OSWORD &05

OSWORD &05 (5) - Read I/O processor memory (Acorn MOS 1.00 and later)

 On entry:
   XY!0=address to read from
 On exit:
   XY?4=the byte read

Some systems recognise screen memory at &FFFExxxx and sideways ROMs at &FFrr8000-&FFrrBFFF.

Coding

The following routines can be used to copy data to and from I/O memory regardless of the location of the calling program. It requires X%=>5-byte control block, Y%=X%DIV256.

 DEFPROCmem_rd(io%,mem%,num%)
 A%=5:REPEAT
   !X%=io%:CALL&FFF1:?mem%=X%?4
   io%=io%+1:mem%=mem%+1:num%=num%-1
 UNTILnum%<1:ENDPROC
 :
 DEFPROCmem_wr(io%,mem%,num%)
 A%=6:REPEAT
   !X%=io%:X%?4=?mem%:CALL&FFF1
   io%=io%+1:mem%=mem%+1:num%=num%-1
 UNTILnum%<1:ENDPROC
 
 REM To read a single byte:
 !X%=addr:A%=5:CALL&FFF1:byte=X%?4
 :
 REM To write a single byte
 X%?4=byte:!X%=addr:A%=6:CALL&FFF1

Implementations

All 8-bit Acorn systems read from whichever ROM is paged in. All except the BBC B+ read from main memory. The B+ recognises &FFFExxxx to read from the shadow screen memory, otherwise it reads from main memory. It is possible to write a modified Tube Host that intercepts OSWORD 5 and 6 to access extended memory, but most programs rely on adding an extra OSWORD call.

See Also

• OSWORD &06
• OSWORD &FA
• OSWORD &FF
• http://mdfs.net/Docs/Comp/BBC/Oswords
• MemIO library at http://mdfs.net/blib

Jgharston 23:56, 30 October 2011 (UTC) Jgharston (talk) 04:27, 29 March 2015 (UTC) Jgharston (talk) 00:03, 31 January 2016 (UTC)