Rather than load a picture from file to screen, does anyone know how to load this into a ASM routine as DATA and copy it to the screen ?
I can do this in basic,but it takes 8 seconds to poke a single pixel line to screen :(
Storing screen data in ASM code ?
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Re: Storing screen data in ASM code ?
Most assemblers have an INCBIN directive or similar. With this, you can include any binary file into the executable. From there, just copy it to screen.
Alternatively, you can write a simple tool that spits out "dc.b" directives, and include that.
Alternatively, you can write a simple tool that spits out "dc.b" directives, and include that.
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Re: Storing screen data in ASM code ?
You mean something a like:
I'm trying to remember my M68K assembler from a long time ago.
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LEA #DATA_START, A0
LEA #SCR_START, A1
MOVE.L #SCR_SIZE_IN_LONGS, D0
Loop: MOVE.L (A0)+,(A1)+
DBNE D0, Loop
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Re: Storing screen data in ASM code ?
Oh, almost forgot, there is also a nice tutorial made by Vincent,
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