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BE55 SAVE

Submitted by Steve Fewell

Description:

Call routine &BDE5 to check that the program can be read correctly. If it cannot be read then display the 'Bad program'
message and stop processing the SAVE command.

Call the routine &BE41 to obtain the filename (after the SAVE keyword) and append a '<cr>' character to the end
of the filename (so that the Operating System can identify the end of the name). It also checks that the SAVE statement has
been terminated correctly with an ':', '<cr>' or 'ELSE-token' character (or issue 'Syntax error' if not).
This routine sets locations &37-&38 to point to the filename (i.e. the SWA address - &0600), locations
&39-&3A to PAGE (setting the LSB byte to zero), i.e. the file load address, and locations &3B-&3C to the
Operating System High order address as ready by OSBYTE call #&82 (this value is usually &FFFF).
This completes the 32-bit load address for the file stored in locations &39-&3C.
On return from routine &BE41, X is the high byte for the Operating System High order address and Y is the low byte for
the 16-bit Operating System High order address.

Set &3D-&40 to value #&802B (with bytes &3F-&40 being the 16-bit Operating System High order address
returned in X and Y). This is the BASIC ROM access point, and the execution address for the file (i.e. the BASIC program's
execution address). This address doesn't, however, seem to have much use as there isn't a way to directly execute a BASIC
program from the Operating System / Filing System.
Set &41-&44 to PAGE (&18) (with byte &41 being zero and bytes &43-&44 being the 16-bit Operating
System High order address returned in X and Y). This is the start address for the data to save.
Set &45-&48 to TOP (&12-&13) (with bytes &47-&48 being the 16-bit Operating System High order address
returned in X and Y). This sets the end address of the data to save.

Set A to #&00 (this is the OSFILE (&FFDD) option for saving a block of memory to a file).
Set X to #&37 and Y to #&00 (this is the address of the parameter block for the OSFILE command - #&0037).
Call the OSFILE Operating System routine (&FFDD) to execute the file save.
Jump to &9005 to execute the next statement on the current command/program line (if any).


Disassembly for the SAVE routine

BE55   032 229 189 20 E5 BD JSR &BDE5 Check program can be read correctly ('Bad program' message if not)
BE58 A 032 065 190 20 41 BE JSR &BE41 Get Filename and set parameter block filename and load address
BE5B ? 134 063 86 3F STX &3F
BE5D @ 132 064 84 40 STY &40
BE5F C 134 067 86 43 STX &43
BE61 D 132 068 84 44 STY &44
BE63 G 134 071 86 47 STX &47
BE65 H 132 072 84 48 STY &48
BE67 dA 100 065 64 41 STZ &41
BE69   166 018 A6 12 LDX &12
BE6B E 134 069 86 45 STX &45
BE6D   166 019 A6 13 LDX &13
BE6F F 134 070 86 46 STX &46
BE71 + 162 043 A2 2B LDX#&2B
BE73 = 134 061 86 3D STX &3D
BE75   162 128 A2 80 LDX#&80
BE77 > 134 062 86 3E STX &3E
BE79   166 024 A6 18 LDX &18
BE7B B 134 066 86 42 STX &42
BE7D   169 000 A9 00 LDA#&00
BE7F   168 A8 TAY
BE80 7 162 055 A2 37 LDX#&37
BE82   032 221 255 20 DD FF JSR &FFDD   OSFILE
BE85 $ 128 036 80 24 BRA 36 --> &BEAB   [JMP &9005 Execute next statement]

 


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