Routines
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28994: Write a single character on a blackboard
Used by the routine at 29284. Returns with the zero flag set if the end of the message has been reached.
Input
H Number of the character writing on the board (163-167)
28994 CALL 28882 A=next character in the message being written
28997 LD B,A Save this in B briefly
28998 CALL 28968 A=identifier of the blackboard being written on
29001 LD C,A Transfer this to C
29002 LD A,B A=next character in the message being written
29003 LD B,127 Point BC at the appropriate blackboard buffer
29005 AND A Is the message finished?
29006 JR NZ,29012 Jump if not
29008 DEC A A=255
29009 LD (BC),A Store the pixel coordinates of the next character to be written on the board
29010 INC A Set the zero flag if the message is finished
29011 RET
The character has not finished writing on the blackboard. A holds the ASCII code of the next letter to be written.
29012 CP 2 Is it newline?
29014 JR NZ,29023 Jump if not
29016 LD A,(BC) Pick up the contents of 32748 (Reading Room blackboard), 32750 (White Room blackboard) or 32752 (Exam Room blackboard) and set it to 0 (start of top line) or 64 (start of bottom line)
29017 AND 64
29019 XOR 64
29021 JR 29009
This entry point is used by the routine at 63146 when ERIC is writing on a blackboard with BC=32684 (Reading Room blackboard), 32690 (White Room blackboard), or 32696 (Exam Room blackboard).
29023 PUSH HL
29024 LD L,A Point HL at the address holding the pixel width of the character to be written on the board
29025 LD H,217
29027 LD A,(BC) A=pixel coordinates (0-127) of the location at which the character will be written
29028 AND 63 Discard bit 6 (the line indicator bit)
29030 ADD A,192 Set the carry flag if there is not enough space at the end of the current line to print the character
29032 SCF
29033 ADC A,(HL)
29034 LD A,(BC) A=pixel coordinates (0-127)
29035 JR NC,29042 Jump if there is enough space to print the character on the current line
29037 AND 64 Otherwise toggle which line (top or bottom) to write on and reset the pixel x-coordinate to 0 (start of the line)
29039 XOR 64
29041 LD (BC),A
29042 RRCA Compute the skool coordinates of the location of the character to be written and store them in DE
29043 RRCA
29044 RRCA
29045 AND 15
29047 CP 8
29049 JR C,29054
29051 INC D
29052 AND 7
29054 ADD A,E
29055 LD E,A
29056 CALL 28807 Update the screen refresh buffer for these coordinates
29059 LD A,(BC) Modify the RES n,(HL) instruction at 29102 below, which in effect draws a white pixel (of chalk) at the appropriate spot
29060 AND 7
29062 ADD A,A
29063 ADD A,A
29064 ADD A,A
29065 CPL
29066 SUB 65
29068 LD (29103),A
29071 LD A,(BC) Compute the pixel x-coordinate (0-63) of the rightmost pixel column of the character to be written on the board, and store it in the blackboard buffer
29072 ADD A,(HL)
29073 INC A
29074 LD (BC),A
29075 LD C,(HL) C=pixel width of the character to be written on the board
29076 EX DE,HL Point HL at the skool UDG reference of the character square of the blackboard that will be written on and pick it up in L
29077 LD A,(HL)
29078 LD L,A
Now we enter the loop that draws the pixel columns of the font character bitmap onto the blackboard.
29079 LD H,128 Point HL at the graphic data for the skool UDG reference in A; the skool UDG references are 206-191 for the Reading Room board, 238-223 for the White Room board, and 222-207 for the Exam Room board, decreasing from left to right
29081 CP 233
29083 JR NC,29095
29085 CP 231
29087 JR NC,29093
29089 CP 225
29091 JR NC,29095
29093 LD H,136
29095 INC D A=next pixel column of the character to be written on the board
29096 LD A,(DE)
29097 LD B,8 There are 8 pixels in a pixel column
29099 RLCA Draw the pixel column on the blackboard by directly resetting bits in the skool graphic data; any bits already reset by previous writing remain reset (the 'RES n,(HL)' instruction is modified earlier in this routine to reset the required bit)
29100 JR NC,29104
29102 RES 7,(HL)
29104 INC H
29105 DJNZ 29099
29107 DEC C Next pixel column
29108 JR Z,29134 Jump if we've finished drawing the character on the board
29110 LD A,H Point HL back at the top pixel row of the skool UDG data
29111 SUB 8
29113 LD H,A
29114 LD A,(29103) Modify the RES n,(HL) instruction at 29102 above to RES m,(HL) where m=n-1 (mod 8), effectively moving one pixel column to the right
29117 OR 64
29119 SUB 8
29121 AND 191
29123 LD (29103),A
29126 CP 190 Did we wrap round from bit 0 to bit 7?
29128 JR NZ,29095 Continue drawing pixel columns in this character square if not
29130 DEC L A=skool UDG reference of the next character square to the right on the blackboard
29131 LD A,L
29132 JR 29079 Draw the next pixel column in the next character square
29134 INC C Reset the zero flag to indicate that the message isn't finished
29135 POP HL Restore the character number to H
29136 RET
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