COMPUTE!'s Machine Language Routines for the Commodore 64

COMPUTE!'s Machine Language Routines for the Commodore 64 is a 1984 collection of machine language routines and programs for the Commodore 64 from COMPUTE! Publications of Greensboro, North Carolina, most of them reprinted from COMPUTE! magazine and COMPUTE!'s Gazette. ISBN 0-942386-48-5. The Library of Congress record gives the extent as vii, 255 pages (call number QA76.8.C64 C668 1984).

The cover describes it as programming aids, game enhancements and high-speed graphics utilities. It opens with Richard Mansfield's beginner articles on the assembler, disassembling, and windows and pages. The programs that follow include BASIC Aid by Brent Anderson and Sheldon Leemon, Charles Brannon's Ultrafont+ character editor and Sprite Magic sprite editor, Chris Metcalf's graphics package, a two-sprite joystick routine, scrolling and paddle readers, sorting and searching utilities and a RAM test. The appendices include the Automatic Proofreader, the MLX machine language editor and the 6502 instruction set.

Contents

Page numbers are from the book's contents list.

• Foreword, p. vii
• Chapter 1: Introduction, p. 1
• Chapter 2: Programming Aids, p. 43
• Chapter 3: High-Speed Graphics, p. 109 (Ultrafont+, p. 111; Sprite Magic, p. 131; The Graphics Package, p. 150)
• Chapter 4: Game Programming, p. 165
• Chapter 5: Applications and Utilities, p. 189 (including RAMtest, p. 209)
• Appendices, p. 213: A Beginner's Guide to Typing In Programs; How to Type In Programs; The Automatic Proofreader; Using the Machine Language Editor: MLX; The 6502 Instruction Set, p. 230; Number Tables, p. 246
• Index, p. 253

What this book does not contain

It is a programming book. Mansfield's RAMtest (p. 209) is a short machine language memory test written as a beginner's exercise, not a diagnostic. The book has no schematics, parts lists or component values; for those use the Commodore 64 / 64C Service Manual.

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