You might want to drop in on the flex users group if you want some real-world 6809 programming expertise - http://www.evenson-consulting.com/flexusergroup/fug14.htm . Jack ----- Original Message ---- > From: William Levak <wlevak@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> > To: cbm-hackers@musoftware.de > Sent: Wed, January 6, 2010 5:01:33 PM > Subject: Re: 6809 assembly knowledge needed > > On Wed, 6 Jan 2010, ruud.baltissen@apg.nl wrote: > > > Hallo allemaal, > > > > > > In between other projects I try to improve my "MP-ASM", Multi Processor > > Assembler. Momentary it supports the 6502 and various variants, the Z80 > > and the 6800. I'm busy with the 6809 (used in the SuperPET so 'on > > topic') and ran into an addressing mode I don't understand: xx,PCR or > > [xx,PCR]. It's called "Constant Offset from PC". It is equivalent to > > xx,X / [xx,X], which is more or less equivalent to xx,X / (xx,X) for the > > 6502 (because xx can be 16 bits as well). > > > > What I don't understand is how it can be used. I mean, if I want to load > > something I would use: > > > > LDA Label1 > > .... > > LDA [Label2] > > > > How can I use the Program Counter as index if its content is only known > > after compilation? The only thing I can think of is that you can program > > a piece of code that loads something from a table and both code and > > table have to be relocatable on the fly. > > The SuperPet 6809 Assembler manual does not say much about this addressing > mode other than it is a form of indexed adressing. The only thing I can > think of is a jump table located inline in the code. Potentially, for an > error jump after a subroutine call, using xx as an index into the jump > table. > > > wlevak@sdf.lonestar.org > SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org > > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2010-01-07 00:00:49
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