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From: jlee@ics.uci.edu (Orion Pax)
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Subject: Re: Joystick Code... Help Please!
Date: 26 Nov 1994 06:32:24 GMT
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Shawn Platkus (platkus@ic.net) wrote:
: I'm in need of some code to read the joystick values from 65816 assembly.

Here's the code I copied from Out of This World and used in Star Command GS:

readJoystick	START

	

	
Reads the values for the joystick paddles && returns values in the x/y regs
	
7/93 version 4.0.2
	

	
Code from Out of This World by Bill Heineman
	


       php                  ; save states of cpu
       phd
       pea $100             ; put maxReadBound on stack (values max at $FF)
       tsc                  ; point dp to maxReadBound
       tcd
       sei                  ; interrupts off
       lda >$C070           ; reset joystick i/o timer
       ldx #0               ; zero counters	
       txy
readLup anop
       lda >$C064           ; read x/y axises
       and #$8080
       beq quit             ; if neither valid, quit
checkY anop
       asl a
       bcc ySpinWheels      ; if invalid y, do dummy code for dummy cycle time
       iny                  ; else increment y counter
       bra checkX
ySpinWheels anop            ; dummy code of similiar cycle time
       nop
       nop
       nop
checkX anop
       asl a
       beq xSpinWheels      ; if invalidx, do dummy code for dummy cycle time
       inx
       bra maxDec
xSpinWheels anop            ; dummy code of similiar cycle time
       nop
       nop
       nop
maxDec anop
       dec <1               ; this makes sure values are <= 255
       bne readLup
quit anop
       pla
       pld                  ; restore cpu state
       plp
       rtl
       END

Joseph
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