ÐIFFYÄÏÓ - ÐROGRAMMERS ÊIFFYÄÏÓ BY ÈARLEKIN/ÆAIRLIGHT ÊIFFYÄÏÓ FROM ÃÍÄ HAS ALMOST BECOME A DEFACTO STANDARD FOR THE ÃOMMODORE WORLD. ÉT'S COMPATILITY, SPEED AND FEATURES MAKES IT THE NATRUAL CHOISE FOR USERS TODAY. É FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING HOW ÃÍÄ MANAGED TO SQEEZE EVERYTHING INTO THAT 8KB OF ÒÏÍ AND STARTED TO DISASSEMBLE THE CODE. ×ITH THE ÏMICRON REASSEMBLER É GOT ABOUT 100K OF TEXT THAT I STARTED LOOKING INTO. É PORTED THE TEXT TO MY ÐÃ AND STARTED DOKUMENTING THE CODE. ÔHIS WAS BACK IN '94. ÁFTER A FEW MONTHS WORK É FINALLY HAD UNDERSTOOD AND DOCUMENTED THE ENTIRE ÊIFFYÄÏÓ-ËÅÒÎÁÌ. ÓINCE THEN, É HAVE MODIFYED MY OWN ÊIFFYÄÏÓ WITH LOTS OF NEW FEATURES. ÍY GOAL WAS TO HAVE A PROGRAMMER-FRIENDLY ËÅÒÎÁÌ IN MY SYSTEM... ÁND HERE É AM. ÔODAY É'M RUNNING ÐIFFYÄÏÓ 1.36 WHITH THE FOLLOWING FEATURES! ÅXTENDED ÂASIC... * ÍÏÃ AND ÍÏØ ARE TWO NEW COMMANDS THAT ALLOWS YOU TO TRANSFER DATA TO AND FROM A 17XX ÒÅÕ. * ÉNPUT NUMBERS IN HEX/BIN/OCT FORMAT USING $,%,& AS PREFIX. * ÍÏÎ COMMAND TO EXAMINE BOTH INTERNAL AND ÒÅÕ MEMORY. * ADDITIONAL ERRORHANDLING FOR THE ÒÅÕ COMMANDS. ÍORE ÆUNCTION ËEYS... * USING THE ÃÔÒÌ AND Æ-KEYS ALLOWS YOU TO FASTCOPY THE ENTIRE MEMORY TO AND FRAM THE ÒÅÕ. * ÃÔÒÌ + Æ1 COPY Ã64 INTERNAL TO ÒÅÕ BANK 2. * ÃÔÒÌ + Æ3 COPY ÒÅÕ BANK 2 TO Ã64 INTERNAL. * ÃÔÒÌ + Æ5 COPY Ã64 INTERNAL TO ÒÅÕ BANK 3. * ÃÔÒÌ + Æ7 COPY ÒÅÕ BANK 3 TO Ã64 INTERNAL. ÁDDITIONAL FEATURES... * ÄISPLAY THE LOADADRESSES (BOTH WHEN USING ÊIFFYÄÏÓ DRIVES AND NORMAL DRIVES). * ÃÔÒÌ + Ø. ÃOPY ÒÅÕ BANK1 TO Ã64 INTERNAL AND EXECUTE PROGRAM AT $9000. (ÒESCUE ROUTINE FOR ÆAIRÌIGHTS ØMEM ÁSSEMBLER, OR ANY OTHER PROGRAM WORKING THE SAME WAY.) * ÆÁÓÔ MEMORYCHECK THAT ÎÏÔ DESTROYS ADR $8000 AR $A000 IF AN EXTERNAL MEMORY IS FOUND. ÎEXT RELEASE... * ÓKIP AUTOSTART IS Ã= KEY IS PRESSED. * ÐOSSIBILITY TO LOAD OVER É/Ï AND ËÅÒÎÁÌ AREAS (Ä000 TO ÆÆÆÆ). É MADE A ÐIFFYÄÏÓ-PATCHER THE OTHER DAY, WITH PATCHES YOUR ORIGINAL ÊIFFYÄÏÓ AND SAVES THE ÐIFFYÄÏÓ TO DISK FOR LATER BEING BURNED INTO A ÅÐÒÏÍ. ÔHE ÐIFFYÐATCHER IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD IN THE DOWNLOAD-AREA!