Toe dipping!
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 1:19 pm
Okay, over the past couple of weeks I found enough time to start a bit of Amiga assembly, first up I was sending ANSI control codes to the terminal window to move a cursor around and 'type' text, then I got Paula to make a few bleeps and beeps.
Now I'm going to have a go with the screen/bitmap tutorial and see how I get on, time to start up-skilling!
Previously I've followed Proton/Scoopex' tutorials but there were chunks of it I didn't understand, so this time instead of racing towards some kind of outcome I'm just trying to make sure I actually 'get' it. I'm using VS Code and the Amiga Assembler plug in, with VASM and FS-UAE on a Mac (I can dump out to a real A500 via a CF card when I fancy trying it on the real thing).
As a quick and painless way to get a toolchain going, I can highly recommend it (I haven't tried Keith's toolchain yet but I will give it a go one evening, it's broadly very much like what I'm using anyway).
It was also a big help to get hold of the RKM books for the Amiga, and 'see' where the various hardware chip register values and things come from - in the context of a bigger explanation it makes sense and finally I think I understand what I'm doing. (ha ha).
Now I'm going to have a go with the screen/bitmap tutorial and see how I get on, time to start up-skilling!
Previously I've followed Proton/Scoopex' tutorials but there were chunks of it I didn't understand, so this time instead of racing towards some kind of outcome I'm just trying to make sure I actually 'get' it. I'm using VS Code and the Amiga Assembler plug in, with VASM and FS-UAE on a Mac (I can dump out to a real A500 via a CF card when I fancy trying it on the real thing).
As a quick and painless way to get a toolchain going, I can highly recommend it (I haven't tried Keith's toolchain yet but I will give it a go one evening, it's broadly very much like what I'm using anyway).
It was also a big help to get hold of the RKM books for the Amiga, and 'see' where the various hardware chip register values and things come from - in the context of a bigger explanation it makes sense and finally I think I understand what I'm doing. (ha ha).