<sect>Memory layout<p>
cc65 generated programs with the default setup run with the I/O area and the
-kernal enabled, which gives a usable memory range of $400 - $BE3F.
-All boot ROM entry points may be called directly without additional code.
+kernal enabled, which gives a usable memory range of $400 - $C038.
Special locations:
'?' for all keys down at the same time.
<tag/Stack/
- The C runtime stack is located at $BE3F and growing downwards.
+ The C runtime stack is located at $C037 and growing downwards.
<tag/Heap/
The C heap is located at the end of the program and grows towards the C
<sect1>Lynx specific functions<p>
<itemize>
-<item>lynx_change_framerate
<item>lynx_eeprom_erase
<item>lynx_eeprom_read
<item>lynx_eeprom_write
See the documentation for the <htmlurl url="co65.html" name="co65 utility">
for information on how to do that.
-The TGI driver is implemented as a dual buffering device. To use it as a
-single-buffer device set draw page and view page to the same value 0 or 1;
+The TGI driver is implemented as an interrupt driven dual buffering device.
+To use it as a single-buffer device set draw page and view page to the same
+value 0 or 1;
The TGI driver has a few Lynx-specific extensions.
that.
The joystick will check to see if the screen is flipped or not in the install
-routine and adapt itself to the currect state.
+routine and adapt itself to the correct state.
<sect1>Mouse drivers<p>
</itemize>
The parity bit supports MARK and SPACE. It also supports EVEN and ODD parity
but the parity bit is included in the calculation. Most of us don't want it
- this way. But there is nothing we can do about it. Just don't use EVEN or ODD
- when communicating to other equipment than the Lynx.
+ this way. But there is nothing we can do about it.
+
+ The Lynx hardware will always check parity on incoming traffic. Currently
+ the driver cannot receive data from standard PC's due to this parity bug.
+ For working with Lynx to Lynx communication use EVEN parity.
+
+ To send data to standard PC's use MARK or SPACE as parity setting.
There is always only one stop bit. And the data length is always 8 bits.
area $200-$2ff for the transmit ring buffer and $300-$3ff for the receive
ring buffer. This area can not be used at startup for anything as the Lynx
ROM needs this area for decryption purposes.
+
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