SPO600 Lab2 - Experiments

This section is going to modify the starter code in order to do some experiment with the bitmap.

Starter Code

    LDA #$00    ; set a pointer at $40 to point to $0200
    STA $40
    LDA #$02
    STA $41

    LDA #$07    ; colour number

    LDY #$00    ; set index to 0

loop:   
    STA ($40),y ; set pixel at the address (pointer)+Y

    INY         ; increment index
    BNE loop    ; continue until done the page

    INC $41     ; increment 1 page
    LDX $41     ; get current page number
    CPX #$06    ; compare with 6
    BNE loop    ; continue until done the page

Experiment 1

    LDA #$00    ; set a pointer at $40 to point to $0200
    STA $40
    LDA #$02
    STA $41

    LDA #$07    ; colour number

    LDY #$00    ; set index to 0

loop:   
    TYA     ; experiment 1
    STA ($40),y ; set pixel at the address (pointer)+Y

    INY         ; increment index
    BNE loop    ; continue until done the page

    INC $41     ; increment 1 page
    LDX $41     ; get current page number
    CPX #$06    ; compare with 6
    BNE loop    ; continue until done the page

After adding "TYA" after the "loop" label and before the "STA ($40),y", there are 32 vertical lines with 16 different colours displayed on the bitmap.

This is because "TYA" means "Transfer Y to A" and our accumulator(A) is holding the colour. Since we are incrementing the Y register after "TYA", the colour will change every time the value of Y register is incremented. Moreover, there are only 16 colours available and the bitmap has 32 columns so the vertical lines will be displayed.

Experiment 2

    LDA #$00    ; set a pointer at $40 to point to $0200
    STA $40
    LDA #$02
    STA $41

    LDA #$07    ; colour number

    LDY #$00    ; set index to 0

loop:   
    TYA     ; experiment 1
    LSR         ; experiment 2
    STA ($40),y ; set pixel at the address (pointer)+Y

    INY         ; increment index
    BNE loop    ; continue until done the page

    INC $41     ; increment 1 page
    LDX $41     ; get current page number
    CPX #$06    ; compare with 6
    BNE loop    ; continue until done the page

The instruction "LSR" means "Logical Shift Right" which will shift every bits one position to the right, this will result the vertical lines with one pixel wider.