying to capitalize on that and failed =) I'm going to need to use >>LDY $80 / LDA $00,Y (the one combination you didn't mention).. thanks again >>for the help. > >There is no Zero Page,Y although there is an Absolute,Y so you could >conceivably do LDA $0000,Y and only take one more byte and no more cycles. >I think the assembler will make this adjustment for you in most cases. No ZP,Y? My reference says there is and I've used it a number of times already.. I guess DASM already adjusted it to Absolute,Y for me. -- Archives available at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ E-mail UNSUBSCRIBE in the body to stella-request@xxxxxxxxxxx to be removed.
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