I am trying to display the binary data of a register on the terminal

sta ACIA_DATA
The terminal program thinks it gets an character and try to display it.
But how can I tell the terminal that I just von to print binary data. e.g. "00110011"
Do I need to write a encoding macro?

-Take Byte
-Read each BIT
-if 0 then make "0" if 1 then make "1"

That's right, you want to output 8 characters, so you have a little work to do!

I'm using the following code for that in my monitor program. It is written in Ophis Assembler and for the 6502, so optimization for the 65C02 can be done.

k_wchr is the subroutine to output one character.

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Thank you for the code example. This helps me to learn assembler.
You shift the byte one bit left (after clearing carry out)
Then you analyse the carry flag. If set than print "1" if not print "0".

I think with 65C02 the code will be shorter because you can push and pull X,y to stack directly.
Cool! Thank you! So this evening I have something to do while my wife is watching Germany next top model.

I believe your code is incomplete. As you specify that the A reg holds the byte value to be printed, your first instruction (TXA) overwrites that value. As it's written, the value in the Y reg would be used. You also don't need the CLC instruction as the carry flag will be set based on the ASL instruction.

Below is the code I use in my monitor to print the status register. CHROUT sends a character and the CROUT send a CR/LF and returns. You can eliminate the LDA PREG and just have the A reg loaded with the value you want to print. You can also replace the JMP CROUT with a RTS if you don't want to print a CR/LF.

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Regards, KM
https://github.com/floobydust

Your are right. I think this happened when I had to backport the following code from 65C02 to 6502 for my MOUSE2Go. because the emulator for the Arduino only supported 6502 opcodes for this time. Seems I never tested this. Thanks for pointing that out.

Here's the 65C02 code:

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Here's a slightly more compact version (posted mainly because I have never posted any 6502 code here before):



Argument in A, overwrites A and X. The "jsr fded" should make it clear what computer (or emulator) I tested with.

If the printing subroutine preserves Y, then I'd probably use TAY/TYA instead of PHA/PLA - it's quicker, but also for me just a bit of a preference.

Very nice, two bytes shorter than my current routine, I like it.

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Hi,

managed to print binary numbers and managed to use the VIA Interrupt and an ISR.
Thanks you for the Interrupt primer. helped a lot.
I like the picture of the not so important boy you should wait at the backdoor because he always forgets to unlock the door.

I am really happy! For me it is a big step!
I managed to program a little monitor which allows me to copy assembled code via terminal to RAM and execute.

For all of you this is certainly an "old hat". But for me it is just wonderful!

Believe me, you're not the only one enjoying and benefiting from these discussions. I'm working on my own single-board machine and the issues/questions you've brought up are the same as I have had. These guys are phenomenal in the time and patience it takes to help a newcomer get their projects working. We're very fortunate to have such a group.

I'm also a big fan of Ben Eater's videos, and have learned much from them.

My goal is an 8-bit machine with bank-switchable RAM and movable zero page, ala the Apple ///. But I have to get a simple machine going first.

I too am using an Arduino (Mega) in my development. It's a wonderful device to test and see what the computer is doing. The Mega is nice in that it has enough i/o to dedicate pins to the address and data lines without bit-shifting complicating things for a newbie. Fewer points of failure, etc. I'll also use it for my EEPROM programming.

Good luck to you!

Chris Z

Yes I learned really a lot! And got a lot of help in this forum!

What I have done since my last post:

- I took the WozMonitor from the Apple I (found it in www) and adapted the code to my environment.
OPHIS and Symon

- Wrote a Monitorprogramm by myself to load, store, read and run. (of course the code is not optimised with regard to speed and storage. I am no professionell assembler programmer)

I also would like to recommend the book: 6502 Assembly Language Subroutines from Leventhal and Saville.
I found a link to download the pdf here in this forum! Very, very good!

I dont know what to do next. Maybe implement an inline assembler like in the mouse2Go project. Bit don't know where to get this?:-o

Be sure you go further though. That book only uses the NMOS instruction set which is quite limiting compared to that of the CMOS 65c02 that you have. Use the resources on this site and in the sites of the members.

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http://WilsonMinesCo.com/ lots of 6502 resources
The "second front page" is http://wilsonminesco.com/links.html .
What's an additional VIA among friends, anyhow?

Thanks! Yes I will!
I like the Symon Emulator. And it seems that it only supports the NMOS Opcodes.