Machine code graphics and sound for the Commodore 64
Machine Code Graphics and Sound for the Commodore 64: Easy to Load Routines and Ideas is a 1984 book by Mark England and David Lawrence, published in London by Sunshine Books (an imprint of Scot Press). ISBN 0-946408-28-9.[1] The numbered pages run to 216.[2]
It follows the same authors' Commodore 64 Machine Code Master (Sunshine, 1983) and uses the same approach: each routine adds a new command to Commodore 64 BASIC.[3] The commands cover low-resolution screen and character handling (BANK, LOCATE, PLOT, CCOPY), high-resolution graphics (HSCREEN, HPLOT, LINE, CIRCLE, TEXT), sprites (SPRITE, SCOLOUR, ENLARGE, SHAPE) and SID sound (BEEP, CHORD, VOLUME, ADSR, FILTERS, PULSE, PLAY). The last chapter, the BASIC Extender, makes each routine a keyword in its own right.[4]
Contents
[edit | edit source]Page numbers are from the book's contents list.[4]
- Foreword, p. vii
- How to use this book, p. 1
- 1: Utility Routines, p. 3
- 2: Low Resolution Commands, p. 11
- 3: High Resolution Commands, p. 49
- 4: Sprite Commands, p. 125
- 5: Sound Commands, p. 161
- 6: The BASIC Extender, p. 201
- Appendix A: Hex Loader, p. 211
- Appendix B: Merge Program and Control Characters, p. 216
What this book does not contain
[edit | edit source]It is a programming book. It has no schematics, parts lists or component values; for those use the Commodore 64 / 64C Service Manual.
Download: SunshineBooks Machine code graphics and sound for the Commodore 64.pdf
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Mark England and David Lawrence, Machine Code Graphics and Sound for the Commodore 64 (Sunshine Books, 1984), title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 3-4).
- ↑ England and Lawrence, Machine Code Graphics and Sound, Appendix B, p. 216 (PDF p. 226).
- ↑ England and Lawrence, Machine Code Graphics and Sound, Foreword, p. vii (PDF p. 9).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 England and Lawrence, Machine Code Graphics and Sound, Contents and Contents in detail, pp. iii-vi (PDF pp. 5-8).