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open-roms/c64/kernal/ramtas.s
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; Function defined on pp272-273 of C64 Programmers Reference Guide
ramtas:
; C64 Programmer's Reference guide p291:
; Clear $0000-$0101, $0200-$03ff
; PGS: $0000, $0001 are CPU IO ports, so shouldn't get written to
LDY #$02
LDA #$00
ramtas_l1:
STA $00,Y
INY
BNE ramtas_l1
ramtas_l2:
;; How many ways are there to efficiently erase these two pages
;; of RAM? We would like to avoid any unnecessary byte similarity
;; with the C64 KERNAL. Thus we do $0300 before $0200, even though
;; with the longer sequence of identicale bytes we see no basis for
;; it being copyrightable. Again, we just want to redue the attack
;; surface for any misguided suit.
STA $0300,Y
STA $0200,Y
INY
BNE ramtas_l2
; allocate cassette buffer
;; "Mapping the C128", p61
lda #<$033C
STA cassette_buffer_ptr+0
lda #>$033C
STA cassette_buffer_ptr+1
; set screen address to $0400
; https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/Screen_RAM
; Since we are setting $D018, we also make sure we are using the
; ROM character set (C64 Programmer's Reference Guide p322)
LDA #$14
STA $D018
; Make sure we have the correct VIC-II memory bank for the screen to really be at $0400
; and not $4400, $8400 or $C400
; https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/VIC_bank#Selecting_VIC_banks
LDA $DD02
ORA #$03
STA $DD02
LDA $DD00
ORA #$03
STA $DD00
;; Set screen address pointer ("Compute's Mapping the 64" p238)
;; This is obvious boiler plate containing no creative input, but to avoid
;; unnecessarily similarity to the C64 KERNAL, we use X instead of A to do this,
;; and several following
LDX #>$0400
STX HIBASE
;; Work out RAM size and put in MEMSTR and MEMSIZ
;; "Compute's Mapping the 64", p54
;; http://unusedino.de/ec64/technical/project64/mapping_c64.html
ldx #>$0800
stx MEMSTR+1
ldx #$00
stx MEMSTR+0
stx MEMSIZ+0
;; Try to modify $8000, if it fails then RAM ends at $7FFF, else $9FFF
lda $8000
eor #$FF
tax
eor #$FF
stx $8000
cmp $8000
beq ramtas_32K_RAM
sta $8000
ldx #$A0
stx MEMSIZ+1
jmp ramtas_RAM_sized
ramtas_32K_RAM:
sta $8000 ; in case RAM is hiding beneath a ROM
ldx #$80
stx MEMSIZ+1
;; Fall through
ramtas_RAM_sized:
rts