I use assembler when coding programs for PIC microcontrollers, but this is on another whole level. Kinda crazy that you don't have to assign the memory address for each register here.
Great article.
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I use assembler when coding programs for PIC microcontrollers, but this is on another whole level. Kinda crazy that you don't have to assign the memory address for each register here.
Great article.
They are still assigned under the hood by the linker. The magic is in the
atari-cart.cfgfile which tells the linker where the data segments go. For cartridges.SEGMENT "DATA"starts at $2000.As for the actual register: The 6502 has them on the chip itself. They have no memory address at all.
That's great to know. I'll take a look at the 6502 datasheet. Time for me to learn about other 8-bit microprocessors.