Re: A86: Fonts

Re: A86: Fonts

• To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
• Subject: Re: A86: Fonts
• From: Dan Eble <eble@cis.ohio-state.edu>
• Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 17:37:51 -0400 (EDT)
• In-Reply-To: <34066710.5461@algonet.se>
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On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Jimmy Mårdell wrote:

> DEATH wrote:
> 
> > in:
> >         ld a,0          ; set up font pointer (it's 24-bit)
> >         ld ($D2ED),a
> >         ld hl,Font
> >         ld ($D2EE),hl
> 
> The pointer is not 24 bit, it's a 16 bit word + a RAM block byte.

But it *is* a 24-bit pointer in an imaginary linear address space (which
you described in your message).  There's a function to map it to the paged
address space.

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Dan Eble (mailto:eble@cis.ohio-state.edu)
         (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~eble)

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