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5 <title>Atari 5200 specific information for cc65
7 <url url="mailto:chris@groessler.org" name="Christian Groessler"><newline>
11 An overview over the Atari 5200 runtime system as it is implemented for the
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22 This file contains an overview of the Atari 5200 runtime system as it comes
23 with the cc65 C compiler. It describes the memory layout, Atari 5200 specific header
24 files, available drivers, and any pitfalls specific to that platform.
26 Please note that Atari 5200 specific functions are just mentioned here, they are
27 described in detail in the separate <url url="funcref.html" name="function
28 reference">. Even functions marked as "platform dependent" may be available on
29 more than one platform. Please see the function reference for more
33 <sect>Binary format<p>
35 The standard binary output format generated by the linker for the Atari 5200 target
36 is a cartridge image. It is of course
37 possible to change this behaviour by using a modified startup file and linker
40 <sect>Memory layout<p>
42 cc65 generated programs with the default setup use the RAM space from $021C to
43 $3FFF. If you want to reserve memory for the display list and screen buffer
44 you should define the __RESERVED_MEMORY__ linker variable. The number
45 of bytes specified by __RESERVED_MEMORY__ are lowering the top of
46 memory, therefore the available
47 RAM memory for the program is $021C to $3FFF-__RESERVED_MEMORY__.
48 The default linker config file sets __RESERVED_MEMORY__ to $1E0
49 to reserve space for an optional CONIO text screen.
55 The text screen is only enabled if any of the CONIO output functions
56 is used in the program. Its size is 20x24 characters (Antic mode 6,
57 BASIC mode 1). The text screen is located at $3E00. The
58 address of the screen memory is available at runtime in the variable
59 SAVMSC ($001B).<p>
60 If the program doesn't use any CONIO output functions it needs to setup its own
64 The C runtime stack is located at $3FFF-__RESERVED_MEMORY__ and growing downwards.
67 The C heap is located at the end of the program and grows towards the C
74 <sect>Platform specific header files<p>
76 Programs containing Atari 5200 specific code may use the <tt/atari5200.h/ header file.
79 <sect1>Atari 5200 specific functions<p>
87 <sect1>Hardware access<p>
89 The following pseudo variables declared in the <tt/atari5200.h/ header
90 file do allow access to hardware located in the address space. Some
91 variables are structures, accessing the struct fields will access the
96 <tag><tt/GTIA_READ/ and <tt/GTIA_WRITE/</tag>
97 The <tt/GTIA_READ/ structure allows read access to the GTIA. The
98 <tt/GTIA_WRITE/ structure allows write access to the GTIA.
99 See the <tt/_gtia.h/ header file located in the include directory
100 for the declaration of the structure.
102 <tag><tt/POKEY_READ/ and <tt/POKEY_WRITE/</tag>
103 The <tt/POKEY_READ/ structure allows read access to the POKEY. The
104 <tt/POKEY_WRITE/ structure allows write access to the POKEY.
105 See the <tt/_pokey.h/ header file located in the include directory
106 for the declaration of the structure.
108 <tag><tt/ANTIC/</tag>
109 The <tt/ANTIC/ structure allows read access to the ANTIC.
110 See the <tt/_antic.h/ header file located in the include directory
111 for the declaration of the structure.
116 <sect>Loadable drivers<p>
118 All drivers must be statically linked because no disk I/O is available.
119 The names in the parentheses denote the symbols to be used for static linking of the drivers.
122 <sect1>Graphics drivers<p>
124 No graphics drivers are currently available for the Atari 5200.
127 <sect1>Extended memory drivers<p>
129 No extended memory drivers are available for the Atari 5200.
132 <sect1>Joystick drivers<p>
136 <tag><tt/atr5200std.joy (atr5200std_joy)/</tag>
137 A joystick driver for the standard Atari 5200 joystick is
138 available. Depending on the version of the 5200 console, two or four joysticks can be attached.
143 <sect1>Mouse drivers<p>
145 No mouse drivers are available for the Atari 5200.
148 <sect1>RS232 device drivers<p>
150 No serial drivers are available for the Atari 5200.
158 Disk I/O is not supported by the <tt/atari5200/ target. This means that
159 you cannot use any of the following functions (and a few others):
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