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Re: Example high-res assembly program

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From D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com>
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Michael J. Mahon wrote:
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> The speedup of this loop resulting from the use of assembly language is
> quite minimal relative to the same loop in Applesoft. This is because most
> of the time is spent in the Applesoft paddle and plot routines. 
> 
> The real motivation for using assembly language for graphics is to create
> faster routines for doing these things, by special-casing and table-driven
> methods. 

I wrote this program for ep88theman, to show him the absolute basics of how
to use the Applesoft high-res routines from assembly language. I decided on
paddle input to make the program more amusing.

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Example high-res assembly program D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2013-10-29 15:42 +0000
  Re: Example high-res assembly program Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2013-10-29 13:08 -0500
    Re: Example high-res assembly program D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2013-10-29 18:17 +0000
      Re: Example high-res assembly program Antoine Vignau <antoine.vignau@laposte.net> - 2013-10-29 11:27 -0700
      Re: Example high-res assembly program Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2013-10-29 19:59 -0500
    Re: Example high-res assembly program aiiadict@gmail.com - 2013-10-29 13:51 -0700
      Re: Example high-res assembly program Antoine Vignau <antoine.vignau@laposte.net> - 2013-10-29 14:47 -0700
        Re: Example high-res assembly program aiiadict@gmail.com - 2013-10-30 10:02 -0700
          Re: Example high-res assembly program David Schmidt <schmidtd@my-deja.com> - 2013-10-30 13:10 -0400
            Re: Example high-res assembly program aiiadict@gmail.com - 2013-10-30 10:35 -0700
          Re: Example high-res assembly program Antoine Vignau <antoine.vignau@laposte.net> - 2013-10-31 11:13 -0700
            Re: Example high-res assembly program aiiadict@gmail.com - 2013-11-01 09:02 -0700
      Re: Example high-res assembly program aiiadict@gmail.com - 2013-10-31 09:49 -0700
        Re: Example high-res assembly program qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2013-10-31 10:55 -0700
        Re: Example high-res assembly program aiiadict@gmail.com - 2013-11-01 10:52 -0700
          Re: Example high-res assembly program Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2013-11-01 15:00 -0500
            Re: Example high-res assembly program aiiadict@gmail.com - 2013-11-02 09:48 -0700

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